Information as of 19 August 2026

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It is not a personal opinion piece written by a human. An AI gathered official information published on the internet — municipal and national statistics, the Japan Meteorological Agency, railway companies, property portals — and rebuilt it into a form that someone considering a move can read and act on. Every figure carries a source link and the date it was checked, so please confirm anything that matters to you against the original document. Rules and prices change. Always check the latest information yourself before you sign anything.

Moving to Nishinomiya City

Q: Which part of Nishinomiya should I live in?

The city divides into its 6 administrative districts, Honcho, Naruo, Kawaraki, Koto, Shiose and Yamaguchi. The medians run from ¥19,990,000 in Shiose to ¥43,800,000 in Honcho, and the median elevations open out from 0.5 metres in Naruo to 245.7 metres in Yamaguchi.

Q: How many minutes is it from Nishinomiya to Osaka Station?

🔴 17 minutes and ¥320 from JR Nishinomiya, with 0 changes. Sannomiya is 15 minutes and ¥320, also with no change. Even from Nishinomiya-Najio in the north it is 35 minutes and ¥490 to Osaka with no change (the 7:33 rapid on the JR Takarazuka Line).

Q: What is the cheapest house you can buy in Nishinomiya?

SUUMO lists 677 houses, running ¥3,300,000 to ¥420,000,000 with a median of ¥34,900,000, of which 33 (5%) are at or under ¥10,000,000. 🔴 But 162 of the 677 (24%) are in the north above 200 metres, and there the median is about ¥20,000,000.

Q: Is the disaster risk high in Nishinomiya?

The city is designated a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster prevention promotion area, and at the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 43.0% and of 6-upper or above 8.1% (back marsh, AVS30 158.77 m/s). 🔴 On the disaster maps, flood and landslide risk come on separate sheets for the north and the south, so open the one for your side.

Q: Are summers hot and winters cold in Nishinomiya?

There are 4.7 days a year above 35°C, much the same as Tokyo (4.8), but 🔴 46.8 tropical nights a year, 2.6 times Tokyo’s 17.8. In winter there are 4.4 days below freezing and 0.0 days below freezing all day. The figures are for the Kobe Local Meteorological Observatory to the west; the AMeDAS station inside the city records 1,554.2 mm of rain a year, a little more.

Q: What are healthcare and schools like in Nishinomiya?

🔴 From 1 January Reiwa 8, medical care from birth to the end of the third year of upper secondary school is free, outpatient and inpatient alike, with no age or income test. The schools are 40 municipal primary schools, 19 municipal lower secondary schools and 1 municipal compulsory-education school, and higher education is 6 private universities and 4 private junior colleges.

Q: What do water and sewerage cost in Nishinomiya?

On the city’s quick reference table, 40 cubic metres over 2 months on a 13 mm meter comes to ¥9,110 including tax (water ¥5,555 plus sewerage ¥3,555). For 20 cubic metres over 2 months it is ¥3,742. There is also a housing renovation grant (10% of the cost, up to ¥150,000).

Q: Will the house I buy sell when I want to sell it?

In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land is ¥293,500/m², up 3.8% on the year, and commercial land is +7.6%. 🔴 That is the highest level of any area covered on this site, about 1.4 times Amagasaki City (¥206,600/m²).

Q: What is happening to Nishinomiya's population?

480,748 people in 225,207 households (estimated population, 1 August Reiwa 8). 🔴 The density runs from about 14,180/km² in Kawaraki to about 680/km² in Yamaguchi, a spread of more than 20 times. The city writes that “the population, at more than 480,000, is well above what it was before the earthquake”.

In the city’s own words, “it lies in the south-east of Hyogo Prefecture, roughly midway between the cities of Osaka and Kobe, and its long north–south territory of 100.18 square kilometres divides into the mountain country of the north and the plain of the south”. The population is 480,748. 🔴 From JR Nishinomiya it is 17 minutes and ¥320 to Osaka Station, and 15 minutes and ¥320 to Sannomiya — neither needs a change of train. This is a city that declared itself a “city of learning and housing” in Showa 38, and it has 6 private universities and 4 private junior colleges. From 1 January Reiwa 8, medical care from birth to the end of upper secondary school is free, outpatient and inpatient alike, with no age or income test (§7). There are 677 second-hand houses on the market at the moment, and all 677 are tallied here. They run from ¥3,300,000 to ¥420,000,000, with a median of ¥34,900,000. 162 of them (24%) are up in the northern hills, above 200 metres (§2).

Osaka Sta.,

17 min

No change of train from JR Nishinomiya

To Sannomiya

15 min

No change of train from JR Nishinomiya

City area

100.18km²

A long north–south territory

Homes for sale

677 listings

¥3,300,000– / median ¥34,900,000

Population

480,748 people

225,207 households, Reiwa 8 (2026), 8/1

Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years

43.0%

At the city hall site, back marsh

Summer (August daily high)

32.2℃

0.9°C warmer than Kobe and Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

3.1℃

1.9°C warmer than Kobe and Tokyo

⛰ National and quasi-national parks ♨ Hot springs and day bathing9

National and quasi-national parks: Setonaikai National Park / Hot springs and day bathing: Hamada Onsen Koshien Kyokusen-no-Yu · Shin-yu · Kur Mukogawa · Kumano-no-Sato · Ashinoyu Kaikan · Futaba Onsen · Imazu Onsen · Ogo Onsen
Sources: national and quasi-national parks are determined from Ministry of the Environment boundary data and other sources (details in §17 of the text) (verified 2026-08-21) / hot springs and day bathing from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (verified 2026-08-20). 🔴 Only what is present is listed here — it does not mean that a town without these is any lesser.

Last verified 2026-08-19

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Nishinomiya is

The city’s profile opens like this — “it lies in the south-east of Hyogo Prefecture, roughly midway between the cities of Osaka and Kobe, and its long north–south territory of 100.18 square kilometres divides into the mountain country of the north and the plain of the south”. The houses on the market run from minus 0.5 metres to 428.9 metres in elevation, with a median of 49.6 metres. That one sentence — “the mountain country of the north and the plain of the south” — is everything about house-hunting in this city.

The Rokko range splits the city clean in twoThe city’s administrative districts are 6: Honcho, Naruo, Kawaraki, Koto, Shiose and Yamaguchi. Of these, the northern pair, Shiose (24.64 km²) and Yamaguchi (23.79 km²), come to 48.43 square kilometres = 48% of the city, and yet 40,074 people live there = 8.3% of the population. In density that is about 14,180 people per square kilometre in Kawaraki against about 680 in Yamaguchi — a factor of 20 inside one city. The south is a plain facing Osaka Bay, the north a basin beyond the Rokko range, and getting between them takes the city’s own “Sakura Yamanami Bus” (§3).

“A city of learning and housing” is a phrase the city declared for itselfIn Showa 38 the city made its “Declaration of a City of Learning and Housing” and has since pursued “town-building that makes the most of good residential land and a favoured educational environment”. Today it holds 6 private universities and 4 private junior colleges, and 2 municipal, 7 prefectural and 7 private upper secondary schools (§7). Of the city flag it says: “the kana ‘ni’ designed in red and green on white. The red stands for the bright sun and for happiness, the green for a town surrounded by the beautiful nature of the eastern Rokko”, and the city calls this “the town of green and happiness, the founding idea of a city of learning and housing”. The city flower is the cherry (chosen by public nomination in Showa 40, from famous spots such as Shukugawa Park) and the city tree is the camphor.

Miyamizu, Koshien, and the earthquakeIn the city’s account, “it flourished from early times as a temple town and a post town, and its traditional industry of sake brewing became known across the country as the home of ‘Nada no Kiippon’ after ‘miyamizu’ water was discovered in the Edo period and used in brewing clear sake”. From the Meiji era it “developed as a residential district thanks to its scenic beauty and its ease of travel”, and it became the city of Koshien Stadium, where the spring and summer high-school baseball tournaments are held. And then — “in the small hours of 17 January Heisei 7 the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake dealt this city a devastating blow”. The city writes that “having worked at once and without stint to rebuild people’s lives and restore the city, the town has now regained the bustle it had before the earthquake”, and it moved to core-city status in April Heisei 20.

Source:Nishinomiya City, “Profile”(updated 19 August 2019; all quotations are from that page. Total area 100.18 km² / the long north–south territory divides into the mountain country of the north and the plain of the south / miyamizu and “Nada no Kiippon” / “scenic beauty” and “ease of travel” / Showa 38, the declaration of a city of learning and housing / 17 January Heisei 7, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake / April Heisei 20, core-city status) /the same site, “The city’s symbols”(updated 10 March 2025; the description of the city flag and “the town of green and happiness” / the city flower, the cherry, adopted March Showa 40, from famous spots such as Shukugawa Park and Manchidani / the city tree, the camphor, adopted September Showa 53) / population and area by administrative district are fromthe same site, “Estimated population, resident register population, area and vital statistics”(as of 1 August Reiwa 8. Shiose 24.64 km², 23,898 people / Yamaguchi 23.79 km², 16,176 people / Kawaraki 5.44 km², 77,139 people. Densities are calculated from population and area) / verified 2026-08-19

Map of Nishinomiya City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Nishinomiya City Hall. Along the coast in the south the Hanshin Main Line, the JR Kobe Line and the Hankyu Kobe Line run east to west, and the Rokko range rises immediately north of them. Scroll north and, beyond the mountains, you reach Shiose (Nishinomiya-Najio and Namaze) and Yamaguchi (Kitarokkodai and Yamaguchi-cho).
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What should I know first about moving to Nishinomiya?

