Ikeda, Osaka
Ikeda (Japanese池田 市, -shi ) is a city in the prefecture of Osaka in Japan.
Geography
Ikeda is located north of Osaka and east of Amagasaki.
History
Ikeda was founded on 29 April 1939.
Traffic
- Street: Chugoku highway
- National roads 171, 173, 176, 477
- Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line
- Hankyu Minoo Line
Twinning
- Australia Launceston ( Tasmania ), sister city since 1965
- People's Republic of China Suzhou (Jiangsu), sister city since 1981
Sons and daughters of the town
- Kamon Iizumi (* 1960), politician
- Daido Moriyama ( b. 1938 ), photographer
- Masayuki Naoshima (* 1945), politician
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Osaka Prefecture Toyonaka
- Minoo
- Kawanishi
- Itami