Gardens is offering free parking from 4 p.m. on weekdays through July 22.
(This information was provided by Kagayaki @ Nishitsu SP)
Screenshot from the Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens official website
A quick refresher on Gardens’ parking service
- The first hour is free
- After that, 200 yen every 30 minutes
- Only the Annex parking lot offers the first 2 hours free (don’t miss this!)
This is the Annex↓
How many hours you can get free with shopping or the Odekake Card
- Shopping inside the mall
3,000 yen or more → +1 hour free
10,000 yen or more → +2 hours free - TOHO Cinemas Nishinomiya OS
+2 hours free per movie - Hankyu Hanshin Odekake Card / app
Weekdays only: +1 hour free
*Not available on weekends, national holidays, or from 1/1 to 1/3
If you have the Odekake Card, right now the first hour is free plus one more hour with the card, so on weekdays it’s basically free from 2 p.m. If you shop for 3,000 yen or more, it’s free from 1 p.m. (We mistakenly wrote that it was free from 3 p.m. 🙇♂️ Thank you to Miyumama for pointing it out!)
How to use the discount (done in 3 steps)
The Hankyu Hanshin Odekake app only works at advance payment machines. Please keep that in mind.
- Insert your parking ticket into the payment machine!
First, insert your parking ticket and check the fee. - Scan the card barcode or app QR code!
The 1 hour free discount will be applied automatically here. - Pay the remaining balance
Don’t forget to have your wallet and phone ready!
*The exit payment machines cannot read the Odekake app QR code.
Finally
If it’s been a while since your last visit to Gardens, it’s easy to forget how much of the parking service is free, so we hope this refresher helps.
*Kagayaki @ Nishitsu SP, thank you very much for the tip!!
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