The city writes that “it lies roughly midway between the cities of Osaka and Kobe, and its long north–south territory of 100.18 square kilometres divides into the mountain country of the north and the plain of the south”. 🔴 Shiose and Yamaguchi in the north alone are 48% of the city, and yet 8.3% of the population lives there.

CHAPTER 02Six areas, and life in each

These 6 are the administrative districts Nishinomiya itself uses in its population statistics (Honcho, Naruo, Kawaraki, Koto, Shiose and Yamaguchi). Sorting all 677 houses on the market by town name, the medians run from ¥19,990,000 (Shiose) to ¥43,800,000 (Honcho), and the median elevations from 0.5 metres (Naruo) to 245.7 metres (Yamaguchi). 162 of the 677 (24%) are in Shiose or Yamaguchi in the north, above 200 metres, and the largest single share is Honcho with 334 (49%).

Shiose (Nishinomiya-Najio and Namaze) — up in the northern hills, with the lowest median85 houses (¥5,500,000–¥43,800,000, median ¥19,990,000, 10 at or under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 47.3–361.0 m (median 234.5 m). The nearest stations are Nishinomiya-Najio 69, Namaze 12. The median plot is 195 m² and the median building 118 m², both roomy, and the median year built is 1999, the newest of the 6 districts.
Who it suits = anyone who wants a large house and plot at this price, or who commutes 35 minutes to Osaka on the JR Takarazuka Line with no change (§3)
What to watch = this is housing on slopes between 200 and 360 metres. Walk the hills, the winter road surface and the question of whether you need a car yourself before you sign anything

Honcho (Shukugawa, Koyoen, Nishinomiya, Imazu) — the largest number, and the dearest334 houses (¥9,000,000–¥420,000,000, median ¥43,800,000, 1 at or under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 0.6–260.9 m (median 48.6 m) — this district alone runs from the sea to the hills. 49% of all the houses on the market in the city are here. The nearest stations are Koyoen 129, Kurakuen-guchi 65, Shukugawa 51, Nishinomiya 24, Koshien 24. Median plot 156 m², median building 109 m².
Who it suits = anyone who wants to live in the belt known by the names Shukugawa, Kurakuen and Koyoen
What to watch = 58 of the 334 (17%) date from 1981 or earlier. With prices spanning ¥9,000,000 to ¥420,000,000, “Honcho” covers completely different things

Yamaguchi (Kitarokkodai and Yamaguchi-cho) — the highest ground and the largest plots61 houses (¥9,800,000–¥52,800,000, median ¥20,800,000). Elevation 213.7–428.9 m (median 245.7 m) — among the highest on this site. The nearest stations are Nishinomiya-Najio 24, Taoji 16, Okaba 15 (Taoji and Okaba are on the Kobe Electric Railway). The median plot is 206 m², the largest of the 6 districts, and only 2 date from 1981 or earlier = a district of newer houses.
Who it suits = anyone who puts a large plot and a newer house first, or who wants Arima Onsen close by
What to watch = this is on the Kobe Electric Railway, and reaching Osaka takes a change. Check your commute first

Naruo (Koshien, Naruo, Hamakoshien) — the lowest ground and the oldest houses72 houses (¥3,300,000–¥158,000,000, median ¥33,800,000, 9 at or under ¥10,000,000). Elevation minus 0.5 to 4.6 m (median 0.5 m). The nearest stations are Koshien 32, Mukogawa 17, Naruo/Mukogawa-Joshidai-mae 9. The median plot is 70 m² and the median building 76 m², both small, and the median year built is 1990, with 18 of the 72 (25%) from 1981 or earlier.
Who it suits = anyone who wants to live within walking distance of Koshien
What to watch = this is at about sea level. Look at every one of the tsunami, storm-surge and flood hazard maps (§5)

Koto (Mondo-Yakujin, Kotoen, Nigawa) — housing along the Hankyu Imazu Line94 houses (¥6,500,000–¥180,000,000, median ¥40,800,000, 4 at or under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 7.3–173.4 m (median 44.9 m). The nearest stations are Mondo-Yakujin 33, Kotoen 26, Nigawa 26. The median plot is 90 m², the median year built 1996, and only 8 (9%) date from 1981 or earlier, the fewest of the 6 districts.
Who it suits = anyone who wants the Hankyu Imazu Line for both Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi and Takarazuka, or who wants to live in the belt around Kwansei Gakuin University
What to watch = a median of ¥40,800,000 is the second-highest level in the city. At 90 m² the plots are not large

Kawaraki (Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Koshienguchi, Kamikoshien) — the most densely packed part of the city31 houses (¥5,800,000–¥99,800,000, median ¥39,800,000, 7 at or under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 2.9–11.4 m (median 6.2 m). The nearest stations are Koshienguchi 17, Mondo-Yakujin 7, Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi 6.
What to watch = the median plot is 65 m² and the median building 81 m² — among the smallest markets anywhere on this site. The density is about 14,180 people per square kilometre (§1 and §10). 7 of the 31 (23%) are at or under ¥10,000,000, the highest share in the city, and yet the median is ¥39,800,000 — because terraced and row houses sit alongside new detached ones. Always check whether a plot can be rebuilt on and how it meets the road

The way the districts are divided followsNishinomiya City, “Estimated population by town (by administrative district)”and its list of town names (as of 1 October Reiwa 6) exactly. Prices, counts, elevations, years built and plot areas are fromSUUMOlisted677 listingsall below. Elevations come from the map coordinates on each SUUMO listing page, each listing's map coordinates through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API (674 of the 677 have per-property coordinates) / Verified 2026-08-19

Which part of Nishinomiya should I live in?

The city divides into its 6 administrative districts, Honcho, Naruo, Kawaraki, Koto, Shiose and Yamaguchi. The medians run from ¥19,990,000 in Shiose to ¥43,800,000 in Honcho, and the median elevations open out from 0.5 metres in Naruo to 245.7 metres in Yamaguchi.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

From JR Nishinomiya, Osaka Station is 17 minutes and ¥320 away, and Sannomiya 15 minutes and ¥320, with 0 changes either way — the position exactly midway between Osaka and Kobe shows up directly in the figures. The south carries the JR Kobe Line, the Hankyu Kobe Line, the Hankyu Imazu Line and the Hanshin Main Line, the north the JR Takarazuka Line (Shiose) and the Kobe Electric Railway (Yamaguchi), and north and south are joined by the city’s own “Sakura Yamanami Bus”.

Leg (JR)	Time	Fare
Nishinomiya → Osaka	17 min	¥320
Nishinomiya → Sannomiya	15 min	¥320
Koshienguchi → Osaka	14 min	¥240
Sakura-Shukugawa → Osaka	19 min	¥320
Nishinomiya-Najio → Osaka	35 min	¥490

These are the results of a search on JR West’s official timetable for a departure at 8:00 on 20 August 2026 (adult, one way). The 35 minutes from Nishinomiya-Najio is the 7:33 rapid service on the JR Takarazuka Line (29.6 route km), and it reaches Osaka Station with no change.

In the south, 3 companies run east–west in parallelThe Hanshin Main Line, the JR Kobe Line and the Hankyu Kobe Line lie in that order from the sea inland, and the Hankyu Imazu Line crosses them north to south, meeting the Kobe Line at Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi. Counting the nearest station for all 677 houses gives Koyoen 134, Nishinomiya-Najio 93, Kurakuen-guchi 65, Koshien 56, Shukugawa 52, Mondo-Yakujin 48, Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi 29, Kotoen 26, Nigawa 26, Koshienguchi 24 — having a choice of lines is the strength of the south. From Hanshin Koshien the Hanshin Namba Line runs through onto the Kintetsu Nara Line, and Kintetsu’s official fare search gives “Kintetsu-Nara (Namba) Koshien” = ordinary fare ¥1,050.
Fares and journey times within the Hanshin and Hankyu networks are not given on this page. The two companies’ fare searches could not be read mechanically, so rather than write from guesswork we link to the official searches.

What joins north to south is the city’s own busWhat links the south and north across the Rokko range is the “Sakura Yamanami Bus”. That the city publishes its bus stop maps as 2 separate sheets, “bus stops in the southern area” and “bus stops in the northern area”, says everything about the shape of this city. Fares were revised on 1 September Reiwa 7, commuter and student passes cost the same as Hankyu Bus, and hanica passes can be used interchangeably on Hankyu Bus and Hanshin Bus. If you live in the north, whether you use this bus, the JR Takarazuka Line (Shiose) or the Kobe Electric Railway (Yamaguchi) is what designing your commute comes down to.

