Hirakata: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Osaka
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 406,331
• Coordinates: 34.8135° N, 135.6491° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 380 km (236 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Osaka Itami International Airport (ITM): 19 km (12 mi), straight line
• Kobe Airport (UKB): 44 km (27 mi), straight line
• Kansai International Airport (KIX): 57 km (35 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Katano: 4.0 km (2.5 mi)
• Takatsuki: 4.9 km (3.0 mi)
• Neyagawa: 5.6 km (3.5 mi)
• Settsu: 6.3 km (3.9 mi)
• Minase: 7.2 km (4.5 mi)

Things to see

• 右 光善寺 左 大阪 (memorial)
• 贈 時計台 (memorial)
• 蹉跎神社 (place of worship)
• 郡津5丁目の石灯篭 (archaeological site)