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Kishiwada

Kishiwada is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Kishiwada
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The place

Kishiwada is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 24 September 2025, the city had an estimated population of 205,561 in roughly 90,822 households and a population density of 2,800 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 72.72 square kilometres (28.08 sq mi). The city is well known for its Danjiri Matsuri.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kishiwada

7 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.

  1. 01
    SiS Rinku Tower

    The Rinku Gate Tower Building is a 256-metre-tall skyscraper located in Rinku Town, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan. The 56-storey building was completed in August 1996, following the design of Nikken Sekkei and Yasui Architects & Engineers.

    8.7 km · building in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kishiwada Castle

    Kishiwada Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Kishiwada Castle was home to the Okabe clan, daimyō of Kishiwada Domain.

    1 km · building in Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Masaki Art Museum

    Masaki Art Museum is an art museum in Tadaoka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, that opened in 1968. The collection, built up by Masaki Takayuki, comprises some thirteen hundred works, including three National Treasures and twelve Important Cultural Properties.

    3.9 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts

    The Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi opened in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, in 1982. The new wing was added in 1997.

    8.3 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Kōon-ji Temple

    Kōon-ji is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Kaizuka, Osaka, Japan.

    8.1 km · Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Kaizuka, Japan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture

    The Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture is an archaeology museum with a focus on the Yayoi period in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The museum opened in 1991 at the south end of the Ikegami-Sone Site.

    6.6 km · museum in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Ikegami-Sone Site

    The Ikegami-Sone site is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a large-scale Yayoi period settlement straddling the Ikegami neighborhood in the city of Izumi and the Sone neighborhood in the city of Izumiōtsu in the Kansai region of Japan. It is a large settlement ruin with a total area of 600,000 m2, extending 1.5 kilometers north-to-south and 0.6 kilometers east-to-west.

    6.8 km · Japanese archaeological site · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kishiwada

Airports
Kansai (KIX), 12 km · Kobe (UKB), 23 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 36 km
Stations
Hineno Station, 9.1 km · Izumi-Fuchū Station, 5.8 km · Rinkū Town Station, 8.8 km · Port of Osaka, 5.9 km · Haruki Station, 2.6 km
  • Tokushima → Kishiwada
    86 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · ¥1,800–2,460
  • Takamatsu → Kishiwada
    122 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · ¥2,340–3,200
  • Tokoname → Kishiwada
    143 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · ¥2,330–3,180
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kishiwada

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

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    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

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  2. 02
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  3. 03
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  4. 04
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    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

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  5. 05
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If you know how people move in Kishiwada – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kishiwada

Kishiwada is 16 km from Sakai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Izumicity in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan5.5 km
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  • Kaizukacity in Osaka Prefecture, Japan3.3 km
  • Izumiotsucity in Osaka Prefecture, Japan5.8 km
  • Tadaokatown in Senboku district, Ōsaka prefecture, Japan3.9 km