Sources: JR journey times and fares from JR West official timetable and fare search(searched 20 August 2026. Nishinomiya → Osaka 17 min ¥320 / Nishinomiya → Sannomiya 15 min ¥320 / Koshienguchi → Osaka 14 min ¥240 / Sakura-Shukugawa → Osaka 19 min ¥320 — all departing 8:00, 0 changes / Nishinomiya-Najio → Osaka 35 min ¥490, 29.6 route km = the 7:33 rapid on the JR Takarazuka Line, 0 changes) / the fare to Kintetsu-Nara is fromKinki Nippon Railway, fare and charge search(as of 19 August 2026; route “Kintetsu-Nara (Namba) Koshien” = ordinary adult fare ¥1,050); for fares within the Hanshin network seeHanshin Electric Railway fare search, and for the Hankyu network seeHankyu Railway fare search. The Sakura Yamanami Bus is fromNishinomiya City, “Routes and bus stops”(updated 1 April 2025; 2 sheets, southern area and northern area) andthe same site, “Fares and special tickets”(updated 23 April 2026; fares revised 1 September Reiwa 7; passes cost the same as Hankyu Bus; hanica interchangeable) / the breakdown of nearest stations is tallied from the 677 SUUMO listings below / verified 2026-08-19

✈ Airports

The nearest is Osaka International Airport (a hub airport, company-managed), about 12.3 km as the crow flies. Next is Kobe Airport (about 16.5 km as the crow flies). 🔴 These are straight-line distances. They are not road distances or journey times — please check the actual routes in each operator’s timetable.

🛣 Expressway junctions

This area has 11 entry and exit points (interchanges and junctions).
Hanshin Expressway Route 3 Kobe Line = Mukogawa, Ashiya, Nishinomiya
Hanshin Expressway Route 5 Bayshore Line = Koshienhama, Nishinomiyahama, Naruohama
Hanshin Expressway Route 7 Kita-Kobe Line = Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi JCT, Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi-Minami, Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi-Higashi
Chuo Expressway Nishinomiya Line = Nishinomiya IC/JCT
Chugoku Expressway = Nishinomiya-Kita

Sources: airports fromNational Land Numerical Information, "Airports", FY2021 edition (category names followthe MLIT list of airports ) / expressway junctions fromthe same, "Expressways time series", 2025 edition, current data only (what is open today). Both were overlaid onthe same, "Administrative boundaries", 2026and judged by machine to fall inside this area / verified 2026-08-21

How many minutes is it from Nishinomiya to Osaka Station?

🔴 17 minutes and ¥320 from JR Nishinomiya, with 0 changes. Sannomiya is 15 minutes and ¥320, also with no change. Even from Nishinomiya-Najio in the north it is 35 minutes and ¥490 to Osaka with no change (the 7:33 rapid on the JR Takarazuka Line).

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO lists 677 houses. Taking all 677, they run from ¥3,300,000 to ¥420,000,000, with a median of ¥34,900,000. 33 (5%) are at or under ¥10,000,000, and 140 at or under ¥20,000,000. The median year built is 1996, and 106 (16%) date from 1981 or earlier. The median plot is 145 square metres (about 44 tsubo) and the median building 108 square metres. Elevations run from minus 0.5 metres to 428.9 metres, with a median of 49.6 metres — that spread is the Nishinomiya market.

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"Nearest the station first" converts everything to minutes — a walk of ◯ min, ◯ min by bus plus ◯ min from the stop, ◯ km by car (reckoned at 30 km/h) — and compares those. Listings with no such information always appear last, whatever the sort.

Komatsu Minami-machi 1¥3,300,000Naruo (Koshien, Naruo, Hamakoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 43 m² (13 tsubo) / Building 75 m² (23 tsubo) / built 1961 / Mukogawa Sta. 4 min walk9 photos →

Hamakoshien 3¥4,000,000Naruo (Koshien, Naruo, Hamakoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 41 m² (12 tsubo) / Building 58 m² (17 tsubo) / built 1978 / Koshien Sta. bus 10 min+3 min walk10 photos →

Najio Tokubo¥5,500,000Shiose (Nishinomiya-Najio, Namaze)Elev. approx. 260 m / Land 100 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 95 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1988 / Nishinomiya-Najio Sta. bus 15 min+5 min walk10 photos →

Koshienguchi 5¥5,800,000Kawaraki (Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Koshienguchi, Kamikoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 31 m² (9 tsubo) / Building 39 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1950 / Koshienguchi Sta. 11 min walk10 photos →

Koshienguchi 5¥5,800,000Kawaraki (Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Koshienguchi, Kamikoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 31 m² (9 tsubo) / Building 39 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1976 / Koshienguchi Sta. 9 min walk8 photos →

Koshienguchi 5¥5,800,000Kawaraki (Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Koshienguchi, Kamikoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 31 m² (9 tsubo) / Building 39 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1935 / Koshienguchi Sta. 11 min walk9 photos →

Koshienguchi 5¥5,800,000Kawaraki (Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Koshienguchi, Kamikoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 31 m² (9 tsubo) / Building 39 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1977 / Koshienguchi Sta. 10 min walk9 photos →

Hamakoshien 3¥6,000,000Naruo (Koshien, Naruo, Hamakoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 58 m² (18 tsubo) / Building 35 m² (11 tsubo) / built 1978 / Koshien Sta. 20 min walk6 photos →

Najio Minamidai 3¥6,000,000Shiose (Nishinomiya-Najio, Namaze)Elev. approx. 220 m / Land 221 m² (67 tsubo) / Building 134 m² (40 tsubo) / built 1999 / Nishinomiya-Najio Sta. bus 6 min+3 min walk8 photos →

Uegahara 9-ban-cho¥6,500,000Koto (Mondo-Yakujin, Kotoen, Nigawa)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 30 m² (9 tsubo) / Building 47 m² (14 tsubo) / built 1977 / Kotoen Sta. bus 10 min+7 min walk10 photos →

Hamakoshien 3¥7,000,000Naruo (Koshien, Naruo, Hamakoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 35 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 57 m² (17 tsubo) / built 1978 / Kusugawa Sta. 20 min walk8 photos →

Tashiro-cho¥7,800,000Kawaraki (Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Koshienguchi, Kamikoshien)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 34 m² (10 tsubo) / Building 40 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1974 / Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Sta. 9 min walk9 photos →

Kosone-cho 3¥8,500,000Naruo (Koshien, Naruo, Hamakoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 36 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 45 m² (14 tsubo) / built 1976 / Koshienguchi Sta. 16 min walk6 photos →

Kosone-cho 3¥8,500,000Naruo (Koshien, Naruo, Hamakoshien)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 36 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 45 m² (14 tsubo) / built 1976 / Koshienguchi Sta. 16 min walk5 photos →

Najio 3¥8,800,000Shiose (Nishinomiya-Najio, Namaze)Elev. approx. 160 m / Land 101 m² (31 tsubo) / Building 80 m² (24 tsubo) / built 1983 / Nishinomiya-Najio Sta. bus 8 min+5 min walk2 photos →

Najio 3¥8,800,000Shiose (Nishinomiya-Najio, Namaze)Elev. approx. 160 m / Land 101 m² (31 tsubo) / Building 80 m² (24 tsubo) / built 1983 / Nishinomiya-Najio Sta. bus 4 min+5 min walk2 photos →

The photographs are the images carried on SUUMO. They disappear once a listing ends. Check the real condition of a property on site.

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How to read this list

“The plain in the south” and “the hills in the north” are two different marketsPublished residential land stands at ¥293,500/m², a higher level than any other area on this site (§9). The median second-hand house, at ¥34,900,000, is also among the highest on this site. But it splits in two — Honcho ¥43,800,000, Koto ¥40,800,000 and Kawaraki ¥39,800,000 in the south against Shiose ¥19,990,000 and Yamaguchi ¥20,800,000 above 200 metres in the north (§2). In the north the median plot is 195 to 206 m², roomy; against Kawaraki’s 65 m² and Naruo’s 70 m² in the south, you are buying something entirely different.

Sorting shows you the north–south divideThis list carries an elevation for every property. Sort by lowest elevation and the southern plain comes to the top; sort by highest and the northern hills do. Sort by elevation first, make sure which of the two you are looking at, and then look at the prices. After that — in the south, tsunami, storm surge and flood (§5); in the north, landslides and slopes (§2 and §5). What you need to look at differs. 106 date from 1981 or earlier, so for those allow for the cost of a seismic survey as well.

Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Nishinomiya City" (All 677 of the 677 listings collected, as of 2026-08-19). Prices, year built, address and nearest station are as given on each listing page; elevation is the map coordinates on the listing page put through the Geospatial Information Authority elevation API.Listings change from day to day.Check each property page for the latest／checked 2026-08-19

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There are no registrations of homes for sale. Every property in this chapter is on the private market. (as verified on 17 August 2026)

What is the cheapest house you can buy in Nishinomiya?

SUUMO lists 677 houses, running ¥3,300,000 to ¥420,000,000 with a median of ¥34,900,000, of which 33 (5%) are at or under ¥10,000,000. 🔴 But 162 of the 677 (24%) are in the north above 200 metres, and there the median is about ¥20,000,000.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Nishinomiya City is designated a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster prevention promotion area. In the 250-metre square the city hall stands on, the chance of shindo 6-lower or above within 30 years is 43.0%, and of 6-upper or above 8.1%. The ground is back marsh, and AVS30 is 158.77 m/s. And Nishinomiya is a city that took what it calls a “devastating blow” in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 17 January Heisei 7 (§1).

