Nigawa

Nigawa (仁川, Nigawa) is a district along the Nigawa (river), which flows along the border of Takarazuka and Nishinomiya, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

Nigawa District from Bentenike Pond

Outline

Nigawa is one of the districts developed in the early stage of the development of area along Hankyu Imazu Line in the 1930s. This beautiful district had also been well known as a district where rich people, including presidents of major companies, sport managers and players, artists, or university professors in Osaka Metropolitan Area live. However, at the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995, this district was heavily damaged, aging of the people has started to change the atmosphere.

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)

Attraction

• Hanshin Racecourse – Near to Nigawa but outside of the district
• Bentenike Pond
• Mount Kabutoyama
• Kabutoyama Forest Park

Shopping

• Sarara Nigawa
• OASIS Hankyu

Education

• Takarazuka Daiichi Junior High School
• Nigawa Elementary School
• Nigawa Kindergarten (Takarazuka)
• Nigawa Kindergarten (Nishinomiya)
• Kurumi Kindergarten

Access

• Nigawa Station

Gallery

• Nigawa01.JPG

  Nigawa District from Kabutoyama Forest Park (4/2009)

• Nigawa02.JPG

  Upperside of Nigawa District (4/2009)

• Nigawa03.JPG

  Nigawa River (4/2009)

• Nigawa04.JPG

  Nigawa Nature Park (5/2005)

References

• Takarazuka City Map
• Takarazuka City Home Page
• Arikawa Hiroshi, Hankyu Densha, Tokyo:Gentosha, 2008

See also

• Nigawa landslide