Higashiōsaka, Osaka

Higashiōsaka (東大阪市, Higashiōsaka-shi^?, literally "East Osaka") is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The city is known as one of the industrial cities of Japan and "the rugby football town".

History

The city was founded on February 1, 1967, by a merger of three cities, Fuse (布施^?), Kawachi (河内^?) and Hiraoka (枚岡^?), in eastern Osaka Prefecture.

Transportation

Rail

• West Japan Railway Company
  • Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line) Tokuan Station - Konoike-Shinden Station
  • Osaka Higashi Line - Takaida-Chūō Station - JR Kawachi-Eiwa Station - JR Shuntokumichi Station - JR Nagase Station

• Kintetsu Corporation
  • Nara Line Fuse Station - Kawachi-Eiwa Station - Kawachi-Kosaka Station - Yaenosato Station - Wakae-Iwata Station - Kawachi-Hanazono Station - Higashi-Hanazono Station - Hyōtan-yama Station - Hiraoka Station - Nukata Station - Ishikiri Station
  • Osaka Line Fuse Station - Shuntokumichi Station - Nagase Station - Mito Station
  • Keihanna Line (Nagata Station) - Aramoto Station - Yoshita Station - Shin-Ishikiri Station
• Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Chuo Line Takaida Station - Nagata Station

Roads

• Expressways
  • Kinki Expressway Higashiosaka-kita Interchange - Higashiosaka Parking Area - Higashiosaka-minami Interchange
  • Hanshin Expressway Higashiosaka Route (13)
• Daini Hanna Toll Road
• Shigi Ikoma Skyline [1]
• Route 170
• Route 308

Politics

Higashiōsaka is governed by mayor Junzō Nagao, and supported by the Japanese Communist Party. The city assembly is dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party.

Elections

• Higashiōsaka city assembly election, 2007
• Higashiōsaka mayoral election, 2006
• Higashiosaka by-election, 2006

Sister cities

• Berlin-Mitte, Germany (since 1959)
• Glendale, California, United States (since 1960)

See also

• Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Higashiosaka,_Osaka Higashiōsaka, Osaka] at Wikimedia Commons

• (Japanese) Official website
• (English) International Information Plaza