Is this town inside a national earthquake-preparedness zone?

For each major earthquake, national law designates the areas where preparation is to be advanced. Whether a town is designated tells you directly how the national government views the shaking and tsunami expected there.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Designated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	Not covered (the whole of Hyogo Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not covered (the whole of Hyogo Prefecture is outside the scheme)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	43.0% (shindo 6-upper or above is 8.1%) At the Nishinomiya city hall site. Surface ground AVS30 159 m/s, back marsh

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Nishinomiya City town hall stands onback marsh(AVS30 159 m/s), and the 43.0% above is the value for that point. Even within Nishinomiya itself it varies a great deal between the low ground along the rivers and the plateau. When a listing interests you, look it up by its street address.Enter an address on the J-SHIS map and it shows the probability and the ground for that 250-metre mesh.

Look up an address on J-SHIS → Designations from the Cabinet Office list of designated municipalities (Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area／Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area／Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area ) / probability and surface ground from theNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS earthquake hazard information API (2024 edition, average case, all earthquakes) queried at the coordinates of the city hall / verified 2026-08-19

Nishinomiya’s disaster maps are on separate pages for the south and the north

Nishinomiya City revised and republished its “Nishinomiya disaster map”, issued in Reiwa 7, in August Reiwa 8, and published an inland-flooding hazard map in February Reiwa 8. There are 5 map sheets, and flood and landslide risk come on separate sheets for the north and the south. Which page you open depends on which side your lot is on.

Map	What it tells you
Flood and landslide (northern area)	The Mukogawa river system and the Arimagawa. This is the sheet if you are looking at Shiose or Yamaguchi. The landslide zones were updated as of 1 April Reiwa 8
Flood and landslide (southern area)	The Mukogawa. It covers the eastern side of the built-up area
Flood (southern area, the Shukugawa)	Flooding of the Shukugawa. The Shukugawa and Korien belt is on this sheet
Tsunami hazard map	Tsunami from a great Nankai Trough earthquake. Naruo (Koshien and Hamakoshien) sits at about 0 metres (§2)
Storm-surge hazard map	Projected inundation from storm surge. It covers the coast in the south
Inland-flooding hazard map (February Reiwa 8)	Flooding from rain heavy enough to exceed the drainage capacity of the sewers

What this number means, and what you do next

How much it shakes is the value for the ground under the city hall43.0% for shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is lower than Amagasaki City (50.2%) and far higher than Toyonaka City (11.3%). The city hall stands on back marsh with AVS30 158.77 m/s, and the softer the ground, the harder it shakes. But this is the value for a single cell under the city hall, and the houses on the market in the city run from minus 0.5 m to 428.9 m (§2). Do not read it as a figure for the city as a whole. You can see it lot by lot on J-SHIS.

The city has a grant towards guarding against floodingNishinomiya offers a grant towards fitting flood barriers. That such a grant exists also tells you there are places that need one. Two things to look at first — 1. put your address into the overlaid hazard map and view flood, inland flooding, storm surge, tsunami and landslide together; 2. open the sheet that matches your lot on the Nishinomiya disaster map page. The city also puts “guidance for those dealing in property” on that page.

Sources: the designation under the Nankai Trough Earthquake disaster-prevention promotion area from the Cabinet Office (Disaster Management) list of designated municipalities; the probability and the ground from National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS(the 250 m mesh containing the city hall at 34.73774 / 135.34184) / the make-up of the maps and their updates are fromNishinomiya City, “About the Nishinomiya disaster map”(updated 1 August 2026; issued Reiwa 7 / revised and republished August Reiwa 8, with landslide zones and the like as of 1 April Reiwa 8 / inland-flooding hazard map published February Reiwa 8 / the map sheets are flood and landslide for the northern area [the Mukogawa river system and the Arimagawa], the southern area [the Mukogawa], flood for the southern area [the Shukugawa], storm surge, and tsunami — 5 in all / “guidance for those dealing in property”) / the flood-barrier grant is fromthe same site, “We are offering a grant towards fitting flood barriers!” / elevations are from the per-property coordinates of the same 677 SUUMO listings as §2 / the probabilities compared for Amagasaki City and Toyonaka City are the same J-SHIS values as on their own pages on this site / verified 2026-08-19

Is the disaster risk high in Nishinomiya?

The city is designated a Nankai Trough earthquake disaster prevention promotion area, and at the city hall site the chance of shindo 6-lower or above in 30 years is 43.0% and of 6-upper or above 8.1% (back marsh, AVS30 158.77 m/s). 🔴 On the disaster maps, flood and landslide risk come on separate sheets for the north and the south, so open the one for your side.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

The AMeDAS station inside Nishinomiya records only rainfall, so the temperatures here are the normals for the Kobe Local Meteorological Observatory in Kobe City, immediately to the west. The annual mean is 17.0°C. Winter is milder than Tokyo (January daily low 3.1°C against Tokyo’s 1.2°C, and 0.0 days a year that stay below freezing), and 4.7 days a year above 35°C is much the same as Tokyo (4.8). What differs is 46.8 tropical nights a year — 2.6 times Tokyo’s 17.8.

Kobe

Japan Meteorological Agency, Kobe Local Meteorological Observatory (immediately west of Nishinomiya City)

Annual mean temperature17.0°C

August daily high32.2℃

January daily low3.1℃

Annual rainfall1,277.8mm

Tokyo

Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo station

Annual mean15.8°C

August daily maximum31.3°C

January daily minimum1.2°C

Annual rainfall1,598.2 mm

The twelve months of temperature, set out as they are

The left end of each bar is the average daily minimum for that month and the right end the average daily maximum (Nishinomiya, the 30-year average for 1991–2020).

month 1

3.1〜9.4℃

month 2

3.4〜10.1℃

month 3

6.3〜13.5℃

month 4

11.4〜18.9℃

month 5

16.5〜23.6℃

month 6

20.6〜26.7℃

month 7

24.7〜30.4℃

month 8

26.1〜32.2℃

month 9

22.6〜28.8℃

month 10

16.7〜23.2℃

month 11

10.9〜17.5℃

month 12

5.7〜12.0℃

-2℃11℃24℃37℃

46.8 days / 4.4 days

46.8 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8) and 4.4 days below freezing (Tokyo 15.2).
These are the figures for how summer nights and winter mornings compare with Tokyo

Days per year	Nishinomiya	Tokyo
Tropical nights minimum 25°C or above	46.8 days	17.8 days
Days above 35°C maximum 35°C or above	4.7 days	4.8 days
Days above 30°C maximum 30°C or above	57.9 days	52.1 days
Frost days minimum below 0°C	4.4 days	15.2 days
Days below freezing all day maximum below 0°C	0.0 days	0.0 days

For snow, the annual total snowfall is 1cm and the normal for maximum snow depth is 1cm.

Source:Japan Meteorological Agency normals for Kobe (by month) /the same, day counts by class (view=a2)／the same, Tokyo (all 30-year averages for 1991–2020) / verified 2026-08-14

Item	Kobe (normals)	What it means for daily life
Annual mean temperature	17.0℃	Mean daily high 20.5°C / mean daily low 14.0°C
Summer (August daily high)	32.2℃	4.7 days above 35°C (Tokyo 4.8), 57.9 days above 30°C, 46.8 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8)
Winter (January daily low)	3.1℃	4.4 days below freezing, 0.0 days below freezing all day. Total snowfall for the year is 1 cm, and the deepest snow cover is also 1 cm
Annual rainfall	1,277.8mm	June 176.7 mm and July 187.9 mm are the wettest; winter is drier (January 38.4 mm)

Days like Tokyo, nights 2.6 times Tokyo4.7 days above 35°C is much the same as Tokyo (4.8), so the daytime highs are not extreme. But there are 46.8 tropical nights a year — a month and a half of nights that never fall below 25°C. Being near the sea, summer here is bearable by day and slow to cool at night. How well the bedroom is insulated and how well the air conditioning works will decide how comfortable you are.

Even within the city, the rainfall differsThe annual rainfall of 1,277.8 mm given here is the figure for Kobe, next door to the west. The AMeDAS station inside Nishinomiya (rainfall only) records 1,554.2 mm a year — about 280 mm more than Kobe. On the southern slopes of the Rokko range, take it that rainfall runs on the high side. Snow is barely a concern (4.4 days below freezing, 0.0 days below freezing all day, 1 cm of snowfall a year). But that is the plain in the south. For Shiose and Yamaguchi at 200 to 380 metres (§2), it is safer to assume it is distinctly colder than this.

Sources: temperatures, day counts, rainfall and snow from Japan Meteorological Agency, “Kobe (normals, 1991–2020)”(the AMeDAS station inside Nishinomiya does not publish temperature normals, so this is the Kobe Local Meteorological Observatory in Kobe City to the west) / rainfall inside the city is fromthe same agency, “Nishinomiya (normals)”(annual rainfall 1,554.2 mm; temperature normals are not published) / the Tokyo figures are fromthe same, "Tokyo (normals)" (17.8 tropical nights, 4.8 days above 35C, August daily maximum 31.3C, January daily minimum 1.2C, annual rainfall 1,598.2 mm, annual mean 15.8C) / checked 2026-08-19

Are summers hot and winters cold in Nishinomiya?

