Nishinomiya is an important commercial and shipping city in the Kansai region with the third largest population in Hyōgo Prefecture.

It is bordered by Osaka Bay to the south, the cities of Amagasaki, Itami and Takarazuka along the Mukogawa and Nigawa rivers to the east and by the Rokkō Mountains and Kobe to the north.

Hyōgo Prefecture Nishinomiya has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall.

[2] Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Nishinomiya grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and has been increasing at a slower rate since.

From the Asuka period, the Hirota Shrine was built, and the market town which developed around its west gate was the ancestor of "Nishinomiya".

During the Edo Period, the area was tenryō territory under the direct administration of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Nishinomiya has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 41 members.

Since most of the farmland is in the urban district, Nishinomiya agriculture is in a difficult situation; it worsens every year.