Habikino

Habikino

羽曳野市
Habikino 羽曳野市
City
	Panoramic view of downtown Habikino and Furuichi tomb group heritage site
	Mandarin Orange

Habikino (羽曳野市, Habikino-shi) is a

burial mounds

. The city is also sometimes referred to by its former name Minami-Osaka (南大阪).

Geography

Habikino is located in the southeastern part of Osaka Prefecture, in the Kawachi Plain surrounded by Ikoma, Kongō, and Katsuragi Mountains and Mount Nijō. It is within about 20 kilometers from the center of Osaka metropolis.

Neighboring municipalities

Osaka Prefecture

Sakai
Matsubara
Fujiidera
Kashiwara
Tondabayashi
Taishi

Nara Prefecture

Kashiba

Climate

Habikino has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Habikino is 14.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.7 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Habikino increased rapidly from the 1960s through 1990s, and has leveled off since.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1960	36,982	—
1970	77,134	+108.6%
1980	103,181	+33.8%
1990	115,049	+11.5%
2000	119,264	+3.7%
2010	117,702	−1.3%

History

The area of the modern city of Habikino was within ancient

burial mounds were built in the area during the Kofun period, including many attributed to early Emperors. During the Heian period, the area was controlled by the Kawachi Genji clan, the ancestors of the Minamoto clan who dominated Japan during the Kamakura period

.

After the

Meiji restoration, the area became part of Osaka Prefecture from 1881. The villages of Furuichi, Imagatani, and Nishiura were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1896 the area became part of Minamikawachi District, Osaka

. Furuichi was elevated to town status on October 1, 1916. On September 30, 1956, Furuichi merged with the town of Takawashi and the villages of Nanyu, Nishiura, Imagatani, and Tanpi to form the town of Minami-Osaka (南大阪町). On April 1, 1957, Minami-Osaka annexed the neighboring village of Mihara. On January 15, 1959, Minami-Osaka was elevated to city status, and took the name of Habikino.

Government

Habikino has a

Diet of Japan

.

Economy

Habikino is a regional commercial center. It was traditionally known for grapes and figs. There is some light manufacturing, but agriculture remains central to the local economy.

Education

Universities and technical schools

Shitennōji International Buddhist University
Osaka Prefecture University Habikino Campus (formerly Osaka Prefecture College of Nursing)

Primary and secondary education

Habikino has 13 public elementary schools, five public middle schools and one combined elementary/middle school operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education.

Transportation

Railway

Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line

(to
Osaka Abenobashi) - Eganoshō - Takawashi - < Fujiidera - Hajinosato - Dōmyōji> Furuichi - Komagatani - Kaminotaishi - (to Kintetsu Gose, Kashiharajingū-mae, Yoshino
)

Highway

Minami-Hanna Road (Habikino Interchange, Habikino-Higashi Interchange)
National Route 166
National Route 170 (Osaka Outer Loop Highway)

Bus

Kintetsu Bus
- From Furuichi Station in the east, buses carry passengers on routes to Habikigaoka, Shitennōji International Buddhist University, Momoyama-dai, and Fujiidera Station.
- From Eganoshō Station in the west, there is a bus route to Kawachi-Matsubara Station which also covers Mihara-ku in Sakai.
Kongō Bus
- Buses pick up passengers at Kaminotaishi Station.