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Welcome to “This Week in Nishinomiya,” where we look back on the opening and closing news in Nishinomiya covered by Nishi2 this week (4/13–4/19), plus other topics that got people talking!

This Week’s Openings, Closings, and Hot Topics by Area

Here are the openings, closings, and other topics Nishi2 covered this week, organized by area.

Nishinomiya Citywide

★It looks like resident records and other certificates won’t be available all day tomorrow, 4/20 (Sat), at convenience stores or ACTA

★We launched the “Nishi2 Gourmet Map”

★Apparently public phones can be used for free in the event of a large-scale disaster

★Election day problems: you went out and didn’t make it in time… Here are 8 places in Nishinomiya where you can vote early

★On which day of the week were there the most traffic accidents in Nishinomiya in 2018? [Nishinomiya Quiz]

★<Nishinomiya City Council Election 2019: List of candidates and official websites for the Nishinomiya City constituency

★Which elementary school had the most students in Nishinomiya in fiscal 2018? [Nishinomiya Quiz]

★There seems to be a campaign where you can get an assortment of sweets by painting and posting it on Instagram

★If a Nankai Trough earthquake occurs, apparently it would take 112 minutes for the first tsunami to reach Nishinomiya

★How many times has Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens appeared on TV Osaka’s “Yasutomo no Doko Iko”? [Nishinomiya Quiz]

Yamaguchi, Najio, and Namaze Area

Nothing this week (3rd week in a row)
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Koyoen and Kurakuen Area

Nothing this week
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Hirota and Taisha Area

★It looks like Nishinomiya residents can watch the Nishinomiya Storks’ final games at a bargain price. April 19 and 20

Uegahara Area

Nothing this week (2nd week in a row)
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Nigawa and Kotoen Area

Nothing this week (3rd week in a row)
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Mondoyakujin and Hinokuchi Area

Nothing this week
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Shukugawa and Kurakuenguchi Area

★Apparently Monkey Punch was a professor at Otemae University

★We tried the “Western-style lunch” at Esaka (Nigawa-cho, Nishinomiya)! [Nishi2 Gourmet]

★The parking discount conditions at Shukugawa Green Town had changed

★We tried the “prosciutto mousse white pizza” and “cream pasta” at cosi cosi in Wakamatsu-cho, Nishinomiya! [Nishi2 Gourmet]

★We tried the “hamburg steak & chicken set” at Royal Kitchen (Wakamatsu-cho, Nishinomiya)! [Nishi2 Gourmet]

★We tried the “onigiri and kake udon” at Tamaya Shokudo (Bundo-cho, Nishinomiya)! [Nishi2 Gourmet]

★We tried the “pas a pas special hamburg steak lunch” at pas a pas… in Kotobuki-cho, Nishinomiya! [Nishi2 Gourmet]

Hanshin Nishinomiya Area

★It looks like an izakaya called “Hannishi Kaisensakaba Uobiyori” is opening in Imazike-cho. Opening April 25

JR Nishinomiya Area

★ILCHI Brain Yoga Nishinomiya Studio, a yoga studio in Matsubara-cho, Nishinomiya [Show Us Your Shop!]

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Area

★The popular event “2019 Spring Starry Sky Guide in Nishinomiya Gardens” is being held. April 20 (Sat)

★Elevator inspections are apparently being held at Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station from 9 a.m. today

★Sakura Endo and Seira Hayakawa of Nogizaka46 (4th generation) are apparently coming to Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens. April 24 (Wed)

★Nissan Osaka is apparently relocating and opening at the former Washoku Sato site along the Yamate Kansen road. From this summer

Koshienguchi Area

Nothing this week (1st week in a row)
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Koroen Area

Nothing this week (9th week in a row)
If there’s a shop you’re curious about or a mystery you want solved, please let us know. Nishi2 will look into it as much as we can.

Hamawaki and Yomihama Area

Nothing this week (6th week in a row)
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Imazu and Hanshin-Kokudo Area

Nothing this week
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Koshien and Koshienhama Area

★[Nishinomiya Photo] A fire hydrant in Shin-Koshien Shopping Street that looks like a hero

★A soba restaurant called “Soba Otoya” has opened near Koshien Station

Naruo, Takasu, and Komatsu Area

★It looks like many retail and dining facilities will be built on the former Takasu Higashi Elementary School site

★An event with a marche and more called “Shiba Fes” is being held at Naruohama Seaside Park. April 20–21

Nishinomiyahama Area

Nothing this week (2nd week in a row)
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This Week’s Roundup

This was a week with the most stories about Nishinomiya as a whole.

That’s partly because opening news has been a little slow, so I’ve been going out less and spending more time holed up around Shukugawa.

Because of that, the Shukugawa and Kurakuenguchi area had the second-most articles.

If we don’t make it to the Koroen area next week, it’ll be 10 straight weeks with nothing, so we’ll find something, one way or another. But if you have any information or anything you’d like us to look into, please send us a tip.

That’s it for this week’s Nishi2.
Have a great weekend!