is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

in the northwestern end of

Nara Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the northwest, Wakayama P ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It was founded on November 1, 1971. As of April 1, 2017, the city had an estimated

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of 120,741, with 49,672

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s. It had a

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of 2,300 persons per km², and it is the third biggest population in the prefecture. The total area is 53.18 km². The city is famous for

chasen ChaSen is a morphological parser for the Japanese language. This tool for analyzing morphemes was developed at the Matsumoto laboratory, Nara Institute of Science and Technology. See also * MeCab MeCab is an open-source text segmentation lib ...

Kansai Science City is an unincorporated city located in the , a border region between Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara Prefectures in Kansai region, Japan. The name is commonly shortened to or . The name Keihanna is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Kyo ...

is partially located in Ikoma, which is also home to the

Nara Institute of Science and Technology ) , city = Ikoma (Kansai Science City) , state = Nara , country = Japan , postgrad = 1,043 , administrative_staff= 374 , campus = Suburban,139,967 m², , mascot = None , free_label = , free = , endowment= US$-- billion(JP¥-- billio ...

Notable locations

Mount Ikoma is a mountain on the border of Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture in Japan. It is the highest peak in the Ikoma Mountains with a height of 642 meters. Mount Ikoma is a part of Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park. It is one of the most famo ...

*Skyland Ikoma (amusement park on top Mount Ikoma) *Kurondo-ike Pond *Kuragari-toge Pass

Religious institutions

Ikoma Jinja is a Shinto shrine in Ikoma, Nara, Japan. Generally called . The formal name of the shrine is "". This shrine is also known as "Ikoma-Taisha", which means "great shrine of Ikoma". History According to the ''Sokoku-Fudoki'', an ancient record of ...

* Hozan-ji *

Chikurin-ji 250px, Tomb of Gyoki 250px, Old Main Hall Chikurin-ji (竹林寺) is a Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Nara, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pa ...

*Chokyu-ji *Chofuku-ji * Enpuku-ji *Sekibutsu-Ji

Transportation

Rail

Kintetsu Railway , referred to as , is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railway network connects Osaka, Nara, Kyot ...

Nara Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto metropolitan area, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Its official termini are Kizu Station in Kizugawa and Kyōto Station in Kyoto, within Kyoto Prefecture; however ...

Ikoma Station Ikoma Station (生駒駅) is a railway station in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Lines *Kintetsu Railway **Nara Line (A17) **Ikoma Line (G17) **Keihanna Line (C27) ** Ikoma Cable Line (Y17: Toriimae Station, 鳥居前駅) Layout ;Ikoma Stati ...

- Higashi-Ikoma Station **

Ikoma Line The is a railway line of Kintetsu Railway in Nara Prefecture, Japan connecting Ikoma Station in the city of Ikoma and Ōji Station in the town of Ōji. Having a total length of , the entirely electrified standard gauge line is partially doub ...

: Ikoma Station - Nabata Station - Ichibu Station - Minami-Ikoma Station - Haginodai Station - Higashiyama Station **

Keihanna Line The is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway. There are through trains to the Chūō Line of Osaka Municipal Subway. The line name derives from a kanji acronym formed from , , and , but the name is written in hiragana. The line is the s ...

: Ikoma Station - Shiraniwadai Station - Gakken Kita-Ikoma Station -

Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka Station is a train station serving as the terminus of the Kintetsu Keihanna Line in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Line * Kintetsu Keihanna Line (Station Number: C30) Layout The station has an island platform An island platform (also center p ...

Ikoma Cable Line The , referred to as , is a cable railway line owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese major private railway. The line connects Toriimae to Ikomasanjo, all of which are within Ikoma, Nara, Japan. Basic data *Lines and distance ...

: Toriimae Station (Ikoma Station) -

Hōzanji Station is a funicular station in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to ...

- Umeyashiki Station - Kasumigaoka Station -

Ikoma-Sanjō Station is a funicular station in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Line * ■ Kintetsu Ikoma Cable Line (Y21) Layout Passengers can get on and off a cable car only to and from the right side of the direction for Hozanji in regular operations. Th ...

Roads

Expressways Expressway may refer to: *Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. *Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road. *Expressway, the fictional slide ...

Hanshin Expressway The is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan. Operated by , it opened in 1962. Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about east of Fukae Station collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on 17 January 1995. These section ...

Dainihanna Route * Japanese National Route Sign 0163

Japan National Route 163 National Route 163 is a national highway of Japan connecting Kita-ku, Osaka and Tsu, Mie is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 274,879 in 127,273 households and a population density of 390 ...

Japan National Route 168 is a national highway of Japan connecting Shingū, Wakayama and Hirakata, Osaka file:Hirakata Park.jpg, 260px, Hirakata Park is a Cities of Japan, city in northeastern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 397, ...

Japan National Route 308 is a national highway of Japan connecting Chūō-ku, Osaka and Nara, with a total length of . Route description *Length: *Origin: Chūō-ku, Osaka (originates at junction with Route 25) *Terminus: Nara city (originates at junction with Rou ...

*Shigi Ikoma Skylin

Gallery

Image:IMG 0001Ikoma Station.JPG, Kintetsu Ikoma Station Image:IMG 0024 Fure Center Ikoma.JPG, Cherry blossoms at Ikoma Fureai Center File:View of Ikoma.jpg, Exiting the train station in Ikoma Image:IMG 0003 Autumn Ikoma.JPG, Mt. Ikoma eastward File:Take no kanboshi 2015.jpg, "Take no Kanboshi" is solar desiccation of bamboo for making "

" (tea whisks). File:Habataki Ikoma building.jpg, Habataki Ikoma building

References

External links

Ikoma City official website

NPO of Ikoma
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