If you know this, you can prove you’re a true Nishinomiya expert. It’s time for the “Nishinomiya Quiz.”
Here’s today’s question↓
Q. Among students living in Nishinomiya who commute to schools outside the city, where is the most common school location?
a. Hanshin area
b. Kobe City
c. Osaka City
d. Osaka Prefecture
Nishitsu correct answer rate: 33%
(Shukugawa Station)
The correct answer is b, “Kobe City.”
The source is a graph showing the population flowing out of the city, included in the book “Basic Policy on Urban Planning in Nishinomiya City” (National Census, 2010).
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Kobe City Has the Most Commuting Students
When it comes to students, Kobe seems to have the highest number. By the way, Kobe University has 16,256 students.
Looking only at universities, Kobe City appears to have more students than Osaka City.
*Captured from Distribution of Universities in the Kansai Region, Osaka City (2019/5/31)
Ranking of Universities in Nishinomiya by Number of Students
Now, let’s rank Nishinomiya’s universities by student numbers.
| Rank | Number of students | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kwansei Gakuin University | 24421 |
| 2nd | Mukogawa Women’s University | 8182 |
| 3rd | Kobe College | 2607 |
| 4th | Mukogawa Women’s University Junior College Division | 1644 |
| 5th | Otemae University | 1563 |
| 6th | Konan University | 800 |
| 7th | Hyogo College of Medicine | 708 |
| 8th | Seiwa Junior College | 304 |
| 9th | Koshien Junior College | 90 |
| Total | 40319 |
Kangaku has an overwhelming number of students. 24,000 people!
Mukogawa Women’s University also has more than 8,000 students, which is a lot too, so I guess that’s about what you’d expect.
Nishinomiya really does live up to its reputation as an educational district, with so many schools and universities gathered here. There are 40,000 university students in Nishinomiya City alone. That’s amazing. No wonder Kotoen Station gets so packed.
And Koshien Stadium, which can hold that huge number of university students with its 47,508 seats, is even more amazing.
By the Way, Most Workers Go to Osaka City
About 40% of workers go to Osaka.
Nishinomiya is located almost right in the middle between Osaka and Kobe, but I guess this shows that Osaka still has more companies than Kobe.
Finally
According to the source book, about 130,000 people leave Nishinomiya City during the daytime. On the other hand, 80,000 people come in from outside the city. In other words, there are about 50,000 fewer people here during the day. That’s kind of hard to imagine.