There are 4.7 days a year above 35°C, much the same as Tokyo (4.8), but 🔴 46.8 tropical nights a year, 2.6 times Tokyo’s 17.8. In winter there are 4.4 days below freezing and 0.0 days below freezing all day. The figures are for the Kobe Local Meteorological Observatory to the west; the AMeDAS station inside the city records 1,554.2 mm of rain a year, a little more.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

From 1 January Reiwa 8 (2026), medical care from birth to the end of the third year of upper secondary school became free, outpatient and inpatient alike, with no age or income test. That is the most generous arrangement of any town covered on this site. The schools are 40 municipal primary schools, 19 municipal lower secondary schools and 1 municipal compulsory-education school. And there are 6 private universities and 4 private junior colleges — the “declaration of a city of learning and housing” of Showa 38 (§1) turned into figures.

Children’s medical care is free to the end of upper secondary school

The city puts it like this — “from 1 January Reiwa 8, for children up to the upper-secondary age group, the patient’s share (outpatient and inpatient) became free, with no age or income test”. It covers ages 0 to the end of the third year of upper secondary school (the first 31 March after a child turns 18; children not attending an upper secondary school are covered too). Up to 31 December Reiwa 7, the upper-secondary age group, and those aged 1 to the third year of lower secondary school whose household was above the income threshold (the “specified band”), paid ¥800 a day per medical institution for outpatient care (for up to 2 visits a month, free from the 3rd). That was made entirely free in January 2026.

Source:Nishinomiya City, “From 1 January Reiwa 8 we made medical care free up to the upper-secondary age group”(updated 7 August 2026; the quotation and the before-and-after table are on that page) / details of the scheme are fromthe same site, “Children’s medical cost subsidy scheme”/ Verified 2026-08-19

How to use emergency care

Duty doctors in the city cover holidays and nightsToday’s duty doctors (surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, internal medicine) are published by the Nishinomiya Medical Association, and the hours are weekdays 18:00 to 8:00 the next morning, Saturdays 12:00 to 8:00, and Sundays, public holidays and the New Year period (29 December to 3 January) 8:00 to 8:00. Always telephone to check before you go. The Nishinomiya Emergency Clinic (paediatrics and internal medicine / Ikeda-cho 13-3, ground floor of the Hello Work building / 0798-32-0021) opens weekdays 20:30–23:30, Saturdays 17:00–23:30, and Sundays, public holidays and the New Year period 9:00–14:00 and 17:00–23:30. No appointment is needed, but the number of patients it can take is limited.

Late at night, and when you are not sureThe Hanshin-Kita Wide-Area Children’s Emergency Centre telephone advice line (072-770-9981) runs every day from 0:00 to 6:30. It is for people living in Nishinomiya, Itami, Takarazuka, Kawanishi and Inagawa, and nurses at the children’s emergency centre answer. When you are not sure whether to call an ambulance, there is “Kyukyu Anshin Centre Hyogo” on #7119 (078-331-7119 if that does not connect), 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For children there is also the Hyogo Prefecture children’s medical telephone advice line, #8000 (Monday to Saturday 18:00 to 8:00 the next morning; Sundays, public holidays and the New Year period 8:00 to 8:00). Share these 3 numbers with your family before you move.

Source:Nishinomiya City, “Guide to emergency medical care on holidays and at night (for mild cases)”(updated 1 August 2026; today’s duty doctors and their hours / Nishinomiya Emergency Clinic = Ikeda-cho 13-3, ground floor of the Hello Work building, 0798-32-0021, with its hours / Hanshin-Kita Wide-Area Children’s Emergency Centre telephone advice 072-770-9981, every day 0:00 to 6:30, for residents of Nishinomiya, Itami, Takarazuka, Kawanishi and Inagawa / Kyukyu Anshin Centre Hyogo #7119, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year / Hyogo Prefecture children’s medical telephone advice #8000) / verified 2026-08-19

Schools — what “a city of learning and housing” means

In the city’s account, Nishinomiya has 40 municipal and 2 private primary schools, 19 municipal and 7 private lower secondary schools, and 1 municipal compulsory-education school. For upper secondary there are 2 municipal, 7 prefectural and 7 private schools; for higher education 6 private universities and 4 private junior colleges; and 21 municipal kindergartens (8 of them currently closed) and 38 private kindergartens (7 of which are kindergarten-type certified children’s centres). Ten universities and junior colleges in one city — that is what the phrase “a city of learning and housing” (§1) amounts to. The city publishes catchments in 2 forms, “by town name” and “by school name”. Always check the catchment for the exact lot before you view a house. The city also notes that “catchments may change for various reasons”.

Source:Nishinomiya City, “Schools in Nishinomiya”(updated 5 March 2024; 40 municipal primary schools / 2 private primary schools / 19 municipal lower secondary schools / 7 private lower secondary schools / 1 municipal compulsory-education school / 2 municipal, 7 prefectural and 7 private upper secondary schools / 4 private junior colleges and 6 private universities / 21 municipal kindergartens, 8 of them closed, and 38 private kindergartens) / catchments are fromthe same site, “FY Reiwa 8 primary, lower secondary and compulsory-education school catchments (by school name)”(2026-04-01updated) andthe same site, “School catchments (by town name)”/ Verified 2026-08-19

What are healthcare and schools like in Nishinomiya?

🔴 From 1 January Reiwa 8, medical care from birth to the end of the third year of upper secondary school is free, outpatient and inpatient alike, with no age or income test. The schools are 40 municipal primary schools, 19 municipal lower secondary schools and 1 municipal compulsory-education school, and higher education is 6 private universities and 4 private junior colleges.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

On the city’s quick reference table, water and sewerage come to ¥9,110 including tax for 40 cubic metres over 2 months on a 13 mm meter (water ¥5,555 plus sewerage ¥3,555). On a 20 mm meter it is ¥9,374, and for 20 cubic metres over 2 months, ¥3,742.

Use over two months	Water charge	Sewerage charge	Total (tax included)
20㎥	¥2,145	¥1,597	¥3,742
30㎥	¥3,850	¥2,576	¥6,426
40㎥	¥5,555	¥3,555	¥9,110
50㎥	¥7,524	¥4,534	¥12,058

These are the relevant rows of the city’s published quick reference table of water and sewerage charges (2 months, 13 mm meter), exactly as given (including 10% consumption tax). For comparison, the same 40 cubic metres over 2 months costs ¥8,533 in Amagasaki, ¥8,630 in Suita and ¥9,154 in Toyonaka.

The city has grants for renovation and for energy savingThe housing renovation grant scheme — the work must be done by a contractor whose main office is in the city, must cost ¥400,000 or more including tax, and the grant is 10% of the cost, up to ¥150,000. Places are allocated by lottery, and retaining walls, block walls, fences and water connections are excluded. There are also grants for converting a detached house to ZEH standard and for window renovation, for solar generating equipment for self-consumption, for fitting flood barriers (§5) and for rainwater tanks. If you plan to buy and then renovate, check the application windows first.

You can live without a car in the south; in the north you need oneIn the south Hanshin, JR and Hankyu run in parallel (§3), and in Kawaraki and Naruo the median plot is 65 to 70 m² (§2), so many houses come without parking. The north (Shiose and Yamaguchi) is slopes and a basin between 200 and 430 metres, where the Sakura Yamanami Bus and the JR Takarazuka Line or the Kobe Electric Railway are how you get about. A city where the answer to “car or no car” is the opposite in the north and the south — that is Nishinomiya. Decide first whether the running costs of a car go into your budget.

Source:Nishinomiya City, “Water and sewerage charges”which carriesquick reference table (2 months, 13 mm meter)and the relevant rows (20 m³ = water ¥2,145, sewerage ¥1,597, total ¥3,742 / 40 m³ = water ¥5,555, sewerage ¥3,555, total ¥9,110; 40 m³ on a 20 mm meter is water ¥5,819, total ¥9,374) / the renovation grant is fromthe same site, “About the FY Reiwa 8 (2026) housing renovation grant scheme [second round]”(work costing ¥400,000 or more, done by a contractor in the city / the grant is 10% of the cost, up to ¥150,000 / retaining walls, block walls, fences and water connections are excluded); the other grants are fromthe same site, “Grants relating to housing” / the water and sewerage figures compared for Amagasaki City, Suita City and Toyonaka City are from each city’s own quick reference table, as on their pages on this site / verified 2026-08-19

What do water and sewerage cost in Nishinomiya?

On the city’s quick reference table, 40 cubic metres over 2 months on a 13 mm meter comes to ¥9,110 including tax (water ¥5,555 plus sewerage ¥3,555). For 20 cubic metres over 2 months it is ¥3,742. There is also a housing renovation grant (10% of the cost, up to ¥150,000).

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land in Nishinomiya averages ¥293,500/m², up 3.8% on the year. Commercial land is ¥573,300/m² (+7.6%), industrial land ¥146,000/m² (+11.1%) and all uses ¥325,100/m² (+4.5%). Residential land at ¥293,500/m² is the highest level of any area covered on this site.

