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located in northern

Osaka Prefecture is a 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 to the north, Nar ...

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 n ...

. As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated

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of 378,322 and a

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of 9,880 persons per km². The total area is 36.11 km². The city was founded on April 1, 1940, and was the site of

Expo '70 The or Expo 70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as . It was the first world's fai ...

, a

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held in 1970. The

J-League The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the system. Founded in 1992, it is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football. Contested by 18 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the J ...

soccer club Gamba Osaka plays at Suita City Football Stadium. It is connected to central by Hankyu Railway, West Japan Railway Company and the Osaka Municipal Subway. The

Osaka Monorail The is a monorail system in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by . At long, it is the second longest monorail system in the world after the Chongqing Monorail and the longest monorail system in Japan. It links the three campuses o ...

also passes through the area, connecting the city to Osaka, the Expo Commemoration Park and Osaka International Airport.

Surrounding municipalities

*Osaka Prefecture **

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

( Yodogawa-ku, Higashiyodogawa-ku) ** Settsu **

Ibaraki Ibaraki may refer to any of the following places in Japan: * Ibaraki Prefecture, one of the 47 prefectures of Japan **Ibaraki, Ibaraki, a town in Ibaraki Prefecture **Ibaraki Airport, an airport in Omitama, Ibaraki **Ibaraki dialect, the dialect sp ...

** Minoh ** Toyonaka

Economy

Major companies and industries

* Asahi Suita Brewery * Headquarters of SNK, the producer of Neo Geo arcade boards and games * Mister Donut, a fast food franchise that offers doughnuts, coffee, muffins and pastries.

Education

Universities

* Kansai University's main branch is located here. It is accessible through Kandaimae Station on the Hankyu Senri Line. * Osaka University's main administrative campus is hosted here, right beside the Expo Park. It is accessible via the Osaka Monorail at Handaibyoinmae Station, or via Hankyu Senri Line at Kita-Senri Station. * Osaka Gakuin University, accessible through

Kishibe Station is a railway station in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Lines *West Japan Railway Company **JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) History The station opened on April 11, 1947. Layout The station has two island platform An island platform ...

on JR Kyoto Line. * Senri Kinran University, accessible through Kita-Senri Station on Hankyu Senri Line.

Student dormitories

*Osaka University Foreign Student House *Senri International Student House *Kansai University International Student House *JASSO Student House

Culture

Museums

* National Museum of Ethnology * International Institute for

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, Osaka * The Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Osaka *Kansai University Museum *Suita City Museum

Transportation

Rail

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, and i ...

* JR Kyoto Line: (<< for

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the c ...

) - Senrioka - Kishibe - Suita - (for Ōsaka >>) Hankyu Railway *

Hankyu Kyoto Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Osaka-umeda Station in Osaka and Kyoto-kawaramachi Station in Kyoto. Definition The Kyoto Main Line is often called the for short, and in a ...

: (<< for Kyoto Kawaramachi) - Shojaku - (for Osaka

Umeda is a major commercial, business, shopping and entertainment district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, and the city's main northern railway terminus (Ōsaka Station, Umeda Station). The district's name means "plum field". History Umeda was historical ...

>>) * Hankyu Senri Line: (<< for Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme, Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line) - Suita - Toyotsu - Kandai-mae - Senriyama - Minami-Senri -

Yamada Yamada (山田, ) is the 12th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese model, actress and idol *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese illustrator and manga artist *, Japanese rugby union player *, Ja ...

- Kita-Senri (line terminus) Osaka Metro * Midosuji Line (

Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway is a railway operator in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its sole line, officially named the , operates as an extension of the Midōsuji Line of the Osaka Metro. The , established on 11 December 1967, is majorly owned by Hankyu. ''Kitakyu'', as it is ...

Namboku Line) (<< for Umeda, Nakamozu) - Esaka (last stop on the Midosuji Line) - '' Ryokuchi-koen (in Toyonaka)'' - Momoyamadai - (for Senri-Chuo >>)

* Main Line (<< for Osaka Airport) - Yamada - Banpaku Kinen Koen - (for Kadoma-shi >>) * Saito Line (<< for Saito-nishi) - Koen-higashiguchi - Banpaku Kinen Koen (line terminus)

Highways

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Sister cities

* Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Since July 20, 1982. * Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. Since May 12, 2016. Suita was involved in Bankstown's first international Sister City in March 1989.Bankstown's Sister Cities (PDF)
" Retrieved on July 20, 2007.

Notable residents

* Avi Schafer (born 1998), Japanese professional basketball player *

Taro Hakase is a Japanese musician who specialises as a violinist and composer. Biography Career Hakase was involved in a Japanese band called Kryzler & Kompany which formed while he was in college. He played the violin, while Tsuneyoshi Saito played k ...

(born 1968), Japanese violinist and composer

References

External links

Suita City official website

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