2025 Nishinomiya City event information, organized by date.
We’ll keep updating this as needed☆
Items highlighted in blue are events that Nishitsu has written articles about.
(We also cover major noteworthy events in nearby cities)
Ended Long-Running Events
January
January 1 (Wed)
New Year’s Sake Offering Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens MUJI
January 4 (Sat)
Koshien History Museum × Koshien Plus New Year Event
January 5 (Sun)
Koshien History Museum × Koshien Plus New Year Event
Puppet Ebisu Dance Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
January 7 (Tue)
Nanakusa-gayu Porridge Giveaway Event Hanshin Nishinomiya
January 10 (Fri)
Gate-Opening Ceremony: Lucky Man Race
110 Day Campaign LaLaport Koshien
January 12 (Sun)
Corowa Music Garden Corowa Koshien
Nishinomiya Yamaguchi Jurassic Race 2025 Yamaguchi Hall
2025 Nishinomiya City Fire Department New Year Review Hanshin South Regional Disaster Prevention Base
Katsura Bunza Rat Yose RAT★RACE
January 13 (Mon, holiday)
Exciting Shopping Mission Amity Baycom Hall
Self-Photo Event Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
Coming-of-Age Gathering Event LaLaport Koshien
New Year Mochi-Pounding Event Ueda Park
Shishimai Lion Dance Is Coming ACTA Nishinomiya
Takasu Nishi Elementary School District Disaster Drill: Let’s Join the Drill! Takasu Nishi Elementary School
January 17 (Fri)
30 Years Since the Earthquake: Panel Display of Nishinomiya at the Time and Introduction to Emergency Supplies Nishinomiya Citizens Mutual Aid Hall
January 18 (Sat)
Yoshimoto Comedy Live in Nishinomiya 2025 Amity Baycom Hall
New Retro SAKE Festival 2025 Ebista Nishinomiya
Try New Year Calligraphy with Squid Ink Shellfish Museum
Midwinter Clam Digging LaLaport Koshien
30 Years Since the Earthquake: Panel Display of Nishinomiya at the Time and Introduction to Emergency Supplies Nishinomiya Citizens Mutual Aid Hall
January 19 (Sun)
Try New Year Calligraphy with Squid Ink Shellfish Museum
Midwinter Clam Digging LaLaport Koshien
Komatsu Board Game Party Coop Nishinomiya Higashi
January 22 (Wed)
Cheerful Parent-Child Cafe “Setsubun! Oni Taiji” LaLaport Koshien
January 25 (Sat)
Nada Gogo Brewery Opening 2025 Hanshin Koshien Station West Exit Plaza
January 26 (Sun)
Shofukutei Daichi Rat Yose RAT★RACE
YELL! Make It! Play! Good Fortune Comes Mercard Mukogawa M Stage
February
February 1 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Brewery Opening 2025 Osawa Honke Shuzo Takarakko
History and Cultural Heritage Forum: Modern Architecture from the Perspective of Cultural Tourism Flyer 2 Kobe College (registration required → by January 20, 2025)
January 18 (Sat)–February 2 (Sun)
22nd National Grand Pottery Fair Nishinomiya Shrine Special Venue
February 2 (Sun)
Setsubun Festival Hirota Shrine
Setsubun Lucky Bean Gachapon & Oni Nakase Frente Nishinomiya
Setsubun Festival Nishinomiya Shrine (grounds)
Setsubun Festival Naruo Hachiman Shrine
February 5 (Wed)
11th Health and Beautiful Skin Lively Study Session Shukugawa Community Center
February 6 (Thu)
KidZania for Adults KidZania Koshien
February 8 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Brewery Opening 2025 Tatsuuma-Honke Brewing
GARDENS Calligraphy Fest Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
Joint Job Fair for Graduates / Excellent Companies Mukogawa Women’s University Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Campus
February 9 (Sun)
Corowa Music Garden Corowa Koshien
Let’s Enjoy Double Dutch Takamatsu Park
February 11 (Tue, holiday)
Yoshimoto Comedy Live Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
National Foundation & First Ox Festival Fukuo Shrine
Make an Original Deco Keychain! Frente Nishinomiya
February 7 (Fri)–February 16 (Sun)
Japan Women’s Futsal League Championship Celebration Event Mikkoramen Main Store・Nishinomiya Naka-Maeda Store
February 15 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Brewery Opening 2025 Mandai Osawa Jozo Tokuwaka
Shizuka Kudo PREMIUM SYMPHONIC CONCERT 2025 Hyogo Performing Arts Center
Katsura Bunza Rat Yose RAT★RACE
7th Mukogawa Women’s University Smile Fest LaLaport Koshien
February 16 (Sun)
Workshop & Family Concert Shellfish Museum
Shogakukan Kids Classroom Drakids × IFME × Hapista Collaboration Trial Event Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
7th Mukogawa Women’s University Smile Fest LaLaport Koshien
February 22 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Brewery Opening 2025 Nihonsakari Sakagura-dori Rengakan
Amami Products Fair Honwaka Shopping Street
February 23 (Sun)
Amami Products Fair Honwaka Shopping Street
February 24 (Mon, holiday)
It’s M-Stage! Everyone Gather Mercard Mukogawa
February 27 (Thu)
Tsukurubu Marche Handmade Market GR Garage Nishinomiya
March
March 1 (Sat)
Nishinomiya Brewery Opening 2025 Ozeki Kotobuki Product Warehouse
34th Naruo Yose Naruo Cultural Hall
Nishinomiya Exchange Festival: Smile Through Sports Nishinomiya City Central Gymnasium・Nishinomiya Sports Center
Amagasaki・Nishinomiya Citizens Support Day Vissel Kobe
JRA Hanshin Racecourse Renewal Event “Naruhodo! PARK” Is Coming to Gardens! Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
March 2 (Sun)
Play with the Boy Scouts! Exciting Nature Experience Play Program Rokutanji Park
Naruhodo! PARK Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
JRA Hanshin Racecourse Renewal Event “Naruhodo! PARK” Is Coming to Gardens! Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
March 4 (Tue)
KidZania for Adults KidZania Koshien
March 7 (Fri)–March 21 (Fri)
“Miyakko” Naruo Exhibition Nishinomiya City Naruo Library
March 8 (Sat)
Hyogo Mitsubishi Motors Hill-Climbing Kit Test Drive Experience LaLaport Koshien G Parking Lot
