Takatsuki City

Haniwa kilns were rebuilt among high-rises.

Shin-ike Haniwa Factory Park

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Burial mound

Found by chance during construction in 1934,what lay in the coffin was reburied as it was.

阿武山古墳出土品.JPG — Photo by Saigen Jiro (Public domain)

It was found while a Kyoto University seismological observation facility was being built, and it has no earthen mound. In a coffin of hemp cloth hardened with lacquer lay a man of about 60, on a pillow of glass beads and wrapped in brocade; X-ray photographs also show a cap embroidered with gold thread. The cap and pillow have been reconstructed. The leading theory is that Nakatomi (Fujiwara) no Kamatari was buried here.

Found in 1934 (Showa 9)
Burial ground 82 m across
National Historic Site, 1983

02 ／ Grave goods

A survey for a cemetery expansionturned up a mirror inscribed "Seiryu 3rd year."

The mound stands on a ridge 125 m above sea level, overlooking the Ama site. A survey in 1997 (Heisei 9) found it. Five bronze mirrors came out of the wooden coffin, and Mirror No. 2 is inscribed "Seiryu 3rd year" (AD 235). The finds became an Important Cultural Property in 2000.

"Seiryu 3rd year" = AD 235
5 bronze mirrors
Important Cultural Property, 2000

03 ／ Haniwa

On the north inner bank, reconstructed haniwaof houses, people and animals stand in rows.

A keyhole-shaped mound about 350 m long, built in the first half of the 6th century. The haniwa ritual area found on the north inner bank has been reconstructed in the park. The city says over 200 figurative haniwa of houses, people and animals stand there. Haniwa from the Shin-ike kilns were also set up on this mound.

About 350 m long
National Historic Site, 1958
Over 200 figurative haniwa (city guide)

Living here

12 minutes from Kyoto, 15 from Osaka, by JR Special Rapid.

about 350,000 people
30 min to a city centre

To JR Takatsuki Station it is 12 minutes from Kyoto and 15 minutes from Osaka on the JR Special Rapid, the fastest train that runs every day. City Hall is about an 8-minute walk from JR Takatsuki Station and Hankyu Takatsuki-shi Station.

People living here: 352,698people
Area: 105.29km²
Households: 152,869households
Rent (average for rentals): 61,752yen
Healthcare: 17 hospitals ／ 297 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —44 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Takatsuki City in Japan34.846°N 135.617°E

to KyotoJR Special Rapid12min
to OsakaJR Special Rapid15min

Travel times follow JR西日本『JRおでかけネット』区間時刻表。平日ダイヤ＝ページの日付 2026年10月14日（水）、土曜・休日ダイヤ＝同 2026年10月17日（土）。line-timetable/2234（琵琶湖線・JR京都線・JR神戸線・東海道・山陽本線〈米原～大阪～姫路〉下り）の京都『発』→高槻『着』（水曜203本・土曜191本）と、line-timetable/2235（同上り）の大阪『発』→高槻『着』（水曜305本・土曜283本）を、同じ列車の列で数えた。『運転日注意』の行が空の便（『平』＝平日のみ・『土休』＝土曜・休日のみ・『◆』の印が付かない便）の最速：京都→高槻12分（新快速 10:30→10:42〈3439M〉など。水曜・土曜とも）、大阪→高槻15分（新快速 11:00→11:15〈3444M〉など。水曜・土曜とも。水曜の『平』の印の便に14分があるが平日のみなので採らない） (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Takatsuki City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

21.8km

Osaka Prefecture: 茨木市, 島本町, 枚方市, 摂津市, 寝屋川市
Kyoto Prefecture: 亀岡市, 京都市

Takatsuki City isthis kind of town.

01Shin-ike Haniwa Factory Park is the site of the Shin-ike Haniwa Production Site, which operated for about 100 years from the mid-5th to the mid-6th century. Three large haniwa workshops and 18 kilns have been confirmed, and the site is a National Historic Site as an attachment to Imashirozuka Kofun. The park has reconstructed workshops and kilns
02Abuyama Kofun, a National Historic Site spanning Takatsuki and Ibaraki, was found in 1934 and dates to the end of the Kofun period. The finds from Amamiyayama Kofun are an Important Cultural Property, and Mirror No. 2 of its five bronze mirrors is inscribed "Seiryu 3rd year"
03Imashirozuka Kofun is a keyhole-shaped mound of the first half of the 6th century, and its haniwa ritual area on the north inner bank has been reconstructed. Some consider it the tomb of Emperor Keitai. Kyoto is 12 minutes away on the JR Special Rapid, Osaka 15

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Takatsuki City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