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43-414: The central part of the line runs underneath Tanimachi-suji, a broad north–south thoroughfare lined with prefectural government buildings and Buddhist temples . Its only above-ground segment is the vicinity of Yaominami Station. The line color on maps, station signs and train livery is tyrian purple ( 京紫 , kyō-murasaki ) , derived from the kasaya robes worn by Buddhist monks. As noted above,

86-433: A city designated by government ordinance and thereby divided into 24 wards . Sakai became the second city in the prefecture to be promoted to a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2006, and was divided into seven wards. In 2000, Fusae Ota became Japan's first female governor when she replaced Knock Yokoyama , who resigned after prosecution for sexual harassment . Tōru Hashimoto , previously famous as

129-560: A Kansai region-wide group but has also won support from the government, through technology and material support from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and financial support from NEDO. The Osaka Securities Exchange , specializing in derivatives such as Nikkei 225 Futures, is based in Osaka. There are many electrical, chemical, pharmaceutical, heavy industry, food, and housing companies in Osaka Prefecture. According to

172-537: A counselor on television, was elected in 2008 at the age of 38, becoming the youngest governor in Japan. On June 18, 2018, an earthquake struck the northern region of the prefecture. It killed 4 people and caused minor damage across Greater Osaka . In 2010, the Osaka Restoration Association was created with backing by Governor Tōru Hashimoto, with hopes of reforming Osaka Prefecture into

215-469: A seat pitch of 1,300 mm (51 in). The intermediate "Regular" cars will have 2+2 abreast seating and a seat pitch of 1,160 mm (46 in). Seating in both types of accommodation will consist of fixed-back shell seats. In May 2022 Kintetsu announced that new commuter trainsets, classified as 8A would be in service for October 2024. Kintetsu accepts ICOCA , PiTaPa , and other compatible nation-wide IC cards throughout their network except on

258-790: A spur located before Tanimachi Rokuchōme Station on the Tanimachi Line and after Tanimachi Yonchōme Station on the Chūō Line (the Dainichi and Yao depots are used mainly to store off-service trains). In 2006, in preparation for the opening of the Kintetsu Keihanna Line extension of the Chūō Line (then known as the Higashi-Osaka Line), nine 20-series trainsets of the Tanimachi Line were exchanged for nine 22-series trainsets (converted from 24-series trains) from

301-464: Is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu . Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 (as of 1 April 2022 ) and has a geographic area of 1,905 square kilometres (736  sq mi ). Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara Prefecture to the southeast, and Wakayama Prefecture to the south. Osaka

344-451: Is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group . The railway network connects Osaka , Nara , Kyoto , Nagoya , Tsu , Ise , and Yoshino . Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. On September 16, 1910, Nara Tramway Co., Ltd. ( 奈良軌道株式会社 , Nara Kidō )

387-511: Is the capital and largest city of Osaka Prefecture, and the third-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Sakai , Higashiōsaka , and Hirakata . Osaka Prefecture is located on the western coast of the Kii Peninsula , forming the western is open to Osaka Bay . Osaka Prefecture is the third-most-populous prefecture, but by geographic area the second-smallest; at 4,600 inhabitants per square kilometre (12,000/sq mi) it

430-669: Is the owner and operator of the lines. All lines operate with 1,500 V DC overhead catenary except for the Keihanna Line, which operates on 750 V DC third rail. Following line belongs to Kintetsu's Type II Railway Business ( 第二種鉄道事業 , Dai-nishu tetsudō jigyō ) under the Railway Business Act. This means that Kintetsu operates trains on the line, but the owner of the railway trackage is a separate company. Following lines belong to Kintetsu's Type III Railway Business ( 第三種鉄道事業 , Dai-sanshu tetsudō jigyō ) under

473-572: Is the second-most densely populated , below only Tokyo . Osaka Prefecture is one of Japan's two " urban prefectures " using the designation fu (府) rather than the standard ken for prefectures, along with Kyoto Prefecture. Osaka Prefecture forms the center of the Keihanshin metropolitan area, the second-most-populated urban region in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area and one of the world's most productive regions by GDP . Prior to

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516-537: The Chongryon and classes for ethnic Koreans had opened in the prefecture. During the Japanese rule of Korea many ethnic Koreans came to the Osaka area to look for work. Many people from Jeju came to the Osaka area after a 1922 ferry line between Osaka and Jeju opened. During World War II Japanese authorities forced additional ethnic Koreans to move to the Osaka area. Public elementary and junior high schools in

559-465: The 2005 Population Census of Japan, Osaka prefecture has a population of 8,817,166, an increase of 12,085, or 0.14%, since the Census of year 2000. As of 2022 this prefecture has about 93,000 ethnic Korean persons , the largest such population of any prefecture in Japan. Osaka City . As of 2013 most ethnic Korean children attend ordinary Japanese public schools, although some Korean schools operated by

602-528: The Chūō Line. According to the original plan laid out for the Tanimachi Line in 1927, it was to follow Matsuyamachi-suji (to the west of Tanimachi-suji). It was also intended to interface directly with the Midōsuji Line directly at Umeda, similar to the cross-platform interchange between the Yotsubashi Line and the Midōsuji Line at Daikokuchō . A second tunnel was dug at Umeda for this purpose, but

645-529: The Meiji Restoration, the modern-day area of Osaka Prefecture was split between Kawachi , Izumi , and Settsu provinces. Osaka Prefecture was created on June 21, 1868, at the very beginning of the Meiji era . During the instigation of Fuhanken Sanchisei in 1868, the prefecture received its suffix fu , designating it as a prefecture. On September 1, 1956, the city of Osaka was promoted to

688-473: The Midōsuji Line. All trains stop at every station along their route. During the day, trains alternate between Dainichi and Yaominami, and between Miyakojima and Fuminosato, with additional trains starting or terminating at Kire-Uriwari during rush hour. As the line is quite long and goes through the center of Osaka, express service was planned, but never implemented. Since 1976, all trains have had 6 cars. Platforms are long enough to accommodate 8-car trainsets;

731-538: The Osaka Metro network, after the Midōsuji Line (although the latter would be the longest in the Osaka Metro network if the Kita-Osaka Kyūkō Railway extension of the Midōsuji Line was taken into account). It runs completely underground from Dainichi to just before Yaominami, and was known as the longest continuously underground subway line in Japan for a long time after the opening of Yaominami Station (it

774-518: The Osaka Metropolis and merging with the City of Osaka. In the 2011 local elections, the association was able to win the majority of the prefectural seats and Hashimoto was elected as mayor of Osaka. A referendum on the issue was held in 2015 and was defeated with 50.38% of voters opposed to the plan. A second referendum in 2020 was rejected by 50.6% of voters. Osaka Prefecture neighbors

817-829: The Railway Business Act. This means that Kintetsu is the owner of the railway facility, but the trains are operated by separate companies. Until September 30, 2007, those lines were part of the Category 1 railway business. Kintetsu trains also run on the Osaka Metro Chūō Line (all Keihanna Line trains), the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line , and the Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line , but such lines are not Kintetsu lines. To separate both former Kankyū lines and Nankai Railway lines, on June 1, 1947,

860-545: The Tanimachi Line is officially "Line No. 2", but it was actually the fourth to open, after Line No. 3 (the Yotsubashi Line ) during World War II and Line No. 4 (the Chūō Line ) in the early 1960s. The line was opened gradually from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Ridership, though less than half the numbers of the busiest Midōsuji Line , is still the second-highest of all lines in the Osaka Metro network, thanks to

903-433: The connection southwards was plagued by collapses and other accidents; as a result, the planned route was changed to the current one, stopping at Higashi-Umeda and then veering eastward. The tunnel at Umeda reserved for the Tanimachi Line ("Matsuyamachi Line") went unused for decades before finally being adapted for the southbound track of the Midōsuji Line in 1989, allowing for expanded platforms to cope with overcrowding. Over

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946-480: The core city system in the 2020s). After the modern reactivation of districts in 1878/79, Osaka, including Sakai which was only merged into Osaka in 1881, consisted of 5 urban districts (-ku) and 27 rural districts (-gun) , excluding 15 districts in Yamato Province which was later separated from Osaka as Nara Prefecture in 1887. When the prefectures were subdivided into modern municipalities in 1889,

989-402: The course of tunnel construction for the line, the underground waterways in Osaka were greatly altered, causing a number of incidents in which famous wells dried up. On April 8, 1970, a gas explosion during the construction of the underground Tenjimbashi Rokuchōme Station resulted in a massive explosion and fire that killed 79 people, injured 420 others, and damaged 495 buildings. Compared to

1032-593: The first private railway service from Osaka to Nagoya. Another subsidiary Sankyū bought Kansai Express Electric Railway on January 1, 1940 and continued the service on its own. Then, Sankyū consolidated Yoro Railway Co., Ltd. ( 養老鉄道株式会社 , Yōrō Tetsudō , not the present Yoro Railway Co., Ltd.) on August 1. Daiki consolidated its largest subsidiary Sankyū on March 15, 1941 and was renamed Kansai Express Railway Co., Ltd. ( 関西急行鉄道 , Kansai Kyūko Tetsudō , Kankyū (関急)) . Kankyū consolidated Osaka Railway Co., Ltd. ( 大阪鉄道株式会社 , Ōsaka Tetsudō , Daitetsu (大鉄), owner of

1075-469: The five urban districts were turned into two district-independent cities: Osaka City and Sakai City, and Osaka's [rural] districts were subdivided into 12 towns and 310 villages. After Osaka City had absorbed many surrounding municipalities in the interwar/Taishō period, the number of municipalities in Osaka had already dropped to 149 by 1953. The Great Shōwa mergers of the 1950s reduced the total to 47 by 1961, including 26 cities by then. The current total of 43

1118-690: The following lines were transferred to Nankai Electric Railway Co. Ltd. that was renamed from Kōyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. As of 1 April 2017 , Kintetsu operates a fleet of 1,905 electric multiple unit (EMU) vehicles, the second largest fleet for a private railway operator in Japan after Tokyo Metro (2,766 vehicles). The newest Hinotori 80000 series EMU trainsets entered revenue service on limited express services between Osaka Namba and Kintetsu Nagoya in spring 2020. Eight six-car sets and three eight-car sets, 72 vehicles in total, will enter service by 2021. The end cars in each set will be designated "High Grade cars" with 1+2 abreast seating and

1161-427: The large number of government buildings in eastern Chūō-ku and schools around Tennōji (total ridership for fiscal year 2009 was approximately 480,000 per day). It is likely because of this also the second-most profitable subway line in Osaka (total profit for FY 2009 was ¥7.3 billion — a 9.4% increase over the previous year). The Tanimachi Line has the longest operating distance (for the purpose of fare calculation) in

1204-571: The majority of areas served by the subway, where it runs underneath major roadways with high levels of traffic, part of the Tanimachi Line runs underneath relatively narrow streets with fewer cars, near residential areas. This is because the Abeno–Hirano section of the line was constructed as the successor in passenger transport to the same section of the Nankai Hirano Line, a tramway which ran aboveground between Imaike and Hirano, following

1247-454: The other side of Osaka's economy can be characterized by its Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) activities. The number of SMEs based in Osaka in 2006 was 330,737, accounting for 99.6% of the total number of businesses in the prefecture. While this proportion is similar to other prefectures (the average nationwide was 99.7%), the manufactured output of the SMEs amounted to 65.4% of the total within

1290-679: The prefecture are operated by the municipalities. Public high schools are operated by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education . Osaka Prefecture has sister region relationships with: The sports teams listed below are based in Osaka. The symbol of Osaka Prefecture, called the sennari byōtan or "thousand gourds", was originally the crest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi , the feudal lord of Osaka Castle . Kintetsu Railway Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd. ( 近畿日本鉄道株式会社 , Kinki-nippon Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha ) , referred to as Kintetsu ( 近鉄 ) and officially Kinki-Nippon Railway ,

