is a district along the Nigawa (river), which flows along the border of Takarazuka and
Nishinomiya
270px, Nishinomiya City Hall
270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center
270px, Hirota Shrine
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of 48 ...
, in
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...
, Japan.
Outline
Nigawa is one of the districts developed in the early stages of the development of the area along the
Hankyu Imazu Line
, trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Gro ...
in the 1930s. This beautiful district has also been well known as a district where rich people, including presidents of major companies, sport managers and players, artists, or university professors in the
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
Metropolitan Area live. However, during the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995, this district was heavily damaged and the aging of the population has started to change the atmosphere around the district.
Blocks
Nigawa district consists of the blocks as follows;
Nishinomiya City
*Nigawa 1-chome, 2-chome, 3-chome, 4-chome, 5-chome, 6-chome (仁川○丁目)
*Nigawa-cho (仁川町)
*Nigawa Gokayama-cho (仁川五ヶ山町)
*Nigawa Yurino-cho (仁川百合野町)
Takarazuka City
*Nigawa Kita 1 chome, 2 chome, 3 chome (仁川北○丁目)
*Nigawa Takadai 1-chome, 2-chome (仁川高台○丁目)
*Nigawa Takamaru 1-chome, 2-chome, 3-chome (仁川高丸○丁目)
*Nigawa Tsukimigaoka (仁川月見ヶ丘)
*Nigawa-dai (仁川台)
*Nigawa Asahigaoka (仁川旭ヶ丘)
*Nigawa-danchi (仁川団地)
*Nigawa Miyanishi-cho (仁川宮西町)
Mount Kabutoyama
{{nihongo, Mount Kabuto, 甲山, Kabuto-yama is a mountain in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. It is located in the east end of the Rokko Mountains, and the height is 309.2m.
Outline
Mount Kabuto is a famous picnic spot in the Kansai metropolitan ...
Nigawa Kindergarten (Nishinomiya)
is a district along the Nigawa (river), which flows along the border of Takarazuka and Nishinomiya, in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Outline
Nigawa is one of the districts developed in the early stages of the development of the area along the Han ...
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Kurumi Kindergarten
is the Japanese word for walnut. It is also a given name in Japan, primarily for women (though occasionally for men, such as novelist Kurumi Inui). It may refer to:
People Actors
*, female child actress
*, female voice actress
*, female actress, ...
Access
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Nigawa Station
is a passenger railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport ...
Gallery
Image:Nigawa01.JPG, Nigawa District from Kabutoyama Forest Park (4/2009)
Image:Nigawa02.JPG, Upperside of Nigawa District (4/2009)
Image:Nigawa03.JPG, Nigawa River (4/2009)
Image:Nigawa04.JPG, Nigawa Nature Park (5/2005)
See also
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Nigawa landslide
The , or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had ...