Suita, Osaka
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Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
located in northern Osaka
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...
, Japan. As of August 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population
Population
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of 356,751 and the density
Population density
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of 9,880 persons per km². The total area is 36.11 km².
The city was founded on April 1, 1940, and was the site of Expo '70
Expo '70
was a World's Fair held in Suita, Osaka, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. The theme of the Expo was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese Expo '70 is often referred to as Ōsaka Banpaku...
, a World's Fair
World's Fair
World's fair, World fair, Universal Exposition, and World Expo are various large public exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The first Expo was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All...
held in 1970. The J-League soccer club Gamba Osaka
Gamba Osaka
is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70...
plays at Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
is an athletic stadium in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is in the Expo Commemoration Park, the site of Expo '70. The stadium is the home ground of J. League club Gamba Osaka.The stadium's north end is terraced and is used by Gamba's most vocal supporters....
, located in the former world's fair grounds.
It is connected to central by Hankyu Railway
Hankyu Railway
is a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of major businesses operated by Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. The railway's main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka...
, West Japan Railway Company
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
and the Osaka Municipal Subway
Osaka Municipal Subway
is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, forming an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. In 2010 the greater Osaka region had 13 million rail passengers daily of which the Osaka...
. The Osaka Monorail also passes through the area, connecting the city to Osaka, the Expo Commemoration Park and Osaka International Airport
Osaka International Airport
or Osaka-Itami International Airport is the primary domestic airport for the Kansai region of Japan, including the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. It is classified as a first class airport....
.
Universities
- Kansai UniversityKansai University, or , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Suita, Osaka, Japan and in two other locations: Osaka City; and Takatsuki, Osaka.-History:Kansai University was founded as Kansai Law School in November 1886, in Osaka...
's main branch is located here. It is accessible through Kandaimae Station on the Hankyu Senri Line.
- Osaka UniversityOsaka University, or , is a major national university located in Osaka, Japan. It is the sixth oldest university in Japan as the Osaka Prefectural Medical College, and formerly one of the Imperial Universities of Japan...
's main administrative campus is hosted here, right beside the Expo Park. It is accessible via the Osaka Monorail at Handaibyoinmae Station, or via Hankyu Senri Line at Kita-Senri StationKita-Senri Stationis the terminus of the Hankyu Senri Line located in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:*There are 2 side platforms seiving 2 tracks on the viaduct. Ticket gates are located under the platforms and the tracks.-Adjacent station:...
.
- Osaka Gakuin UniversityOsaka Gakuin UniversityOsaka Gakuin University , also known as Osaka Graduate University , is a mid-sized, mid-level private liberal arts university located in Suita, Japan...
, accessible through Kishibe StationKishibe Stationis a train station in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:The station has two island platforms, each of which exclusively serves up or down trains. Outer side of each platform is fenced as no trains on the outer tracks make stop at this station....
on JR Kyoto Line.
- Senri Kinran UniversitySenri Kinran Universityis a private university in Suita, Osaka, Japan, established in 2003.-External links:*...
, accessible through Kita-Senri Station on Hankyu Senri Line.
Museums
- National Museum of Ethnology
- International Institute for Children's LiteratureChildren's literatureChildren's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
, Osaka http://www.iiclo.or.jp/ - The Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Osaka http://www.mingeikan-osaka.or.jp/
- Kansai University Museum
- Suita City Museum
Companies
- SNK Playmore (formerly known as SNK), the producer of Neo GeoNeo Geo (console)The is a cartridge-based arcade and home video game system released on July 1, 1991 by Japanese game company SNK. Being in the Fourth generation of Gaming, it was the first console in the former Neo Geo family, which only lived through the 1990s...
arcade boards and games has its headquarters in the city.
Train Stations
- JR Kyoto LineJR Kyoto LineThe is the common name of a portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, between Kyoto Station and Osaka Station. The line is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company ....
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(<< for Kyoto
Kyoto Station
is the most important transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest train station building and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof...
) - Senrioka
Senrioka Station
is a train station in Settsu, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:The station has two island platforms, each of which exclusively serves up or down trains. Outer side of each platform is fenced as no trains on the outer tracks make stop at this station....
- Kishibe
Kishibe Station
is a train station in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:The station has two island platforms, each of which exclusively serves up or down trains. Outer side of each platform is fenced as no trains on the outer tracks make stop at this station....
- Suita
Suita Station (JR West)
is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company JR Kyoto Line in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. This station is administrated by Takatsuki Station, however the regional station master exists at-Layout:...
- (for Ōsaka
Osaka Station
is a station on the West Japan Railway Company located in the Umeda district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the city's main rail terminal in the north....
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Hankyu Railway
Hankyu Railway
is a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of major businesses operated by Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. The railway's main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka...
(<< for Kyoto Kawaramachi
Kawaramachi Station (Kyoto)
is the terminal station of the Hankyu Kyoto Line of Hankyu Railway in Kyoto, Japan. The Kawaramachi and Shijo streets cross over the underground station. Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Railway Keihan Line is located beyond the Kamo River....
) - Shojaku
Shojaku Station
is a railway station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line and is in Hankyu Shojaku, Settsu, Osaka. It serves students of the nearby Osaka Gakuin University. Only local trains stop at the station.The station adjoins a yard and a workshop of Hankyu Railway....
