Sonoda Station

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Sonoda station (園田駅) is a stop on the Hankyu Kobe Line. Although technically situated in Amagasaki, Hyogo, it is in fact only a five minute walk to the neighbouring district of Osaka-fu. Trains run from Umeda to Sannomiya at ten minute intervals, with the frequency of Umeda-bound trains increasing into rush hour.

Below the station itself exists a small shopping centre called Sonoda Hankyu Plaza (園田阪急プラザ) which undertook a major renovation completed at the end of April 2006. It now consists of many restaurants, a Matsumoto kiyoshi pharmacy, a Mister Donut, a branch of the Kohyo chain of supermarket, a Docomo mobile phone shop as well as various smaller retailers.

Despite the station being named Sonoda, the name of the area it is found in is actually slightly different. The specific location of the station is Higashi-sonoda (東園田町) and so this can unfortunately sometimes result in confusion.