Following the state of emergency declaration, commercial facilities in Nishinomiya City, including Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens, appear to be temporarily closing.
Some facilities will remain open only for stores that sell daily necessities, such as supermarket food sections and drugstores.
Here, we’ll mainly share information on closures at major commercial facilities in Nishinomiya City.（Updated as needed）
We hope this helps you avoid the disappointment of going somewhere only to find it closed.
Update History
5/19 Nishinomiya Otani Memorial Art Museum reopens from June 1 by reservation only
5/19 Hanshin Department Store Hanshin Nishinomiya reopens from May 21
5/19 Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens reopens from May 22
5/19 Corowa Koshien reopens from May 19
5/13 Food section at Nishinomiya Hankyu reopens on May 13
5/10 Food section at Nishinomiya Hankyu temporarily closes from May 10
5/5 Added Kaikatsu CLUB to other facilities that remain open
5/5 Changed the closure period for some operators among other temporarily closed facilities
5/5 Changed Ebista Nishinomiya’s closure period from until May 6 to until further notice
5/5 Changed Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens’ closure period from until May 6 to until further notice
5/2 Closed parking lots at Omaehama, Nishinomiyahama, and the west side of Koshienhama
5/2 Added link to list of stores closed or operating shorter hours at ACTA Nishinomiya
5/2 Added link to list of stores closed or operating shorter hours at Frente Nishinomiya
5/2 Added “The Daiso” to facilities partially open at LaLaport Koshien
5/2 Royal Home Center temporarily closes on Sundays in May
4/23 Ticket refunds for TOHO Cinemas inside Gardens
4/23 Coop Koshienguchi temporarily closes from 4/23
4/20 Added stores operating inside LaLaport Koshien
4/20 Added stores operating inside Corowa Koshien
4/20 Added stores operating inside Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens
4/19 Ebista Nishinomiya temporarily closes from 4/15
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Commercial Facilities Temporarily Closed
阪急西宮ガーデンズ
It looks like stores inside the facility will reopen with reduced hours from Friday, May 22.
Stores operating inside the facility: Nishinomiya Hankyu (1F food section only), Izumiya, Matsumoto Kiyoshi, Seijo Ishii, Kawashima Eye Clinic, Rogen Meyer, Korokke to… Kobe Mizunoya, Eleven Cut, CORSO by k-two
The Walküre free event scheduled for 4/26 also appears to have been canceled.
TOHO Cinemas Nishinomiya OS inside the facility is also closed. (Refunds are apparently available for tickets except MoviTicke. Details here)
The 1st-floor food section of Nishinomiya Hankyu, which had been operating inside Gardens, appears to be closed from May 10 until further notice.→Reopened from May 13
Period: April 8–May 21
ららぽーと甲子園
As of now, there has not yet been an announcement about reopening.
Stores operating inside the facility: Ito-Yokado, Akachan Honpo, The Daiso
Period: April 8–until further notice
エビスタ西宮
Stores operating inside the facility: Some stores have changed their opening hours, but quite a few are open. Details here
Period: April 15–until further notice
(Information provided by Pukuringo. Thank you!)
阪神百貨店 阪神・にしのみや
It looks like the store will reopen from Thursday, May 21, including the 2nd floor.
Stores operating inside the facility: 1st floor
Period: April 8–May 20
※Information as of 12:00 on May 5. This may change depending on circumstances.
Commercial Facilities That Are Open (Some with Reduced Hours)
コロワ甲子園
It reopened from May 19.
Some stores have changed their opening hours. For details, please see the “official page.”
フレンテ西宮
Some stores are closed or operating with reduced hours. Details are listed in “Frente Nishinomiya Operating Status.”
アクタ西宮
The facility itself is operating as usual.
However, some individual stores may be closed or operating with reduced hours.
Details are listed in “In Response to the State of Emergency Declaration (Business Days and Hours).”
※Information as of 12:00 on May 5. This may change depending on circumstances.
Other Facilities That Are Open
The following stores appear to be continuing normal operations for now.
There are also places operating that are not listed here.
Supermarkets, etc.
- Convenience stores
- Aeon
- Life（Some stores have reduced hours）
- Maruhachi
- Kansai Super（Some reduced hours. Until 21:00）
- mandai(万代)（Reduced hours apply. Generally until 22:00, with some exceptions）
- Daiei Gourmet City
- Marunaka
- Hankyu Oasis
- KOHYO
- Shokuhinkan Apro
- Maruai
- Pal Yamato（Entry restrictions in place; Egg Day canceled）
- Akashiya JR Nishinomiya Station store（Reduced hours. Closes at 22:00）
- Ikari Supermarket（Some stores have reduced hours）
- Seijo Ishii（Reduced hours?）
- Don Quijote
- Trial
Some supermarkets appear to be refraining from distributing flyers and newspaper inserts.
For Gyomu Super, Sundi, A-Price, Japan, and others, we could not confirm any new information posted on their websites after the state of emergency declaration. They are believed to be open.
Drugstores
- Welcia（Some stores have reduced hours）
- Tsuruha Drug（Koshien and Minami-Koshien stores have reduced hours）
- Matsumoto Kiyoshi（Some stores have reduced hours）
- Cocokara Fine（Some stores closed or operating shorter hours）
- Lifort（Cocokara Fine Group）
- Drugstore Maruzen（Cocokara Fine Group）
- Drug Segami（Cocokara Fine Group）
- Nishiichi Drug
For Kirindo, Sugi Pharmacy, Sugi Drug, Drug Yutaka, Daikoku Drug, Silk, and others, we could not confirm any new information posted on their websites after the state of emergency declaration. They are believed to be open.
Home Centers
- Royal Home Center（Temporarily closed on Sundays in May. Nishinomiya Chuo store has reduced hours）
- Kohnan（Closes at 19:00 until May 6. From May 7 until further notice, weekend closing time will be 18:00. Details here）
Other
- Banks
- Hard Off Nishinomiya store（Temporarily closed on April 18 and 19. Basically operating with reduced hours）
- Kaikatsu CLUB Route 2 Nishinomiya store
Stores selling daily necessities, such as supermarkets and drugstores, will continue to let people buy what they need as usual and appear to be strengthening their inventories, so we should avoid panic buying.
※Information current as of the time of reporting. This may change depending on circumstances.
Other Facilities Temporarily Closed
Many other places are likely to close temporarily as well, but we’ll list the ones we’ve confirmed.
- Jankara（Reopening date undecided）
- Konami Sports Club（Until further notice）
- Anytime Fitness（Until May 7）
- JOYFIT24（Until May 6）
- Starbucks（
Until further notice.From Tuesday, May 19, drive-thru and takeout available） - McDonald’s JR Nishinomiya store（Until May 6）
