Nishinomiya/Takarazuka

Nishinomiya/Takarazuka

The City of Nishinomiya is home to the famous Koshien Stadium, the site of annual high school baseball tournaments in spring and summer, as well as the base of the Hanshin Tigers, one of the major professional baseball teams.
On the day of baseball games, many fans pack the stadium.
Miyamizu, a water pumped up from shallow wells near the beach, is used to make sake from old times, and the area has sake storage building streets.
In the City of Takarazuka, the female-only Takarazuka Revue plays elegant shows starred by male-role and female-role female actresses.
Takarazuka Onsen is a hot spring near the Takarazuka Revue Theater, which has been known since the Kamakura period.
In addition, Takarazuka has the commemoration hall for famous cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, who had close relationship with the city, and the Great Takarazuka Bridge featuring fountains and flower beds, among other attractions.