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Higashiosaka

Higashiōsaka is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Higashiosaka
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The place

Higashiōsaka is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2023, the city had an estimated population of 486,464 in 233,124 households and a population density of 7,874 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 61.78 square kilometres (23.85 sq mi). The city is known as one of the industrial cities of Japan and "the rugby football town".

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Higashiosaka

Airports
Osaka Itami (ITM), 18 km · Kobe (UKB), 35 km · Kansai (KIX), 43 km
  • Osaka → Higashiosaka
    8 km · quickest by road, 25 min · ¥110–150
  • Tokushima → Higashiosaka
    115 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · ¥1,680–2,300
  • Tokoname → Higashiosaka
    117 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · ¥1,940–2,640
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Higashiosaka

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 Higashiosaka. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    879 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,230 km
  3. 03
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,500 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,599 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,769 km

If you know how people move in Higashiosaka – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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Next door to Higashiosaka

Higashiosaka is 9 km from Osaka, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.