Neyagawa, Osaka
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Geography
Neyagawa is located on the left bank of the Yodo River in the northeastern part of Osaka Prefecture, 15 km from the center of Osaka city and 35 km from the center of Kyoto city. It is 7.22 km north–south, 6.89 km east–west. The city's terrain can be broadly divided into eastern hills and western flatlands. The eastern hills are part of the Ikoma Mountains, about 50m above sea level, and the flat western part is mainly composed of alluvium and is 2 to 3m above sea level. The highest point is 109.6m around the Ishinohōden Kofun.
Neighboring municipalities
Osaka Prefecture
Climate
Neyagawa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Neyagawa is 15.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.7 °C.[2]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Neyagawa increased extremely rapidly in the 1960s, leveled off until the 2000s and has slowly started to decrease.
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History
The area of the modern city of Neyagawa was within ancient Kawachi Province. The village of Kukasho was established within Matta District with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1896, the area became part of Kitakawachi District, Osaka. Kukasho was elevated to town status on February 1, 1943. On April 1, 1943, it was merged with the villages of Tomorogi, Toyono and Neyagawa to form the city of Neyagawa.
Government
Neyagawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 24 members. Neyagawa contributes two members to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 12th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Economy
Neyagawa is a regional commercial center with some high manufacturing.
Education
Universities and colleges
Primary and secondary education
Neyagawa has 24 public elementary schools and ten public middle schools operated by the city government and three public high schools operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education. There is also one private elementary school and two private combined middle/high schools. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped and one technical school.[4]
Transportation
Railway
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File:Keihan railway logo.svg Keihan Electric Railway - Keihan Main Line
Highway
- File:JP Expressway E89.svg Second Keihan Highway: Neyagawa-kita IC - Neyagawa-minami IC
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Sister cities
- Template:Flagicon Susami, Wakayama, Japan, friendship city agreement since 1976
- Template:Flagicon Mimasaka, Okayama, Japan, friendship city agreement since 1991 (with former Ohara town)
- Template:Flagicon Newport News, Virginia, United States, sister city agreement since 1982
- Template:Flagicon Oakville, Ontario, Canada, sister city agreement since 1984[5]
- Template:Flagicon Luwan District, Shanghai, China, friendship city agreement since 1994. Luwan has since been merged into Huangpu District since June 2011.
- Template:Flagicon South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
- Template:Flagicon Sale, Victoria, Australia
- Template:Flagicon Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
- Template:Flagicon Warragul, Victoria, Australia
- Template:Flagicon Wilmette, Illinois, United States
Local attractions
- Ishinohōden Kofun, National Historic Site
Notable people from Neyagawa
- Gōeidō Gōtarō, sumo wrestler, ranked at ōzeki
- Masaki Okimoto, professional wrestler
- Nana Okada, Japanese idol, singer, member of J-pop girl group AKB48, former member of STU48
- Koji Uehara, baseball player, member of the 2013 World Series champion Boston Red Sox
- Yoshiyuki Fuchiwaki, former baseball player (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Nippon Professional Baseball)
- Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese idol, singer and musician, member of J-pop duo PUFFY
- Mio Ootani, Japanese gravure idol
- Ryo Tadokoro, Japanese football player (Yokohama FC, J1 League)
- Hiroshi Ōsaka, Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator
- Fujiwara, Japanese comedy duo
- Tomokatsu Kitagawa, Japanese politician
- Fumitake Fujita, Japanese politician
- Kaoru Tada, Japanese manga artist
- Naoto Tsuru, baseball player (Hanshin Tigers, Nippon Professional Baseball - Central League)
- Naoki Matayoshi, Japanese comedian, screenwriter, and novelist
- Yuri Nakamura, Zainichi Korean actress and former singer
- Daiki Numa, Japanese footballer (Vonds Ichihara, Kantō Soccer League)
- Emiko Ueno, former female badminton player
- Ura Kazuki, sumo wrestler
References
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- ↑ Neyagawa climate data
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External links
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