It reads にしのみやし — Nishinomiya Shi.
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Nishinomiya is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2022, the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218,948 households and a population density of 4,800 persons per km². The total area of the city is 99.98 square kilometres (38.60 sq mi). Nishinomiya is an important commercial and shipping city in the Kansai region with the third largest population in Hyōgo Prefecture. Nishinomiya is best known as the home of Koshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball championship is held.
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西宮市 is read にしのみやし (Nishinomiya Shi). It is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Nishinomiya has a population of 487,010 across 100 km², making it the 31st largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 3rd largest of the 40 in Hyōgo.
The closest municipalities to Nishinomiya are Ashiya Shi (4 km), Amagasaki Shi (5 km), Itami Shi (7 km).