Takarazuka, HyÅgo
Takarazuka (Japanese宝 冢 市, -shi ) is a city in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan on the island of Honshu. She was raised on April 1, 1954 the city and is part of the great Kyoto - Osaka - Kobe metropolitan area.
Takarazuka is especially known for the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female theater group whose stars playing male roles. Also, here is the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum.
Geography
Geographical Location
Takarazuka is in the northwest of Osaka and is surrounded by the cities of Nishinomiya and Amagasaki in the south, Osaka, Itami and Kawanishi the east and Sanda and Kobe in the west. The southwestern part of the city is flat and densely populated, while the west and north mountains and rural areas form the picture. These mountains are the foothills of the Rokko Mountains. Across the city of Muko River flows on its way from the mountains to the Bay of Osaka. In the far north-west is found as a single larger water area of Sengari reservoir.
Climate
Takarazuka is located in the temperate climate zone. The average annual temperature is about 16.3 degrees Celsius.
The mean annual rainfall is about 1,082 millimeters.
Universities
- Koshien University, founded in 1967
- Takarazuka University founded in 1987
Traffic
- Street: Chugoku highway
- National Road 176
- JR Fukuchiyama Line
- Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line
- Hankyu Imazu Line
Sons and daughters of the town
- Shinji Okazaki ( born 1986 ), football player
Twinning
- United States Augusta, Georgia, USA - since 1989
- Austria 9th district of Vienna, Austria - 1994
Takarazuka Grand Theater