Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. operates in the urban transportation, real estate, entertainment, information and communication technology, travel, international transportation, and hotels businesses in Japan and internationally. It provides various urban transportation services, such as railways, buses, and taxis; advertising services; and retailing services. The company is also involved in the development, lease, and administration of condominiums, commercial facilities, and office buildings; real estate fund management; and provision of travel and international transportation services, as well as ownership and management of hotels. In addition, it engages in the operation of sports businesses, including HANSHIN Tigers, a professional baseball team; Hanshin Koshien stadium; Takarazuka Revue, a theatrical company; Umeda Arts Theater, which operates two theatres; Billboard, a music brand; and Mt. Rokko, a night-view spot that provides visitors a range of leisure facilities, including ski slopes, an alpine botanical garden, an observatory, and a music box museum, as well as the exhibition event platform Rokko Meets Art, which combines the nature and scenery of Mt. Rokko with modern art. Further, the company engages in the provision of information and communications technology services covering e-commerce and website production, systems development, solutions related to medical field, and contract services in the development of software; information infrastructure, and optical and wireless high-speed internet services; wireless IC tags for children; and conducting ProgLab robot-programming classes for children. As of September 01, 2021, it operated 49 hotels comprising 22 directly managed hotels and 27 franchised hotels with 12,644 guest rooms. Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1907 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and its predecessor companies began operations in 1895. The Hankyu Railway Co., Ltd. and its predecessor companies began operations in 1906, and it opened its Umeda Station in 1910. The two railway companies came to form a business alliance in 1913 as the Hankyu-Takarazuka Combine Company. In 1920, through a capital increase and other corporate moves, the two operators merged and established the Hankyu Railway & Hanshin Electric Combination Company, Ltd. In September 2007, the respective companies of Hankyu Hanshin Group integrated to become Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings will become an enduring and strongly growing company by utilizing our strengths: service, safety, operational integrity, commitment and unified action.
Mr. Masao Shin (Exec. VP & Representative Director)
Junichi Otsuka (Exec. Officer)
Hiroshi Sasaki (Exec. Officer)
Yoshifumi Nomura (Exec. Officer)
Kenji Joto (GM of Accounting Department & Group Corp. Planning Office)
Kazuhiro Ohara (GM of HR & Gen. Affairs)
Akihito Tani (Exec. Officer)
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings has won many awards, including the Annual Financial Instruments Report Excellence Award from the Financial Services Agency, the Most Active Investor Award from Morningstar Japan and the Japan Regional Railways Manager's Award from the Railway Technical Research Institute.