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Q. How do you read this town name? “六湛寺町”
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It’s where Nishinomiya City Hall, which everyone knows, is located.
The answer is “Rokutanji-cho”.
The Origin of “Rokutanji-cho”
According to information from Nishinomiya Internet TV,
the name comes from a Zen temple that stood in this area 660 years ago.
The character “湛” is said to refer to the deep source of Buddhist teachings,
and in the Meiji era, the town was named Rokutanji-cho after this historic temple.
Rokutanji-cho is here on the map↓↓
