Hirakata

[edit] This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The area of the modern city of Hirakata was within ancient Kawachi Province. The place name "Hirakata" is in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. The Buddhist temple of Kudara-dera dates to the Asuka period. The Hirakata Town was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Hirakata was elevated to city status on August 1, 1947. On April 1, 2001, Hirakata was designated as a special city of Japan. On April 1, 2014, Hirakata became a Core city with increased local autonomy.

[edit] Hirakata has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 32 members. Hirakata, together with neighboring Katano, contributes four members to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 11th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

[edit] Hirakata's modern industry began with the munitions industry supplying to the Imperial Japanese Army and numerous civilian textile and clothing manufacturers. In early March 1939, a site associated with the arms industry blew up, killing 500 people. Companies with offices in Hirakata[edit] Komatsu Osaka plant Sanyo Electric Co R&D

[edit] Colleges and universities[edit] Kansai Gaidai University Kansai Medical University Osaka Dental University Osaka International University Osaka Institute of Technology Setsunan University Primary and secondary education[edit] Hirakata has 45 public elementary schools and 19 public middle schools operated by the city government and six public high schools operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education, and one by Osaka City. There is also one private elementary school, two private middle schools and three private high schools. The prefecture also operates two special education schools for the handicapped. Prefectural senior high schools Hirakatsuda High School (大阪府立枚方津田高等学校) Korigaoka High School (大阪府立香里丘高等学校) Osaka Prefectural Hirakata High School (大阪府立枚方高等学校) Osaka Prefectural Makino High School (大阪府立牧野高等学校) Osaka Prefectural Nagao High School (大阪府立長尾高等学校) Hirakata Nagisa High School (大阪府立枚方なぎさ高等学校) Municipal high schools Osaka City Senior High School (大阪市立高等学校) – In Hirakata Private senior high schools: Josho Keiko Gakuen Junior and Senior High School (常翔啓光学園高等学校) Tokai University Gyosei Junior and Senior High School (東海大学付属仰星高等学校) Toyo Gakuen Nagaodani High School (長尾谷高等学校)

[edit] Hirakata-shi Station Railway[edit] JR West – Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line) Tsuda - Fujisaka - Nagao Keihan Electric Railway - Keihan Main Line Kōzenji - Hirakata-kōen - Hirakata-shi - Goten-yama - Makino - Kuzuha Keihan Electric Railway - Katano Line Hirakata-shi - Miyanosaka - Hoshigaoka - Murano Highway[edit] Second Keihan Highway National Route 1 Daini Keihan Road (toll road) National Route 168 National Route 170 National Route 307

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[edit] Hirakata T-Site interior Hirakata Park, an amusement park that includes roller coasters made of wood. Kudara-dera ruins Kinyakurumazuka Kofun Kuzuha Battery Site

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