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in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is located in northern Osaka's Hokusetsu region. As of 2020, the city had an estimated

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of 347,944 and a

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of 3,300 persons per km². The total area is 105.31 km². The city was founded on January 1, 1943, and is situated almost directly between Kyoto and Osaka. Owing to the convenience of being 13 and 15 minutes by train from these two cities respectively, the city prospered and has developed with increasing rapidity to become one of the biggest

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s in the area, serving both Kyoto and Osaka. Culturally, Takatsuki is renowned for its Imashirozuka Kofun (burial mound). Earthenware funerary objects (haniwa) discovered around this mound include figurines of warriors almost certainly placed with a protective purpose (The form of such a warrior was used as the design basis for the city's official mascot character, Hanitan). Takatsuki is also known for its Takatsuki

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, held every year in Golden Week . This is a two-day extravaganza of live jazz featuring over 300 acts, involving over 3,000 artists, who perform in 72 different locations in and around the central business district.

Neighboring municipalities

*Osaka Prefecture **

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** Neyagawa **

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** Ibaraki * Kyoto Prefecture **

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Points of interest

*Settsu-kyo Valley Natural Park *

Kosobe Conservatory The was a botanical garden that forms part of the , Kyoto University (京都大学大学院農学研究科附属農場), located at 2-30 Kosobe, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. The conservatory was established in January 1929 to educate undergraduate ...

( Kyoto University) *

Kansai University , abbreviated as or , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university with its main campus in Suita, Osaka, Japan and two sub-campuses in Sakai and Takatsuki, Osaka. Founded as Kansai Law School in 1886, It has been recognized as one o ...

Takatsuki campus, Takatsuki Muse campus *

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Heian Jogakuin University also known at St. Agnes' University, is a private women's college with campuses in Kyoto, Kyoto and Takatsuki, Osaka in Japan. The university's foundation history can be traced through the establishment of St. Agnes' School to 1875. The univers ...

Takatsuki campus *

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Transportation

Railways

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JR Kyoto 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 name applies to the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kyōto Station and Ōsaka Station. The Kyot ...

: Settsu-Tonda Station – Takatsuki Station *

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** Kyoto Line: Tonda Station –

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– Kammaki Station Takatsuki-shi is served by two railway companies: JR (Japan Railway Company) and Hankyu. Many people prefer JR, owing to lower fares and slightly more frequent service. After an accident on the JR Fukuchiyama Line caused 108 casualties in 2005, there was an increase in Hankyu's passenger share but this has since been reversed. As Takatsuki is one of Osaka's larger suburban cities, almost every train stops there. The Sakaisuji Line terminates at

, while some trains come from Kyoto-kawaramachi Station.

Buses

Takatsuki has its own municipal bus network and private carriers, such as

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and

Hankyu Bus , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Gro ...

, also operate there.

Highways

* *

Sister and Friendship cities

* Masuda,

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, Japan – Sister city agreement concluded in 1971 (with former Hikimi town) * Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui, Japan – Sister city agreement concluded in 1993 (with former Mikata town) *

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, Philippines – Sister city agreement concluded in 1979 *

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, China – Sister city agreement concluded in 1987 *

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, Australia – Sister city agreement concluded in 1991

References

External links

Takatsuki City official website

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