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Higashiosaka City
Osaka Prefecture · City
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Higashiosaka City is a core city (a mid-sized city with expanded powers) of Nakakawachi and has the 3rd-largest population in the prefecture. It is known as a "rugby town" with Hanazono Rugby Stadium and as a "manufacturing town" with highly skilled small factories. At the foot of Mt. Ikoma are Hiraoka Shrine and Ishikiri Tsurugiya Shrine, fondly called "Ishikiri-san," and the Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum stands in the city.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Osaka Prefecture
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