Ibaraki, Osaka
Ibaraki
茨木市 | |
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Coordinates: 34°48′59″N 135°34′7″E / 34.81639°N 135.56861°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kansai |
Prefecture | Osaka |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yoichi Fukuoka |
Area | |
• Total | 76.49 km2 (29.53 sq mi) |
Population (31 March 2023) | |
• Total | 280,562 |
• Density | 3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
City hall address | 3-8-13 Ekimae, Ibaraki-shi, Ōsaka-fu 567-8505 |
Website | www.city.ibaraki.osaka.jp |
Symbols | |
Flower | Rose |
Tree | Oak |
Ibaraki (茨木市, Ibaraki-shi) is a
Geography
Ibaraki is located in the Hokusetsu region of northern Osaka Prefecture on the northern bank of the Yodo River, bordering Kameoka City in Kyoto Prefecture to the north. It is long and narrow in the north–south direction, and the northern part is mountainous. In the south, the Mishima Plain, which forms part of the Osaka Plain, contains the main urban area. In addition, the eastern edge of the Senri Hills spans the city limits.
Neighboring municipalities
Osaka Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture
Climate
Ibaraki has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ibaraki 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 26.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C.[2]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Ibaraki has risen steadily over the past century.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1960 | 71,859 | — |
1970 | 163,545 | +127.6% |
1980 | 234,062 | +43.1% |
1990 | 254,078 | +8.6% |
2000 | 260,648 | +2.6% |
2010 | 274,832 | +5.4% |
History
The area of the modern city of Ibaraki was within ancient
Government
Ibaraki has a
Economy
Ibaraki is a regional commercial center and distribution hub for northern Osaka. Due to its proximity to the Osaka metropolitan area, it is also a commuter town. The city also has a growing and very diverse industrial base.
Education
Colleges and universities
- Aino University
- Otemon Gakuin University
- Baika Women's University
- Osaka Yukioka College of Health Science
- Osaka Health Science University Ibaraki campus
- Ritsumeikan University - Osaka-Ibaraki campus
Primary and secondary education
Ibaraki has 32 public elementary schools and 14 public middle schools operated by the city government and six public high school operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education. There are also three private combined middle/high schools and two private high schools. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.
- Osaka Ibaraki High School (茨木高等学校)
- Kasugaoka High School (春日丘高等学校)
- Osaka Ibaraki Nishi High School (茨木西高等学校)
- Hokusetsu Tsubasa High School (北摂つばさ高等学校)
- Ibaraki Engineering High School (茨木工科高等学校)
- Osaka Prefectural Fukui Senior High School (福井高等学校)
Private junior and senior high schools:
- Otemon Junior & Senior High School (追手門学院中学校・高等学校)
- Kansai Ohkura Junior and Senior High School (関西大倉中学校・高等学校)
- Waseda Setsuryo Junior High School-High School (早稲田摂陵中学校・高等学校)
- Korea International School, a Korean international junior and senior high school, is in Ibaraki.
Private senior high schools:
Transportation
Railway
Highway
Sister and friendship cities
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States – Sister city agreement concluded in 1980
- Anqing, Anhui, China – Friendship city agreement concluded in 1985
- Shōdoshima, Kagawa, Japan – Sister city agreement concluded in 1988 (with former Uchinomi town)
- Taketa, Ōita, Japan – History cultural sister city agreement concluded in 2013
Local attractions
- Church of the Light
- Abuyama Kofun, National Historic Site
- Kōriyama-shuku Honjin
Notable people from Ibaraki, Osaka
- sumo wrestler
- mixed martial artist.
- Kusunoki Masashige, Japanese samurai of the Kamakura period
- baseball player
- interior designer
- daimyō of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period.
- Hiroyuki Onoue, Japanese actor
- Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer, actor and lyricist (Kanjani Eight)
- Yu Shimasaki, former Japanese football player
- Chisato Moritaka, Japanese pop singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- Tatsuo Kamon, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Takaharu Nishino, Japanese football player
- Mizuki Ichimaru, Japanese football player
- Manabu Ikeda, former Japanese football player
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- Atsushi Kimura, former Japanese football player
- Shinichi Terada, Japanese football player
- Takuto Hayashi, Japanese football player
- Kenji Matsuda, Japanese actor
- Teruo Sugihara, Japanese professional golfer
- Yuta Nakatsuka, Japanese Dancer and actor (Generations from Exile Tribe)
- Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese racing driver
- Kazuhiro Tanaka, Japanese drifting driver
References
- ^ "Ibaraki city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
- ^ Ibaraki climate data
- ^ Ibaraki population statistics
External links
Media related to Ibaraki, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons
- Ibaraki city official website (in Japanese)