Rain Is Forecast This Sunday So It Might Be a Good Time to Check Out New Shops at Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens

Welcome to “This Week in Nishinomiya,” where we look back at the Nishinomiya openings, closings, and hot topics covered on Nishi2 this week (4/6-4/11)!

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

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

Nishinomiya Citywide

★Apparently “Nishinomiya” ranked 10th in Seikatsu Guide.com’s “National Ranking of Cities People Want to Live In”

★Cherry Blossom Blooming Status Around Nishinomiya 2019 [Nishinomiya Photo]

★Looks like Nishinomiya Storks is hosting a basketball school for elementary through junior and senior high school students

Yamaguchi, Najio, and Namaze Area

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

★The parking lot of the closed Kame Sushi is apparently becoming a Times coin parking lot. From April 15

★Looks like “Kurakawa Orthopedics and ENT Clinic” is opening in Hinokuchicho along Kurakuen-suji. Opens May 7

Hirota and Taisha Area

★We tried the “Ramen and Fried Rice Set” at Shukugawa Sakura-tei (Nishida-cho, Nishinomiya)! [Nishi2 Gourmet]

Uegahara Area

Nothing this week

Nigawa and Kotoen Area

Nothing this week (2 weeks in a row)
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Mondo-Yakujin and Hinokuchi Area

★We were way too curious about “Kobe College Original Japanese Black Tea,” so we bought some! [Nishi2 Gourmet]

Shukugawa and Kurakuenguchi Area

★Which writer connected to Catholic Shukugawa Church was featured on Asahi Broadcasting’s “Be-Bop High Heel” aired Thursday, April 4? [Nishinomiya Quiz]

★We tried the “Hamburger Steak Lunch” at “Meat Bar Meat Meat Meat” (Matsuzono-cho, Nishinomiya)! [Nishi2 Gourmet]

★We tried the “Local Chicken Wings” at “Shunsai Yuzuya” (Hagoromo-cho, Nishinomiya)! [Nishi2 Gourmet]

★Looks like a cafe called “Ibasho” is opening in Minamikoshikiiwa-cho along the Nakashinden River. Opens April 13

★Looks like “Oi Clinic,” a neurosurgery and orthopedic clinic, is opening in Natsugi-cho along Prefectural Route 82. Opens July 1

★We went to the Nishinomiya Sakura Festival on Sunday, April 7! 2019 [Nishi2 Report]

★Otemae University Golf Club’s Yuka Yasuda has advanced to the finals at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur

Hanshin Nishinomiya Area

★[Tookashi] You can get Japanese sweets at Nishinomiya Shrine’s Toka-mairi! We were way too curious, so we went!! [Nishi2 Report]

★Looks like “Tookashi” (Ebisu Daifuku) will be handed out for free at Nishinomiya Shrine today at 10:00

JR Nishinomiya Area

★About the redevelopment of the southwest district of JR Nishinomiya Station [Nishi2 Summary]

★The ramen shop “Juban Toiro” in Nakamaeda-cho along the Shiyakusho-mae Line has closed

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Area

★Looks like an egg dish takeout shop called “Soju” is opening at Nishinomiya Hankyu. Opens April 17

★Today, 4/11, a buffet restaurant called “THE BUFFETgarden” is apparently opening at Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens

★Apparently the new stores from the Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens renewal were introduced on “Ohayo Asahi Desu”

★Apparently the April 7 broadcast of “Yasutomo no Doko Iko!?” was at Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens

★We bought a cute straw cup at “Thermos” in Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens

Koshienguchi Area

Nothing this week
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Koroen Area

Nothing this week (8 weeks in a row)
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Hamawaki and Yogai Area

Nothing this week (5 weeks in a row)
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Imazu and Hanshin-Kokudo Area

★“osteria Rucola/Rukkora,” an Italian and French restaurant near Gourmet City Imazu [Show Us Your Shop!]

Koshien and Koshienhama Area

★Looks like there will be a food event called “Koshien Ramen Festival × Menbaka” at Koshien Stadium. Three days from April 12

Naruo, Takasu, and Komatsu Area

★[Nishinomiya Photo] The very low underpass road in Mukogawa-cho

Nishinomiyahama Area

Nothing this week
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This Week’s Wrap-Up

For the third week in a row, the Shukugawa and Kurakuenguchi area had the most topics.

As expected, Nishikita had plenty of Gardens-related news!

We had planned to do one article on the Koroen or Hamawaki/Yogai area, but honestly it ended up in “I’ll go if I can” mode.Sorry about that.Next week for sure!

There was just one thing about Nishi2 this week that caught my attention.

It’s our weekly popular article ranking: the No. 1 article was about “Oi Clinic opening in Natsugi-cho.” Based on past trends, articles about hospital openings don’t usually take first place, but this one got a huge amount of traffic.

When I checked the analytics to see where it came from, most of the access was from Facebook, but it doesn’t seem to have come from a post on Nishi2’s own Facebook page. After all, analytics showed just “1” click (>_<)

There’s also no sign that it was shared, so maybe someone linked to it on a Facebook page somewhere. Hmm, the cause is a mystery. If anyone knows, we’d be happy if you could let us know.

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