Use	Average price	Year-on-year change
Residential	¥293,500/m²	+3.8%
Commercial land	¥573,300/m²	+7.6%
Industrial land	¥146,000/m²	+11.1%
All uses	¥325,100/m²	+4.5%

Residential land here is the dearest on this siteThe residential average of ¥293,500/m² is about 1.2 times Suita City (¥242,100/m²), about 1.2 times Toyonaka City (¥240,300/m²), about 1.4 times Amagasaki City (¥206,600/m²) and about 1.8 times Takarazuka City (¥165,200/m²). On a 30-tsubo plot (99 m²) that is about ¥29,000,000 for the land alone. This average is for the city as a whole and includes the north above 200 metres (§2). Take it that the plain in the south is dearer than this and the north cheaper.

“A city of learning and housing” is what makes the exit strongResidential land +3.8%, commercial land +7.6%. On top of a position 17 minutes from Osaka and 15 from Sannomiya (§3) sit 10 universities and junior colleges (§7) and free medical care to the end of upper secondary school from January Reiwa 8 (§7). The pool of buyers is deep. But the median asking price ranges widely by district, from ¥19,990,000 in Shiose to ¥43,800,000 in Honcho (§2). What worked in your favour when you bought will work the same way when you sell.

Source:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8), average prices and year-on-year change by municipality (PDF)the Nishinomiya City row (compiled by the Land Information Center) / the land prices compared for Suita City, Toyonaka City, Amagasaki City and Takarazuka City are other rows of the same PDF / the medians are tallied from the same 677 SUUMO listings as §2 / verified 2026-08-19

Will the house I buy sell when I want to sell it?

In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land is ¥293,500/m², up 3.8% on the year, and commercial land is +7.6%. 🔴 That is the highest level of any area covered on this site, about 1.4 times Amagasaki City (¥206,600/m²).

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

480,748 people in 225,207 households (estimated population as of 1 August Reiwa 8), 2.13 per household. There are 36,082 more women than men (222,333 men, 258,415 women). The density is about 4,799 per square kilometre. But that figure means almost nothing here. By district it runs from about 14,180 in Kawaraki to about 680 in Yamaguchi, a spread of more than 20 times.

Population

480,748 people

1 August Reiwa 8, estimated population

Households

225,207 households

1 households 2.13 people

Men and women

222,333／258,415

Men / women

Population density

approx. 4,799 people/km²

480,748 people in 100.18 km²

Administrative district	Population	Area	per km²
Kawaraki (Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Koshienguchi)	77,139 people	5.44km²	approx. 14,180 people
Naruo (Koshien, Hamakoshien)	94,386 people	9.54km²	approx. 9,894 people
Koto (Mondo-Yakujin, Nigawa)	67,697 people	8.80km²	approx. 7,693 people
Honcho (Shukugawa, Koyoen, Nishinomiya)	201,452 people	27.97km²	approx. 7,203 people
Shiose (Nishinomiya-Najio, Namaze)	23,898 people	24.64km²	approx. 970 people
Yamaguchi (Kitarokkodai, Yamaguchi-cho)	16,176 people	23.79km²	approx. 680 people

Calculated from the estimated population as of 1 August Reiwa 8 and the areas by administrative district that the city publishes. Shiose and Yamaguchi together are 48% of the city, and yet 8.3% of the population lives there.

There are 6 ways to “live in Nishinomiya”Kawaraki’s roughly 14,180 people/km² is a higher density than any area covered on this site (Toyonaka City is about 10,900/km²). Yamaguchi, meanwhile, is about 680/km². You pay the same municipal tax, go to the same municipal schools and receive the same medical subsidy from the same city, and live completely differently. If you want to live in Nishinomiya, the first step is deciding which of the 6 districts you mean.

The population is higher than before the earthquakeThe city writes that “the population, at more than 480,000, is well above what it was before the earthquake, and the city continues to develop as an attractive place” (§1). A city that took a “devastating blow” in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 17 January Heisei 7 has grown its population from that point to today — that one sentence shows how the city sees its own history. There are 2.13 people per household, and 10,164 foreign residents.

Source:Nishinomiya City, “Estimated population, resident register population (Japanese and foreign), area and vital statistics”(updated 1 August 2026; as of 1 August Reiwa 8. Estimated population 480,748 for the whole city, 225,207 households / 222,333 men, 258,415 women / area 100.18 km² / by administrative district: Honcho 201,452 people, 27.97 km²; Naruo 94,386, 9.54 km²; Kawaraki 77,139, 5.44 km²; Koto 67,697, 8.8 km²; Shiose 23,898, 24.64 km²; Yamaguchi 16,176, 23.79 km² / 10,164 foreign residents on the resident register. Densities are calculated from population and area) / “well above what it was before the earthquake” is fromthe same site, “Profile” / the density compared for Toyonaka City is calculated the same way as on the Toyonaka page on this site / verified 2026-08-19

Share of foreign residents

2.00%national average 3.26%

Of the 479,587 people living in Nishinomiya City, 9,605 are foreign residents. That is below the national average (3.26%).
Nationwide, foreign residents are 3.26% of the total population (4,031,159 out of 123,767,642). 34 municipalities in the country are above 10%.

Source: calculated by this site from the municipality-level tables of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Population, population change and households based on the Basic Resident Register" (as of 1 January Reiwa 8, published 2026-07-29). The ministry's publication page / verified 2026-08-17

What is happening to Nishinomiya's population?

480,748 people in 225,207 households (estimated population, 1 August Reiwa 8). 🔴 The density runs from about 14,180/km² in Kawaraki to about 680/km² in Yamaguchi, a spread of more than 20 times. The city writes that “the population, at more than 480,000, is well above what it was before the earthquake”.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

The year in Nishinomiya is cherry blossom, Koshien and sake. The cherry, the city flower, was chosen by public nomination “because the city has so many famous cherry spots, such as Shukugawa Park and Manchidani”. Koshien Stadium, where the spring and summer high-school baseball tournaments are held, is here, and the brewing of “Nada no Kiippon” is recognised both as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and as Japan Heritage.

When	Event, and what you can do	Where
3–month 4	Cherry blossom. The reason it was chosen as the city flower was “because the city has so many famous cherry spots, such as Shukugawa Park and Manchidani” (adopted March Showa 40). Even the city’s own bus is called the “Sakura Yamanami Bus”	Shukugawa Park, Manchidani and others
3–month 4, month 8	The spring and summer high-school baseball tournaments. In its own introduction the city writes that it is “also well known as the town with ‘Koshien Stadium’, where the spring and summer high-school baseball tournaments are held”	Koshien Stadium
All year	Sake brewing. “Miyamizu” water was discovered in the Edo period, and the city has been known as the home of “Nada no Kiippon” ever since. “Traditional sake brewing” is inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and “Itami and the Nada Gogo, the celebrated brewing districts born of ‘Itami Morohaku’ and the ‘Nada no Kiippon’ sake shipped down to Edo” is certified as Japan Heritage	The sake breweries in the south of the city
All year	Mount Rokko and Arima. The Yamaguchi district in the north adjoins Arima Onsen, and Arima-Onsen appears among the nearest stations for houses on the market (§2)	North of the city

Neighbourly life takes a different shape in the north and the southThe city keeps a branch office or service centre in each of its 6 districts, Honcho, Naruo, Kawaraki, Koto, Shiose and Yamaguchi (§2). Between Kawaraki, with 14,000 people to the square kilometre, and Yamaguchi with 680 (§10), how the residents’ associations came about and how much the local events ask of you both differ. Before you buy, ask the association officers directly about the dues and the duty roster for that district. In the northern new towns (Najio and Kitarokkodai) in particular, the feel of a neighbourhood changes with the years since it was first opened.

There is a municipal vacant-home bank in the northWithin Nishinomiya’s “vacant property information service (vacant house and vacant flat information bank)”, registrations for residential use are limited to the Shiose and Yamaguchi districts. Registered properties are published on the city’s official website and on the national vacant-home bank, and enquiries and brokerage are handled by estate agents (a brokerage fee applies). Registrations for public-benefit use (gathering places for older people, childcare rooms, residents’ association activities and so on) are open across the whole city. If you are house-hunting in the north, look at this alongside SUUMO.

Source:Nishinomiya City, “The city’s symbols”(why the cherry was chosen as the city flower, adopted March Showa 40) /the same site, “Profile”(Koshien Stadium, miyamizu and “Nada no Kiippon”) /the same site, “‘Traditional sake brewing’ has been inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage”／the same site, “‘Itami and the Nada Gogo, the celebrated brewing districts born of “Itami Morohaku” and the “Nada no Kiippon” sake shipped down to Edo’ has been certified as Japan Heritage” / the akiya bank from the same site, “Vacant property information service (vacant house and vacant flat information bank)”(updated 8 July 2026; residential use is limited to the Shiose and Yamaguchi districts / published on the city’s official website and the national vacant-home bank / brokerage by estate agents) / the branch offices are fromthe same site, “Guide to branch offices, service centres and sub-offices”/ Verified 2026-08-19

What events does Nishinomiya have?

