Sonoda Racecourse

Sonoda station (園田駅, Sonoda-ekii, station number: HK-05) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Amagasaki Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway. Although technically situated in Amagasaki, it is a five-minute walk to neighboring Osaka Prefecture.

St.Thomas University, Japan (聖トマス大学, Sei tomasu daigaku), formerly known as Sapientia University or Eichi University (英知大学, Eichi daigaku), was a Christian private university in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan. The school was founded in 1962 as a junior college and became a four-year college in the following year. The name "St. Thomas University" was adopted in 2007. The university stopped enrolling new students in 2010 and, after its last remaining student graduated in 2014, announced its closure and revealed its intention to donate its facilities to the city of Amagasaki.

Osaka International Airport (大阪国際空港, Ōsaka Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: ITM, ICAO: RJOO), often referred to as Itami Airport (伊丹空港, Itami Kūkō) is the primary regional airport for the Kansai region of Japan, including the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. Classified as a first class airport, it is the airport closest to Kyoto, 36 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Kyoto Station. Itami Airport has a small footprint, covering only 311 hectares (768 acres) of land.Despite its "international" designation, the airport caters exclusively to domestic flights. Kansai International Airport (43 kilometres (27 mi) away) took over the region's international traffic in 1994 and competes with Itami for domestic traffic. Itami also faces competition from Kobe Airport (26 kilometres (16 mi) away), a smaller domestic airport opened in 2006. The airport was named after the city of Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, because most of its land is located there. A portion of the airport property is also located in Toyonaka and Ikeda cities of Osaka Prefecture. The terminal complex is located in all three of these cities, and the only access from the Itami side is via a long tunnel that passes below the runway and apron. In FY2006, Itami was Japan's third busiest airport and the Kansai region's busiest. In 2015, this airport had 139,450 aircraft movements, serving 14,541,936 domestic passengers and carrying 140,668 metric tons of freight cargo.

Sone Station (曽根駅, Sone-eki, station number: HK-44) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.

Okamachi Station (岡町駅, Okamachi-eki, station number: HK-45) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.

Tsukaguchi Station (塚口駅, Tsukaguchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Toyonaka (豊中市, Toyonaka-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2023, the city had an estimated population of 399,263 in 179651 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 36.39 square kilometres (14.05 sq mi). It is a suburban city of Osaka City and a part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area.

The second siege of Itami Castle (伊丹城の戦い), also called the siege of Arioka Castle (有岡城の戦い) during the Sengoku period of Japanese history, occurred in 1579, five years after it was seized by Oda Nobunaga in Siege of Itami (1574) from Itami clan, and entrusted the Castle to Araki Murashige.

Itami Station (伊丹駅, Itami-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West)..The station is connected to a large indoor mall to the northwest by a broad pedestrian bridge. Though Hankyu Itami Station is not within easy walking distance, there is also a series of broad pedestrian streets heading in its direction.

Otemae College (大手前短期大学, Otemae Tanki Daigaku) was a private junior college in the city of Itami, Hyōgo, Japan. This junior college was part of the Otemae Gakuen Education Group, along with Otemae University.

Otemae University (Japanese: 大手前大学 Ōtemae Daigaku) is a liberal arts oriented school that began in 1946. Located in the Kansai region of Japan, the university has a campus in Osaka and a co-educational branch in Nishinomiya. A third campus for freshman students previously existed in Itami, but it was disbanded and subsequently demolished in 2021.The university boasts research institutes specializing in history and intercultural studies. Notably, the Nishinomiya campus includes a traditional Japanese teahouse. Study abroad programs are offered by the school to Canada, China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Hotarugaike Station (蛍池駅, Hotarugaike-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway and by the Osaka Monorail.