Suita
Suita is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Suita is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2023, the city had an estimated population of 381,238 in 182,636 households, and a population density of 11,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 36.09 square kilometres (13.93 sq mi). It is a suburb of Osaka City and a part of the Kyoto–Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area.
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Worth seeing in and around Suita
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Osaka Castle
Osaka Castle is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi–Momoyama period.
8.1 km · Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Suita Stadium
Suita City Football Stadium, a.k.a. Panasonic Stadium Suita for sponsorship reasons.
5.2 km · building in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Umeda Sky Building
The Umeda Sky Building is a two-tower mixed-use skyscraper in Osaka, Japan. Located on the outskirts of the Umeda business district in Kita-ku, Osaka, the Umeda Sky Building consists of two 40-story towers interconnected at their two uppermost stories via glass bridges with escalators and elevators that cross an open atrium space.
6.5 km · skyscraper in Osaka · Wikipedia - 04Church of the Light
The Church of the Light is the main chapel of the Ibaraki Kasugaoka Church, a member church of the United Church of Christ in Japan. It was built in 1989, in the city of Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture.
6.8 km · chapel in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture designed by Tadao Ando · Wikipedia - 05Ishiyama Hongan-ji
The Ishiyama Hongan-ji was the primary fortress of the Ikkō-ikki, leagues of warrior priests and commoners who opposed samurai rule during the Sengoku period. It was established in 1496, at the mouth of the Yodo River, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea.
8.1 km · historical Buddhist temple located in Osaka, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium, a.k.a. “Osaka Expo '70 Stadium", is an athletics stadium located in the Expo Commemoration Park, the site of Expo '70, in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
6.1 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 07Osaka-jō Hall
Osaka-jo Hall is a multi-purpose arena located in the Kyōbashi area of Osaka, Japan. The hall opened in 1983 and can seat up to 16,000 people.
7.9 km · multi-purpose hall · Wikipedia - 08Kansai University
Kansai University, abbreviated as Kandai or Kansaidai, is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university with its main campus in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan and two sub-campuses in Sakai and Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture. Founded as Kansai Law School in 1886, It has been recognized as one of the four leading private universities in western Japan: Kan-Kan-Do-Ritsu, along with Kwansei Gakuin University, Doshisha University, and Ritsumeikan University.
1.7 km · private university in Osaka, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Osaka Castle Park
Osaka Castle Park is a public urban park and historical site situated at Osaka-Jō in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. It lies on the south of the Ōkawa and occupies a large area in the center of the city of Osaka.
8.1 km · park · Wikipedia - 10Japan Mint
The Japan Mint is an Independent Administrative Institution of the Japanese government, responsible for producing and circulating the coins of Japan. The agency has its head office in Osaka with branches in Saitama and Hiroshima.
7 km · building in Kita-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Expo '70 Commemorative Park (万博公園 Banpaku Kōen) (or so-called Osaka Expo Park'). In north Osaka, Suita. This huge memorial of "the Japan World Exhibition of 1970" has a lot of interesting visiting spots like the Japanese Garden, the Museum of Ethnology and Expoland in it. The park is popular among Japanese people viewing cherry blossoms in spring and momiji (the color changing of maple leaves) in autumn.
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Things to do
National Museum of Ethnology (国立民族学博物館 (shortform 民博, Minpaku)) (take the Osaka Monorail to Banpaku Kinen Koen). Thu-Tue (closed Wed) 10:00-17:00. This superb, modern museum displays 12,000 artifacts (with 250,000 in its collection) on 9,000 square meters that stretch over 5 km in the Expo Park. Admission ¥420.
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Getting to Suita
- Airports
- Osaka Itami (ITM), 7 km · Kobe (UKB), 30 km · Kansai (KIX), 45 km
- Stations
- Osaka International Airport, 7.8 km · Shin‐Ōsaka Station, 3.3 km · Ōsaka Station, 6.6 km · Nakanoshima Station, 8.1 km · Kayashima Station, 8.7 km
- Osaka → Suita8 km · quickest by road, 27 min · ¥110–150
- Tokushima → Suita116 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · ¥1,840–2,510
- Tokoname → Suita122 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ¥1,940–2,640
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Suita
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Suita. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inOsaka International Ferry Terminal is in Nankō (南港) in the Osaka Bay Area.
- Get inThe PanStar Line operates a ferry between Osaka and Busan.
- Get inThe ferry leaves Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, at 15:10 from both Osaka and Busan and arrives the following day at 10:00.
- Get inThe ferry holds live musical performances, magic shows, and other entertainment on the run.
- Get inYou can take your car on the ferry, but there are documentation requirements.
From Wikivoyage: Osaka, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Suita
Suita is 5 km from Toyonaka, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.