- (for Osaka Umeda
Umeda Station
is a railway station located in Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in Western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005.Umeda Station is served by the following railways:...
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- Hankyu Senri LineHankyu Senri Lineis a railway line of Hankyu Railway. It was completed on March 1, 1967. There are through trains to and from the Kyoto Line and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line.-Stations:-Abandoned stations:...
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(<< for Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme
Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchome Station
is located in Tenjimbashi Rokuchome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. Nicknamed, "Ten-roku", it is located on the Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line, the Sakaisuji Line and the Hankyu Railway Senri Line ....
, Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line) - Suita - Toyotsu
Toyotsu Station (Osaka)
is a station located in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:*There are 2 side platforms and 2 tracks on the ground level.-Stations next to Toyotsu:...
- Kandai-mae
Kandai-mae Station
is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Senri Line located in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:*There are two side platforms with two tracks on the ground level.-History:*October 26, 1921 - on Kita-Osaka Railway was opened....
- Senriyama - Minami-Senri - Yamada
Yamada Station (Osaka)
is a train station on the Hankyu Senri Line and Osaka Monorail located in Suita, Osaka, Japan.-Lines:*Hankyu Senri Line*Osaka Monorail Main Line -Hankyu Senri Line:*There are two side platforms and two tracks on the ground level....
- Kita-Senri
Kita-Senri Station
is the terminus of the Hankyu Senri Line located in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:*There are 2 side platforms seiving 2 tracks on the viaduct. Ticket gates are located under the platforms and the tracks.-Adjacent station:...
(line terminus)
Osaka Municipal Subway
Osaka Municipal Subway
is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, forming an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. In 2010 the greater Osaka region had 13 million rail passengers daily of which the Osaka...
- Midosuji Line (Kita-Osaka Kyuko RailwayKita-Osaka Kyuko RailwayThe is a railway operator of Osaka, Japan. The sole line named is actually an extension of the Midōsuji Line Osaka Municipal Subway. Kitakyū, as it is often abbreviated, also owns various commercial and residential properties along the line.-History:...
Namboku Line)
(<< for Umeda, Nakamozu
Nakamozu Station
There are two stations named in Nakamozuchō Nichō, Kita-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. One is on the Nankai Electric Railway Koya Line and the Semboku Rapid Railway , and the other is on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line.-Layout:Nankai Railway Koya Line and Semboku Rapid Railway*There...
) - Esaka
Esaka Station
is a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line and the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line located in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Notable Places Nearby:*Duskin Co., Ltd. headquarters*Acecook Co., Ltd. headquarters...
(last stop on the Midosuji Line) - Ryokuchi-koen
Ryokuchi-koen Station
is a train station on the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway located in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan.-Layout:*There are 2 side platforms serving a track each under the roads Shin-Midosuji.-Surroundings:...
(in Toyonaka
Toyonaka, Osaka
is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 388,633 and a population density of 10,680 persons per km². The total area is 36.38 km²...
) - Momoyamadai
Momoyamadai Station
is a train station on the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway located in Suita, Osaka, Japan.-Layout:*There is an island platform with two tracks between "Shin-Midosuji".-Surroundings:*Momoyama Park...
- (for Senri-Chuo
Senri-Chuo Station
is a train station on the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway and Osaka Monorail located in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan...
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Osaka Monorail
- Main LineOsaka Monorail Main Lineis a monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which connects Osaka Airport Station in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Senri-Chūō Station in Suita, Minami-Ibaraki Station in Ibaraki, Dainichi Station in Moriguchi, and Kadoma-shi Station in Kadoma.-Stations:...
(<< for Osaka Airport) - Yamada - Banpaku Kinen Koen - (for Kadoma-shi
Kadoma-shi Station
is a train station on the Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line and Osaka Monorail located in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.-Lines:*Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line*Osaka Monorail Main Line -Keihan Railway:...
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- Saito LineOsaka Monorail Saito Lineis the monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which connects in Suita Osaka Prefecture to Saito-nishi Station.The branch Saito Line opened in two stages - on October 1, 1998 from Bampaku-kinen-koen Station to Handai-byoin-mae Station, and on March 19, 2007 to Saito-nishi Station, in Ibaraki, about a...
(<< for Saito-nishi
Saito-nishi Station
is a monorail station on the Osaka Monorail located in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan. It is the terminus of the line. The station is located near Osaka University Minoh Campus.-History:...
) - Koen-higashiguchi
Koen-higashiguchi Station
is a monorail station on the Osaka Monorail located in Suita, Osaka, Japan. It serves as a station for the Expo Commemoration Park.-Layout:There is an island platform with two tracks.-Stations next to Kōen-higashiguchi:...
- Banpaku Kinen Koen (line terminus)
Student Dormitories
- Osaka University Foreign Student House
- Senri International Student House
- Kansai University International Student House
- JASSO Student House
Sister city
City of BankstownCity of Bankstown
The City of Bankstown is a city and Local Government Area in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, centred on the suburb of Bankstown....
, New South Wales, Australia.
Suita was involved in Bankstown's first international Sister City in March 1989.