is a

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located in

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

, Japan. , the city had an estimated

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of 184,615 in 80862 households and a

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of 2200 persons per km². The total area of the city is .

Geography

Izumi s located in the southwestern part of Osaka Prefecture, about 25 km from the city center of Osaka and about 20 km from

Kansai International Airport Kansai International Airport ( ja, 関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) commonly known as is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and ...

, 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 southeast to the northwest, with the Izumi Mountains in the south, hills in the center 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 is a Quasi-National Park in Nara, Ōsaka, and Wakayama Prefectures, Japan. It was established in 1958. Places of interest * Mount Ikoma, Mount Kongō, , , Hōzan-ji, Taima-dera, , the burial place of Shōtoku Taishi, the ruins of , Chihay ...

Neighboring municipalities

Osaka Prefecture *

Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and inclu ...

Kishiwada is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 190,853 in 88598 households and a population density of 2600 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is well known for its Danjiri Matsu ...

Kawachinagano is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 101,649 in 47493 households and a population density of 930 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kawachinagano is located in the sout ...

* Takaishi * Izumiōtsu * Tadaoka Wakayama Prefecture * Katsuragi

Climate

Izumi has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Izumi is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Izumi has risen steadily over the past century.

History

The area of the modern city of Izumi was within ancient

Izumi Province :''The characters ''泉州'' are also used for the name of the Chinese city of Quanzhou''. was a province of Japan in the area of southern Osaka Prefecture. Tango bordered on Kii to the south, Yamato and Kawachi to the west, and Settsu to ...

, and was the site of the

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and ''kokubun-ji'' of the province. In the

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, a small portion of the area was controlled by

Hakata Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Izumi Province in what is now the southern portion of modern-day Osaka Prefecture. It was centered around the Hakata ''jin'ya'' which was located in what is now ...

. 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 is a district located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2009, the district has an estimated population of 17,659 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most ...

. 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

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city council of 24 members. Izumi contributes two members to the

Osaka Prefectural Assembly The is the legislature of Osaka Prefecture. As in all prefectures, it is elected to four-year terms by single non-transferable vote in multi- and single-member districts and is responsible for enacting and amending prefectural by-laws, approving ...

. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 18th district of the

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of the

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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 The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator . The line connects Izumi-Chūō Station and Nakamozu Station, with through operations to and from the Nankai Kōya Line up to Namba Station in sout ...

in 1995, the city established the "Techno Stage Izumi"

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, 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 , also known as Saint Andrew's University, is a private university, established under Anglican Christian auspices, in Izumi, Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous cit ...

, is located in Izumi.

Transportation

Railway

JR West , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, an ...

–

Hanwa Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchlin ...

* - -

Highway

Hanwa Expressway The is a national expressway in the Kinki region of Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company. Naming Hanwa is a kanji acronym of two characters. The first character represents Osaka (大阪) and the second character re ...

Sakai Senboku Road The is a toll road in Osaka Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the West Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO West Japan). The route is signed E90 under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of ...

* * *

Local attractions

* Ikegami-Sone Site * Izumikoganezuka Kofun *

Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi The opened in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, in 1982. The new wing was added in 1997. The local Kubo family, founders of the Kubosō cotton textile business, donated the land, buildings, collection, and funds for the Museum's management to th ...

*Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture

Sister city relations

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Notable people from Izumi

Masayuki Kuwahara is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The te ...

, professional baseball player *

Hiroto Kyoguchi is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF mini-flyweight title from 2017 to 2018, and the WBA (Super) and '' The Ring'' light-flyweight titles from 2018 to 2022. As of October 2022, he is ranked a ...

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* Kanako Nishi, writer, novelist, essayist and artist (born in

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but raised in Izumi, Osaka, her family's hometown) *

Taizo Sugitani is a Japanese Olympic show jumping rider. Representing Japan, he competed at six consecutive Summer Olympics (in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016). He placed 11th in team jumping in 2000. Meanwhile, his current best individual Olympic p ...

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and Olympic show jumping rider * Super Delfin,

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Jun Akiyama is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former KO-D Openweight Champion. He is best known for his time working for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he was the president, representative director, c ...

Taisuke Okuno Taisuke Okuno (born March 1, 1977) is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2005, he has competed for World Victory Road, Pancrase, DEEP, and Shooto. Sh ...

, professional mixed martial artist * Mitsuo Tateishi, position player coach for the

Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...

in Japan's

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References

External links

* Cities in Osaka Prefecture {{Osaka-geo-stub