Cherry blossom (the city flower, at Shukugawa Park and Manchidani), the spring and summer high-school baseball (Koshien Stadium) and sake brewing (“Nada no Kiippon”, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and Japan Heritage) are the pillars of the year. 🔴 In the north there is a vacant-home bank limited to Shiose and Yamaguchi.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

Three things set prices in Nishinomiya: 1. being exactly midway between Osaka and Kobe; 2. being “a city of learning and housing” since Showa 38; and 3. the Rokko range splitting the city north and south. Residential land averages ¥293,500/m² (+3.8%) — the highest level on this site.

1. “15 to 17 minutes to either Osaka or Kobe”From JR Nishinomiya, Osaka is 17 minutes and Sannomiya 15, neither needing a change (§3). It is the position the city describes itself by: “roughly midway between the cities of Osaka and Kobe”. In the south Hanshin, JR and Hankyu run in parallel, and the Hankyu Imazu Line crosses them north to south. You can commute to either city — and that shows in commercial land’s +7.6%.

2. “A city of learning and housing” has been policy for over 60 yearsMore than 60 years have passed since the declaration of a city of learning and housing in Showa 38 (§1). Today the city holds 6 private universities, 4 private junior colleges and 16 upper secondary schools (§7). From January Reiwa 8 medical care has been entirely free to the end of the third year of upper secondary school (§7). Deep demand from families with children is what holds residential land at ¥293,500/m².

3. The mountains split the city into 2 marketsThe north (Shiose and Yamaguchi) is 48% of the city and 8.3% of the population (§10). Among the houses on the market, 146 of the 677 are in the north, where the median plot is 195 to 206 m². Against Kawaraki’s 65 m² and Naruo’s 70 m² in the south (§2), it is a different market. Plots differ threefold within “the same Nishinomiya” — look only at the averages without knowing this and you will misjudge it.

Sources: land prices from the same official land price survey as §9 (Reiwa 8) / journey times and fares as in §3 from JR West official timetable / “roughly midway between the cities of Osaka and Kobe” and “the declaration of a city of learning and housing” are fromNishinomiya City, “Profile” / population and area by district are as §10; plot sizes and counts are tallied from the same SUUMO data as §2 and §4 / verified 2026-08-19

What this land earns from

Nishinomiya is a city that has chosen “living” and “learning” as its policy. In the city’s account it flourished in early times as a temple town and a post town, and after “miyamizu” water was discovered in the Edo period it became the home of “Nada no Kiippon”. From the Meiji era it developed as a residential district thanks to its scenic beauty and its ease of travel, and in Showa 38 it made its “declaration of a city of learning and housing”. That traditional industry, sake brewing, is now recognised as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage under “traditional sake brewing” and as Japan Heritage under “Itami and the Nada Gogo, the celebrated brewing districts born of ‘Itami Morohaku’ and the ‘Nada no Kiippon’ sake shipped down to Edo”. In land prices, industrial land is up 11.1% (§9), a large rise — on a footing of housing, education and sake brewing, the value put on industrial land is now rising too. That is Nishinomiya as it stands.

Source:Nishinomiya City, “Profile”(a temple town and a post town / miyamizu and “Nada no Kiippon” / “scenic beauty” and “ease of travel” / Showa 38, the declaration of a city of learning and housing) /the same site, “‘Traditional sake brewing’ has been inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage”／the same site, “Certified as Japan Heritage” / land prices are as §9 / verified 2026-08-19

What decides land prices in Nishinomiya?

Three things: 1. being exactly midway between Osaka and Kobe; 2. being “a city of learning and housing” since Showa 38; and 3. the Rokko range splitting the city north and south. Residential land is ¥293,500/m² (+3.8%) and industrial land +11.1%.

CHAPTER 13What this place makes

What a place earns its living from shows up both at your dinner table and in your work once you live there. The amount raised through the hometown tax scheme is a rough measure of how many products a place has that people all over Japan choose.

¥256,310,000

Hometown tax donations received in FY Reiwa 7 (13,468 donations).
899th of 1,788 municipalities nationwide, and 27th within Hyogo Prefecture

We have not yet been able to describe this place's local specialities

I (the AI) searched Nishinomiya City’s official website and the tourism and produce association sites the municipality points to, but could not find an officially published list of local specialities (checked 20 August 2026).
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Source:Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Survey on the state of the hometown tax scheme (conducted FY Reiwa 8)", the table of amounts and numbers received (provisional FY Reiwa 7 settlement), tallied by this site. The rank is out of all 1,788 municipalities in that table / verified 2026-08-14

What does Nishinomiya earn its living from?

A city that has chosen “living” and “learning” as its policy. “Miyamizu” water was discovered in the Edo period and the city became the home of “Nada no Kiippon”, and that brewing is now recognised as both UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and Japan Heritage.

CHAPTER 14A message from Nishinomiya City

Nishinomiya is not a city that draws people with relocation grants. As a core city of 480,000 people, it is chosen for what is there once you live here — medical care free to the end of the third year of upper secondary school, 40 municipal primary schools, 10 universities and junior colleges. “A city of learning and housing” is a phrase the city declared for itself in Showa 38.

What the city says for itself

The city’s profile describes it like this — “with its rich nature and favoured geography, its ease of travel and its many educational and cultural facilities, it has the fine qualities of a city of learning and housing, and it is also well known as the town with ‘Koshien Stadium’, where the spring and summer high-school baseball tournaments are held”. And then — “in Showa 38 it made its ‘declaration of a city of learning and housing’ and thereafter pursued town-building that made the most of good residential land and a favoured educational environment, but in the small hours of 17 January Heisei 7 the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake dealt this city a devastating blow. Having worked at once and without stint to rebuild people’s lives and restore the city, however, the town has now regained the bustle it had before the earthquake”. Putting the earthquake at the centre of how it describes itself — that is how Nishinomiya writes.

Schemes that bear directly on daily life

Scheme or facility	What it is
Children’s medical cost subsidy	From 1 January Reiwa 8, free outpatient and inpatient care from age 0 to the end of the third year of upper secondary school, with no age or income test (§7)
Nishinomiya Emergency Clinic	Paediatrics and internal medicine. Ikeda-cho 13-3 (ground floor of the Hello Work building) / 0798-32-0021. Weekdays 20:30–23:30 and other hours (§7)
Hanshin-Kita Wide-Area Children’s Emergency Centre telephone advice	072-770-9981. Every day, 0:00 to 6:30. For residents of Nishinomiya, Itami, Takarazuka, Kawanishi and Inagawa (§7)
Housing renovation grant	For work costing ¥400,000 or more done by a contractor in the city. 10% of the cost, up to ¥150,000 (allocated by lottery). There are also grants for ZEH conversion and window renovation, for solar power, for flood barriers and for rainwater tanks (§5 and §8)
Vacant house and vacant flat information bank	Registration for residential use is limited to the Shiose and Yamaguchi districts (the north). Listings are published on the city’s official website and on the national vacant-home bank. Registration for public-benefit use (local activities) is open across the city (§11)
Sakura Yamanami Bus	The city’s own bus, linking the south and the north. Fares were revised on 1 September Reiwa 7. Passes cost the same as Hankyu Bus, and hanica can be used interchangeably on Hankyu and Hanshin buses (§3)
Disaster maps	Flood and landslide (north / south), flood (the Shukugawa), storm surge and tsunami — 5 sheets — plus inland flooding. “Guidance for those dealing in property” is on the same page (§5)

Source:Nishinomiya City, “Profile” (the quotation is from the same page) / the same site, “From 1 January Reiwa 8 we made medical care free up to the upper-secondary age group”／the same, "Emergency medical services on holidays and at night"／the same site, “Grants relating to housing”／the same site, “Vacant property information service”／the same site, “Sakura Yamanami Bus”／the same site, “About the Nishinomiya disaster map”/ Verified 2026-08-19

Does Nishinomiya welcome people moving in? Is there any support?

It is not a city that draws people with relocation grants. What it has instead, once you live there, is 🔴 medical care entirely free to the end of the third year of upper secondary school, a housing renovation grant (10% of the cost, up to ¥150,000) and a vacant-home bank limited to Shiose and Yamaguchi.

CHAPTER 15A year in Nishinomiya

Last, a plan of the year as it is lived. The figures are from the primary sources used on this page.

Month	Nishinomiya that month
1–month 2	The mean daily low is 3.1°C, and there are only 4.4 days below freezing a year. 0.0 days stay below freezing all day, and total snowfall for the year is 1 cm, so in the south you need no preparation for snow. 17 January is the day of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake — the date the city puts at the centre of its own profile
3–month 4	Cherry blossom. It was chosen as the city flower “because the city has so many famous cherry spots, such as Shukugawa Park and Manchidani”. The spring high-school baseball also begins at Koshien Stadium
5–month 6	The rain builds (June 176.7 mm). The AMeDAS station inside the city records 1,554.2 mm a year, more than Kobe (1,277.8 mm). In the low ground of the south, inland flooding and river flooding; in the north, landslides — this is the time of year to open the maps (§5)
7–month 8	46.8 tropical nights in earnest. The mean daily high is 32.2°C and there are only 4.7 days above 35°C, but the nights do not cool. The summer high-school baseball is held at Koshien Stadium
9–month 10	Typhoon season. This is the time to look at the storm-surge and tsunami hazard maps (§5). Autumn is when the sake brewing starts — the year of “Nada no Kiippon” begins here
11–month 12	Towards the year’s end. Over the New Year period (29 December to 3 January) the duty doctors still cover 8:00 to 8:00 the next morning, and the Nishinomiya Emergency Clinic opens 9:00–14:00 and 17:00–23:30 (§7)

Sources: climate as in §6, events as in §11, medical services as in §7 and population as in §10, from the same primary sources / verified 2026-08-19

The information on this site is gathered by an AI that visits primary sources — municipalities, the Japan Meteorological Agency, national statistics — on a regular cycle, and it is updated with a source and a date of verification attached.

