Ikeda, Ōsaka Prefecture, Kansai Region, Japan

Geography | Neighboring municipalities | History | Economy | Major company headquarters | Education | Transport : Rail : Road

🇯🇵 Ikeda is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is a suburban city of Osaka City and a part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area.

Geography Ikeda is located in the northern part of the Osaka Plain in the north-western part of Osaka Prefecture. The city area is elongated from north to south, with Satsukiyama in the Hokusetsu mountains in the north and a small basin along the Kuanji River, and an alluvial fan and the Inagawa plain in the south. A quiet residential area spreads out in the southern part of the city, and the townscape has been influenced by residential land development by Minoh Arima Electric Tramway (currently Hankyu Electric Railway).

Neighboring municipalities Osaka Prefecture • Toyono • Minoh • Toyonaka

Hyōgo Prefecture • Itami • Kawanishi.

History The area of Ikeda was part of ancient Settsu Province. It was known as "Kureha no Sato" since ancient times, and even today, vestiges can be seen in the place names and names of shrines and temple with ancient foundations in the site. In the latter half of the Heian period, a shōen was landed estate called Kurehanoshō was established, and it came to be called "Ikeda" around the end of the Kamakura period. Ikeda Castle, the residence of the Settsu Ikeda clan, was built during the Nanboku-chō period, but was abandoned during the Sengoku period when Araki Murashige defeated the Ikeda clan in 1574, and moved the castle to Itami. During the Edo Period, the area was largely part of the holdings of Asada Domain, and was famous for Ikeda-zumi (Ikeda charcoal) traded by Ikeda merchants. In cha no yu Ikeda-zumi is loved because of its high quality even today.

The village of Ikeda was established with the creation of the modern municipality system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to town status on August 10, 1935. The town was developed as a commuter town by the Hankyu Railway, whose founder Kobayashi Ichizo (Itsuo) was a resident and major landowner. Ikeda was raised to city status on April 29, 1939.

On June 8, 2001, the Osaka school massacre occurred in this city. A man entered an elementary school and fatally stabbed eight children in the school. Many pupils have suffered post-traumatic stress disorder. To avoid flashback memories of the massacre and to improve school security, the buildings were remodeled and subsequently occupied in April 2004. On September 14, 2004, Mamoru Takuma was executed for the murders.

Government

Ikeda has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members. Ikeda contributes one member to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 9th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy The south-western part of the city is home to the headquarters and factories of Daihatsu and Toyosu, the Ikeda office of Ricoh, and the Osaka Airport Factory of Daiichiya Baking. In addition, Goshun Sake Brewery, which inherited the tradition of Ikeda Sake, which was as famous as "Itami Sake" in the middle of the Edo period, is still in existence. Many Hankyu affiliated companies, including Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, have their headquarters and head offices here. There are also two regional wholesale markets, the Maruike Regional Wholesale Market and the Marukita Regional Wholesale Market, located near Osaka International Airport. The Hosokawa district of northern Ikeda is one of Japan's four major producers of garden trees, with a history of more than 400 years.

Major company headquarters • Daihatsu has maintained a factory since the late 1930s and the main office was established during the 1960s. • Ikeda Bank • Toyosu Co Ltd, produces and sells rice confectionery and related products. • JAL Express has its headquarters on the grounds of Osaka International Airport and in Ikeda. • Ricoh • Goshun Sake Brewery which produces Itami sake • Ikeda mandarin oranges have been grown in the region since the Meiji Era

Education Ikeda has nine public elementary schools, five public middle schools and one combined elementary/middle school operated by the city government and three public high schools operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education. There are also one elementary, one middle and one high school operated by the national government. There is also one private high school.

Transport: Rail Hankyu Railway Hankyu Takarazuka Line • Ikeda - Ishibashi handai-mae

Hankyu Railway Hankyu Minoo Line • Ishibashi handai-mae

Transport: Road • Chūgoku Expressway Chūgoku-Ikeda Interchange • Hanshin Expressway Route 11 Ikeda Route • National Route 171 • National Route 173 • National Route 176 • National Route 423 • National Route 477.

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Ikeda has a population of over 103,028 people. Ikeda also forms part of the wider Ōsaka Prefecture which has a population of over 8,823,358 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Ikeda has links with:

🇦🇺 Launceston, Australia 🇨🇦 Penticton, Canada 🇨🇳 Suzhou, China
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North of: 34.819

🇯🇵 Toyokawa 34.823

🇰🇷 Sinan 34.827

🇯🇵 Himeji 34.829

🇯🇵 Keihanshin 34.833

🇯🇵 Minoh 34.833

🇩🇿 Saïda 34.833

🇯🇵 Shimada 34.833

🇯🇵 Nishio 34.833

🇯🇵 Takatsuki 34.845

🇯🇵 Jōyō 34.85

East of: 135.43

🇯🇵 Minoh 135.466

🇯🇵 Toyonaka 135.467

🇯🇵 Sakai 135.483

🇯🇵 Keihanshin 135.5

🇯🇵 Kita-ku 135.5

🇯🇵 Suita 135.517

🇯🇵 Moriguchi 135.55

🇯🇵 Settsu 135.565

🇯🇵 Kawachinagano 135.566

🇯🇵 Kadoma 135.583

West of: 135.43

🇯🇵 Izumi 135.425

🇯🇵 Amagasaki 135.417

🇯🇵 Izumiotsu 135.4

🇯🇵 Itami 135.4

🇯🇵 Tanabe 135.388

🇯🇵 Maizuru 135.383

🇯🇵 Kishiwada 135.375

🇯🇵 Kaizuka 135.367

🇯🇵 Kinokawa 135.36

🇯🇵 Nishinomiya 135.344

Antipodal to Ikeda is: -44.57,-34.819

Locations Near: Ikeda 135.43,34.819

🇯🇵 Minoh 135.466,34.833 d: 3.7  

🇯🇵 Itami 135.4,34.783 d: 4.8  

🇯🇵 Toyonaka 135.467,34.783 d: 5.2  

🇯🇵 Keihanshin 135.5,34.833 d: 6.6  

🇯🇵 Takarazuka 135.333,34.8 d: 9.1  

🇯🇵 Amagasaki 135.417,34.719 d: 11.2  

🇯🇵 Suita 135.517,34.75 d: 11  

🇯🇵 Nishinomiya 135.344,34.734 d: 12.3  

🇯🇵 Kita-ku 135.5,34.7 d: 14.7  

🇯🇵 Settsu 135.565,34.773 d: 13.3  

Antipodal to: Ikeda -44.57,-34.819

🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 19193.9  

🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 19195.4  

🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 19213.4  

🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19251.5  

🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 19204.4  

🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 19202.8  

🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 19198.6  

🇧🇷 Porto Alegre -51.229,-30.028 d: 19194.2  

🇧🇷 Canoas -51.183,-29.915 d: 19189  

🇧🇷 Sapucaia do Sul -51.146,-29.842 d: 19186  

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