Welcome to “This Week in Nishinomiya,” where we look back at the Nishinomiya openings and closures covered on Nishi2 this week (5/4-5/10), along with other topics that got people talking!
This Week’s Openings, Closures, and Hot Topics by Area
Here are the openings, closures, and other topics Nishi2 covered this week, organized by area.
Nishinomiya Citywide
★Looks like you can get an original Hanshin × Kintetsu magnet sheet through a stamp rally
★Nishinomiya Storks player Hirotaka Sato is leaving the team. We rounded up the SNS posts
★Which age group has the largest population among Nishinomiya residents? [Nishinomiya Quiz]
★Kindergartens and nursery schools will apparently become almost free from October
Yamaguchi, Najio, and Namaze Area
Nothing this week (6 weeks in a row)
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Koyoen and Kurakuen Area
Hirota and Taisha Area
Nothing this week
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Uegahara Area
Nothing this week (5 weeks in a row)
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Nigawa and Kotoen Area
★Nigawa Gakuin Elementary School apparently presented Takakeisho with a ceremonial sumo apron
Mondoyakujin and Hinokuchi Area
Nothing this week (4 weeks in a row)
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Shukugawa and Kurakuen-guchi Area
★[Kurakuen-guchi] We tried the “Pasta Lunch” at RYU-RYU (Minamikoshikiiwa-cho)! [Nishi2 Gourmet]
★We tried the “Thali Lunch” at Namaste India (Yashiki-cho, Nishinomiya)! [Nishi2 Gourmet]
★Shukugawa Preschool is apparently adding an extension to its school building
★Soba restaurant Taishoan near Kurakuen-guchi Station closed on May 6
Hanshin Nishinomiya Area
★“Tookashi”: Get Japanese sweets at Nishinomiya Shrine’s Toka-mairi visit! Part 2 [Nishi2 Report]
JR Nishinomiya Area
Nothing this week
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Nishinomiya-kitaguchi Area
★[Nishinomiya Photo] Nishikita’s original pop-out boy sign
★An absolute recommendation from Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens’ BRUNO! We bought a few promising items
Koshienguchi Area
★[Nishinomiya Photo] An old-fashioned garbage station
Koroen Area
Nothing this week (2 weeks in a row)
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Hamawaki and Yomihama Area
Nothing this week (9 weeks in a row)
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Imazu and Hanshin-Kokudo Area
★[Nishinomiya Photo] A sudden thunderstorm in the evening in Tsutoozuka-cho
Koshien and Koshienhama Area
★A yakiniku restaurant called Gyuman Bokujo has opened. All-you-can-eat for 3,980 yen
Naruo, Takasu, and Komatsu Area
★Dream Bakery in Satonaka-cho has closed
★The FamilyMart inside Meiwa Hospital is apparently changing into a 7-Eleven. Opening May 30
Nishinomiyahama Area
Nothing this week (5 weeks in a row)
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This Week’s Wrap-Up
The biggest news this week was definitely the closure of Taishoan in Kurakuen-guchi. It was scheduled to close on May 6, but so many customers came that they ran short on ingredients and ended up closing on the 5th instead.
This week’s articles ended up leaning toward the Nishinomiya-kitaguchi and Shukugawa areas again… We’d like to gather information from a wider range of Nishinomiya!
Even small things like “a vending machine was installed over there” are welcome, so we’d be grateful if you could easily let us know through our tip submission form.
That was this week’s Nishi2.
Have a great weekend!
