Suita
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.
Getting to Suita
Most travellers will pass through Shin-Osaka Station (which serves JR, Osaka Subway, and Shinkansen lines) on their way to Suita. The southern end of Suita is served by Esaka Station, which lies at the northern end of the Midosuji subway line (highlighted as red on metro maps), which directly connects to Shin-Osaka, Umeda, and Namba without having to transfer.
Worth seeing
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.
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.
Getting around Suita the local way
- 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.
- Go nextIts location makes Osaka a perfect base for doing one-day trips to nearby cities like Kyoto (30 minutes), Kobe (20 minutes), Nara (40 minutes) or Himeji (1 hour).
From Wikivoyage: Osaka, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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