Hirakata City

A tree said to be a traveler's landmark.

Hirakata Tanakatei no Muku

Photo by NISHIGUCHI,Masahiro (nisiguti) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Foundry

Rows of lattice windows,and a roof vent to release the furnace heat.

The Tanaka family's foundry stood in Kamino-cho, Hirakata, very close to the muku tree, and cast items such as temple bells. The foundry and main house were later moved and restored in Fujisaka Tenjin-cho as a city museum. The hip-roofed, tiled foundry has many lattice windows in its earthen walls, as the building gets very hot inside.

Foundry: prefectural designation, 1973
12 ken by 5.5 ken
Main house: built by 1739 at the latest

02 ／ Waymarker

6 ri to Kyo, 2 ri to Yawata.The distances and date are carved on it.

This signpost stands on the Kyokaido road in Hirakata-juku and marks a fork with another road. It records 43 cho to Kuraji Falls, 6 ri to Kyo and 2 ri to Yawata, the names of four merchant donors, and its erection in the 11th month of Bunsei 9 (1826). The name Soza no Tsuji comes from the house of an oil merchant, Soza, that stood here.

6 ri to Kyo, 2 ri to Yawata
Erected in Bunsei 9 (1826)
City-registered, 2014

03 ／ Temple site

From the south gate to the north gate,halls and gates line up on one axis.

The ruins of a temple thought to have been built by the Kudara no Konikishi clan in the late Nara period. Excavations showed that the south gate, middle gate, main hall, lecture hall, northern building and north gate line up on one axis. The square temple measured about 140 m a side, and its platforms used squared tuff stone.

About 140 m a side
Special Historic Site, 1952
Clay Buddha images: 6 types, 108 pieces

Living here

21 minutes from Osaka's Yodoyabashi by Keihan limited express.

about 400,000 people
30 min to a city centre

Hirakatashi Station on the Keihan Main Line is 21 minutes by limited express from Yodoyabashi, according to the city. City Hall is about a 5-minute walk from the station, and the JR Gakkentoshi Line runs through the east of the city.

People living here: 397,289people
Area: 65.12km²
Households: 172,253households
Rent (average for rentals): 53,638yen
Healthcare: 24 hospitals ／ 284 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —58 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Hirakata City in Japan34.814°N 135.651°E

to OsakaKeihan Main Line ltd. exp.21min

Travel times follow 枚方市公式「枚方市への交通アクセス」（2019-10-15 更新）と「市役所案内」（2026-08-12 更新）に、淀屋橋から枚方市（京阪本線（特急）21分）。京阪電車公式の時刻表（枚方市駅・淀屋橋駅の平日・出町柳方面。2026-08-22 改正の版）と突き合わせた (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 2 prefectures.

Territory of Hirakata City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

12.0km

Osaka Prefecture: 交野市, 高槻市, 寝屋川市, 島本町
Kyoto Prefecture: 八幡市, 京田辺市
Nara Prefecture: 生駒市

Hirakata City isthis kind of town.

01Hirakata Tanakatei no Muku is a muku tree 21 m tall on high ground in Kamino-cho, an Osaka Prefecture Natural Monument. The prefecture writes that it is said to have been a landmark for travelers on the Yodo River and the Kyokaido road, and that its rough leaves were also used to polish cast goods
02The former Tanaka foundry belonged to a family of casters and is now a city museum in Fujisaka Tenjin-cho. The Soza no Tsuji signpost is a signpost of 1826 standing on the Kyokaido road in Hirakata-juku
03The Special Historic Site of the Kudaradera Temple ruins has its gates and halls on one axis from the south gate to the north gate. Clay Buddha images (senbutsu) of 6 types and 108 pieces were excavated, and some are designated prefectural tangible cultural properties. Yodoyabashi is 21 minutes away by Keihan limited express

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hirakata City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