Ibaraki, Osaka

Template:Infobox city Japan Ibaraki (茨木市, Ibaraki-shi) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is a suburban city of Osaka City and a part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Literally Ibaraki in English means Wild Trees or Thorny trees. The city was founded on January 1, 1948.

As of February 2017, the city has an estimated population of 280,562 and a population density of 3,580 persons per km².^[1] The total area is 76.52 km².

Transportation

Railways

West Japan Railway Company
- JR Kyoto Line: Ibaraki Station
Hankyu Railway
- Hankyu Kyoto Line: Minami-Ibaraki Station - Ibaraki-shi Station - Sojiji Station
Osaka Monorail
- Main Line: Unobe Station - Minami-Ibaraki Station - Sawaragi Station
- Saito Line Handai-byoin-mae Station - Toyokawa Station - Saito-Nishi Station

Roads

Meishin Expressway
Route 171

Education

Prefectural public senior high schools:

Private junior and senior high schools:

Otemon Junior & Senior High School (追手門学院中学校・高等学校)
Kansai Ohkura Junior and Senior High School (関西大倉中学校・高等学校)
Waseda Setsuryo Junior High School-High School (早稲田摂陵中学校・高等学校)
Korea International School, a Korean international junior and senior high school, is in Ibaraki.

Private senior high schools:

Sister and friendship cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Sister city agreement concluded in 1980
Anqing, Anhui, China - Friendship city agreement concluded in 1985
Shodoshima, Kagawa, Japan - Sister city agreement concluded in 1988 (with former Uchinomi town)
Taketa, Ōita, Japan - History cultural sister city agreement concluded in 2013