Izumi, Ōsaka Prefecture, Kansai Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Izumi is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded in 1956. It is the last station on the Semboku Rapid Railway Line at Izumi Chuo Station.

Geography Izumi s located in the south-western part of Osaka Prefecture, about 25 km from the city centre of Osaka and about 20 km from Kansai International Airport, forming a long and narrow city area (6.9 km east–west, 18.8 km north–south) from north to south. The total area of the city is the fifth largest in Osaka Prefecture after Takatsuki. The terrain is low from the south-east to the north-west, with the Izumi Mountains in the south, hills in the centre and north, and flat land in the northwest. The city ranges in elevation from 9.2 meters to 885.7 meters above sea level). Parts of the city are within the borders of the Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park.

Neighboring municipalities Osaka Prefecture • Sakai • Kishiwada • Kawachinagano • Takaishi • Izumiōtsu • Tadaoka; Wakayama Prefecture • Katsuragi.

History The area of the modern city of Izumi was within ancient Izumi Province, and was the site of the provincial capital and kokubun-ji of the province. In the Edo Period, a small portion of the area was controlled by Hakata Domain. The villages of Kokufu, Gosho and Hakata were established within Izumi District with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1896 the area became part of Senboku District, Osaka. The town of Izumi was created on April 1, 1933 by the merger of Kokufu,Gosho and Hakata. On September 1, 1956 Izumi merged with the villages of Kita-Ikeda, Minami-Ikeda, Minami-Matsuo, Yokoyama, and Minami-Yokoyama to form the city of Izumi.

Government Izumi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 24 members. Izumi contributes two members to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 18th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy Izumi has a mixed economy light manufacturing and agriculture. Major industries include cotton products, glass crafts, artificial pearls, processed metal products and various electronic devices. With the opening of the Semboku Rapid Railway in 1995, the city established the "Techno Stage Izumi" industrial park, which has attracted over 100 companies.

Education Izumi has 20 public elementary schools and nine public middle schools operated by the city government and three public high school operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped. A private college, Momoyama Gakuin University, is located in Izumi.

Transport: Rail JR West – Hanwa Line • Kita-Shinoda - Shinodayama - Izumi-Fuchū; Semboku Rapid Railway • Izumi-Chūō.

Transport: Road • Hanwa Expressway • Sakai Senboku Road • National Route 26 • National Route 170 • National Route 480.

Local attractions • Ikegami-Sone Site • Izumikoganezuka Kofun • Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi • Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture.