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AmagasakiAmagasaki (尼崎市 Amagasaki-shi) is an industrial

city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The city was

founded on April 1 , 1916. Its population is around

460,000, below its peak of over 554,000 in 197 1.

As of April 2017 , the city has an estimated population

of 450,7 65 and a population density of 9,100 persons

per km².[1] The total area is 49.7 7 km².

History

Notable residents

Transportat ionRailways

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Polit ics of Amagasaki

Economy

Education

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During the Edo period, the Amagasaki Domain had its

administrative headquarters at Amagasaki Castle here.

Amagasaki is the hometown of comedy duo Downtown

stars Masatoshi Hamada and Hitoshi Matsumoto. It is

also the hometown of Formula 1 driver Kamui

Kobayashi, Chiyu, the bassist of SuG, author Koushun

Takami and Heath, bassist of X Japan. Toshiaki

Nishioka, a former world champion boxer, is also from

this area.

Amagasaki尼崎市

Coordinates: 34°44′N 135°24′E

Contents

History

Notable residents

Transportation

Location of Amagasaki in Hyōgo Prefecture

Location in Japan

Coordinates: 34°44′N 135°24′E

Country Japan

Region Kansai

Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture

Government

 • Mayor Kazumi Inamura (Greens Japan)

Area

 • Total 49.77 km2 (19.22 sq mi)

Population (April 1, 2017)

 • Total 450,765

 • Density 9,100/km2 (23,000/sq mi)

Symbols

 • Tree Dogwood

 • Flower Oleander

West Japan Railway Company

Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) AmagasakiStation (JR) - Tachibana Station

Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) AmagasakiStation (JR) - Tsukaguchi Station (JR) - InaderaStation

JR Tōzai Line Amagasaki Station (JR)

Hankyu Railway

Kobe Line Sonoda Station - Tsukaguchi Station(Hankyu) - Mukonoso Station

Itami Line Tsukaguchi Station (Hankyu)

Hanshin Electric Railway

Main Line Kuise Station - Daimotsu Station -Amagasaki Station (Hanshin) - Deyashiki Station -Amagasaki Center Pool mae Station - MukogawaStation

Hanshin Namba Line Daimotsu Station - AmagasakiStation (Hanshin)

A commuter train derailed on the Fukuchiyama Line

near Amagazaki on April 25, 2005, resulting in more

than 100 dead and 550 injured. See Amagasaki rail

crash for details.

Route 2, Route 43, Route 171

Expressways

Meishin Expressway

Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route (3)

Hanshin Expressway Wangan Route (5)

Yamate Road

Amagasaki mayoral election, 2002

On 22 November 2010 Kazumi Inamura became the

first popularly elected Greens Japan Mayor as well as

the youngest popularly-elected female mayor of the

city with 54% of the vote.[2]

Amagasaki is a major part of the Hanshin Industrial

Region. Businesses headquartered in the city include

manufacturers such as Osaka Titanium Technologies.[3]

The value of manufactured goods shipments in

Amagasaki was 1,288 billion yen in 2004.[4]

See also Hanshin Industrial Region.

Amagasaki

Railways

Roads

Politics of Amagasaki

Economy

Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

City halladdress

1-23-1 Higashinanamatsu-chō,Amagasaki-shi, Hyōgo-ken660-8501

Website www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp (http://www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp/)

The city has a North Korean school, Amagasaki

Korean Elementary and Middle School (尼崎朝鮮初中級

学校).[5] It previously had a second school, Amagasaki

East Korean Elementary School ( 尼崎東朝鮮初級学

校).[6]

Augsburg, Germany - since April 7, 1959

Anshan, China - since February 2, 1983 (friendship city)

Kami, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (Formerly Mikata) - since

1974 (friendship city)

1. "Official website of Amagasaki City" (http://www.city.amagasaki.hy

ogo.jp/) (in Japanese). Japan: Amagasaki City. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

2. "Kazumi Inamura receives 54% of the vote to become the first Green mayor elected in Japan" (https://www.gl

obalgreens.org/statements/japan_green_mayor). Global Greens. 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2018-06-03.

3. "Company Outline (http://www.osaka-ti.co.jp/e/e_company/index.html)." Osaka Titanium Technologies.

Retrieved on March 28, 2014.

4. [1] (http://www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp/sect/sanritu/ama_sangyo3.html)

5. "ウリハッキョ一覧 (http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html)" (Archive (https://www.webcitation.org/6cGktq

dmJ?url=http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html)). Chongryon. Retrieved on October 14, 2015.

6. "ウリハッキョ一覧 (https://web.archive.org/web/20051106010302/http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.htm

l)" (). Chongryon. November 6, 2005. Retrieved on October 15, 2015.

Media related to Amagasaki, Hyogo at Wikimedia Commons

Amagasaki City official website (http://www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp/) (in Japanese) English machine translationis available on the site.

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