Osaka Airport Station
, often referred to as is the primary regional airport for the Kansai region of Japan, including the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. Classified as a first class airport, it is the airport closest to Kyoto, southwest of Kyoto Station. Despite its "international" designation, the airport caters exclusively to domestic flights. Kansai International Airport ( away) took over the region's international traffic in 1994 and competes with Itami for domestic traffic. Itami also faces competition from Kobe Airport ( away), a smaller domestic airport opened in 2006. The airport was named after the city of Itami, Hyōgo, Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture because most of its land is located there. A portion of the airport property is also located in Toyonaka, Osaka, Toyonaka and Ikeda, Osaka, Ikeda cities of Osaka Prefecture. The terminal complex is located in all three of these cities, and the only access from the Itami side is via a long tunnel that passes below the runway and apron. In ...
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Itami, Hyogo
270px, Gogadzuka Kofun 270px, Aerial view of Itami city center 270px, Konoike inari shihi 270px, Arioka Castle ruins ) is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 197,215 in 83580 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Geography Itami is located in southeast Hyōgo prefecture, with the Ina River to the east and the Muko River to the west. The city area is a flat, undulating gentle terrain throughout. JR West Japan JR Takarazuka Line (also known as the Fukuchiyama Line) and Hankyū Itami Line traverse north and south. It is roughly from Osaka and contacts Kawanishi in the north, Takarazuka in the northwest, Nishinomiya and Amagasaki in the southwest, and Ikeda and Toyonaka in the east. In Hyōgo prefecture, the population density is the second highest following Amagasaki in the south. Neighboring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture *Amagasaki *Nishinomiya * Takarazuka * Kawanishi Osaka Prefecture *I ...
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