What is a year in Nishinomiya like?

Winter is mild, with 4.4 days below freezing and 0.0 below freezing all day; summer brings 46.8 tropical nights and does not cool at night. Cherry blossom and Koshien in spring and sake brewing from autumn are the high points of the year. 17 January is the date the city puts at the centre of how it describes itself.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking of moving, who is running this city now, and where they are taking it, is something people about to live here want to know even more than those already living here. This chapter sets out, with sources, only what Nishinomiya City publishes itself. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, following the official site, I (the AI) could find 5 of the 6 items below.

What is published	Published	What you can read
About the mayor	The mayor’s office	Name, career, greeting
Policy address	Policy statement	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	List of assembly members by group	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Could not find one	Whether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutes	Search and read the minutes	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	Nishinomiya City comprehensive plan	How many years ahead this town has decided

🔴 I (an AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Nishinomiya CityI followed 124 pages of Nishinomiya City’s official website, butcould not take the name from anywhere I could say with certainty was the page introducing the current mayor。That does not mean there is none, or that it is not published.Guessing at a name would be the greater discourtesy, so nothing is recorded. 🔴 To municipalities and local organisations — tell us the URL of the introduction page and we will put it here with a source and the date it was checked.Get in touch here →

How much of the council can you see?A list of members, live or recorded broadcasts of full sessions, and searchable minutes — where these three are published, you can read a town's debates for yourself before you ever move there.
🔴 The names, photographs and social media of individual council members are not carried on this site. We point you to where you can read them.
Once you have moved, when your own turn to decide comes round is something those three will tell you.

How many years ahead has been decidedIn Nishinomiya City,Nishinomiya City comprehensive plan. A master plan usually sets outwhat the town has decided to do and by whenand ,where it intends to halt its population decline. 🔴 The period and the population target are not copied out on this site — plans get revised, and a misreading changes the meaning.Please check the official text from the link below.Nishinomiya City comprehensive plan →

🔴 What I will not do in this chapter1. I will not guess gender or age from a name. Only what is published appears here. 2. I will not write that anything is good or bad. Only what is being put forward, and where it comes from. 3. I will not compare election candidates.
🔴 And mayors change. This site always records the date it checked (2026-08-22), and reopens the original page each time to confirm by machine that the name is still there. If you notice something has nonetheless gone out of date, please let us know.

Source: allofficial site (Nishinomiya City ), followed on 2026-08-22. What this site counted wasonly whether something is published or not ; the content has not been judged / verified 2026-08-22

Who runs Nishinomiya City now?

🔴 I (the AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Nishinomiya City on the official site (checked 22 August 2026). Guessing seemed the greater discourtesy, so it is not given here. What this site looks for is 6 things: an introduction to the head of the municipality, a policy statement, a list of assembly members, live coverage of the assembly, a search of the minutes, and a comprehensive plan. 🔴 No judgement of good or bad is made. Only whether it is published or not.

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

What never shows up in the numbers you use to find a house, but bears directly on how satisfied you are once you live there, is what you do at the weekend. This chapter counts, on the same yardstick for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Nishinomiya and the places family and friends can stay when they visit. This is a city with Setonaikai National Park. The area currently has 9 hot spring and day-bathing facilities. 🔴 All the counts are the numbers registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — there may well be more in reality.

What	Number counted, and names
⛰ National and quasi-national parks	Setonaikai National Park
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Hamada Onsen Koshien Kyokusen-no-Yu, Shin-yu, Kur Mukogawa, Kumano-no-Sato, Ashinoyu Kaikan, Futaba Onsen, Imazu Onsen and Ogo Onsen and 9 in all
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Not found in the map data
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Not found in the map data
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	the Nishinomiya City Museum of Local History, its annexe, the Najio Washi Paper Learning Centre, the Nishinomiya Shell Museum, the Koshien History Museum, the Nishinomiya Peace Museum, the Nishinomiya Citizens’ Gallery, the Sasakura Teppei Little Picture Museum and the Egawa Museum of Art and 16 in all
⛩ Shrines and temples	44 shrines and 55 temples. Those with a Wikipedia article are Hirota Shrine, Rokkosan Shrine, Kannoji, Koshikiiwa Shrine, Fukuo Shrine, Kumano Shrine, Jurinji and Okafuto Shrine
🚗 Roadside stations	Not found in the map data
🐕 Dog runs	Not found in the map data
🛣 Expressway service and parking areas	Nishinomiya-Najio SA (northbound) (⛽ filling station) / Nishinomiya-Najio SA (southbound) (⛽ filling station)

Somewhere to stay — for family and friends, and for your own travels

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	7
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	3
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	FBR (ForestBaseRokko)
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	Not found in the map data

This table is the result of me (an AI) putting the same question to the map data for every area (areas are retrieved in batches, so the verification date on some pages is a day apart). Facilities not registered on the map are not counted. "Not found" does not mean "there are none" — nor that the town is any the lesser for it.

Sources: the counts and names of facilities fromOpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) / RV parks fromJapan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma-tabi" RV parks / roadside stations fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, list of "michi-no-eki" roadside stations / expressway service and parking areas, and the shops inside them, also from OpenStreetMap (judged by machine on whether they fall within the site outline) / national parks judged from the boundary data of the Ministry of the Environment Biodiversity Center overlaid on National Land Numerical Information (administrative boundaries); for quasi-national parks the municipalities concerned were confirmed at the link behind the park name / verified 2026-08-20

Are there places to go on a day off, and places to stay?

This is a city with Setonaikai National Park. Counting from the map data (OpenStreetMap) and the lists of the Japan RV Association and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, there are 9 hot spring and day-bathing facilities, 7 hotels and inns and 1 campsite. Facilities that are not on the map are not counted, so there may well be more in reality (see §17 for details).

What I (an AI) was able to find on this town's official site

This site reads the official websites of every area it covers against the same 30 items, out of 100, and measures how quickly someone thinking of moving can reach the information they need. What was measured here was the official website of Nishinomiya City, and the total was 42 points (measured 20 August 2026).

"Not found" does not mean "there is none." It means I followed the official site and could not find it. Tell us the published page and the next measurement will reflect it.

Area	Score	What was found
Getting started with a move	0 / 20	Not found
Housing	0 / 15	Not found
The money side of living here	7 / 15	Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table; child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope; there are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Disaster information	20 / 20	Hazard maps are published by district; flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered; the year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated; and 2 more
Industry and local produce	3 / 10	Hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	5 / 10	There is a community bus timetable, with the revision date shown
Can an AI read it?	7 / 10	Every page carries an updated date; there is a sitemap.xml; statistics are published as Excel or CSV; and 1 more

See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them

0 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
Not found 0 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Only pages within the official site 0 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
0 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated 0 / 5　Support schemes state amounts and conditions
Not found 0 / 3　There is trial housing or a trial-stay scheme
Not found 0 / 3　Vacancies in trial housing are published
Not found 0 / 4　There is an akiya bank
Not found 0 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
There is no property data this site can take in 0 / 4　Completed deals are organised
As above 0 / 3　The conditions of use are stated
Not found 1 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
There is a water and sewerage page　Go and see → 5 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
The scope of free and subsidised care is stated down to the age　Go and see → 1 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
There is a tax page　Go and see → 0 / 2　Tie-ups with banks for mortgages and the like
Not found 5 / 5　Hazard maps are published by district
91 documents broken down by district　Go and see → 5 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flood / landslide / earthquake　Go and see → 3 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
The August Reiwa 7 update of the Nishinomiya disaster map　Go and see → 4 / 4　Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
Viewable in a map system　Go and see → 3 / 3　Disasters are announced through more than one channel
Disaster email / disaster app / social media / municipal loudspeakers / TV and radio　Go and see → 0 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
Not found 1 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
Not found　Go and see → 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Industry promotion　Go and see → 2 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
There is a page　Go and see → 0 / 3　Fares are stated
Not found　Go and see → 3 / 3　The date of the last revision is given
Revised February Reiwa 6　Go and see → 3 / 3　Every page carries an updated date
18 of the 20 pages read　Go and see → 2 / 2　There is a sitemap.xml
　Go and see → 0 / 2　Site search runs on the server side
We could not find a search form　Go and see → 1 / 2　Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
There is a statistics page　Go and see → 1 / 1　Open data is published
　Go and see →

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Measurement by this site. The URL of each official site was taken from the municipal information published by Furusato Choice. The score is a score for publishing information, not a score for how good the place is to live / verified 2026-08-20

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