Nishinomiya
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Ni·shi·no·mi·ya
A city of southern Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay east of Kobe. It is a resort and an industrial center. Population: 472,000.
Nishinomiya (nē'shēnō'mēä), city (1990 pop. 426,909), Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It produces a famous sake. Its industry, located mostly along the coast, produces metals, machinery, chemicals, and rubber goods. Nishinomiya is a resort, as well as the site of several temples that were founded in the 7th and 8th cent. Kobe Women's College is in the city.
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The telephone dialing code for: Nishinomiya, Japan
The country code is: 81
The city code is: 798
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