1333-500: The prefecture, a rate significantly higher than Tokyo's 55.5%, or Kanagawa 's 38.4%. One model from Osaka of serving the public interest and restimulating the regional economy, combined with industry-education cooperation efforts, is the Astro-Technology SOHLA, with its artificial satellite project. Having originally started from a gathering of Higashiosaka based SMEs, Astro-Technology SOHLA has not only grown into

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1376-420: The prefectures of Hyōgo and Kyoto in the north, Nara in the east and Wakayama in the south. The Yodo and Yamato Rivers flow through the prefecture. Prior to the construction of Kansai International Airport , Osaka was the smallest prefecture in Japan. The artificial island on which the airport was built added enough area to make it slightly larger than Kagawa Prefecture . As of 1 April 2012, 11% of

1419-494: The present Minami Osaka Line ) on February 1, 1943 and moved its headquarters from Uehommachi to Osaka Abenobashi. Kankyū was renamed Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. ( 近畿日本鉄道株式会社 , Kinki Nippon Tetsudō , Kinki Nippon (近畿日本) or Kin-nichi (近日)) after it consolidated Nankai Railway in June 1944: it maintained the name when Nankai regained its independence in 1947. After World War II , Kintetsu branched out and became one of

1462-528: The route of the Tanimachi Line from Abeno eastward. While it belongs to a different operator, this section of the Tanimachi Line is essentially the old streetcar line converted to an underground rapid-transit service. The names of stations within this section reflect the station names of the Hirano Line: Osaka Prefecture Osaka Prefecture ( 大阪府 , Ōsaka-fu , pronounced [oːsaka ɸɯ] )

1505-418: The same day Kintetsu Corporation was split, it was renamed as Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. as a holding company, while Kintetsu Split Preparatory Company, Ltd. was renamed as Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd. Following lines belong to Kintetsu's Type I Railway Business ( 第一種鉄道事業 , Dai-isshu tetsudō jigyō ) and Cableway ( 索道 , sakudō ) Business under the Railway Business Act. This means that Kintetsu

1548-544: The same station (as they are for the purpose of transfers within 30 minutes), the Tanimachi Line has connections to all other subway lines in Osaka. (By comparison, the Chūō Line is the only subway line in Osaka that connects to all other subway lines, as well as the Nankō Port Town Line .) For the purposes of fare calculation, the Higashi-Umeda–Tennōji segment is adjusted to the same length as Umeda–Tennōji on

1591-489: The total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks , namely Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen and Meiji no Mori Minō Quasi-National Parks and Hokusetsu and Hannan-Misaki Prefectural Natural Parks. Since 2005, Osaka consists of 43 municipalities : 33 cities , nine towns and one village . As of 2021, the 33 cities include two designated major cities , seven core cities and two (transitional) special case cities (after legal abolition in 2015, to be replaced with

1634-504: The unused portions are fenced. Women-only cars were introduced on the line from 15 December 2003. There is one such designated car in each train (Car No. 3), the use of which is restricted on weekdays from the first train until 9 a.m. The women-only restriction is lifted after 9 a.m. Train maintenance and inspection is carried out by the same group in charge of Chūō Line trains, at the Morinomiya depot and workshop, accessible through

1677-825: The world's largest travel agencies, Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd., opening offices in the United States of America (Kintetsu International Express, Inc.) and other countries. The first charged limited express train service started between Uehommachi and Nagoya in 1947, and this is the start of the present Kintetsu limited express trains. The rail network was mostly completed by consolidating Nara Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ( 奈良電気鉄道株式会社 , Naraden (奈良電)) , Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ( 信貴生駒電鉄株式会社 ) , Mie Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ( 三重電気鉄道株式会社 , Mieden (三重電)) and other companies. Kintetsu moved its headquarters again from Osaka Abenobashi to Osaka Uehommachi on December 5, 1969. On June 28, 2003, Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd.

1720-587: Was also among the longest subway tunnels in the world at the time of its opening). Now, it is fourth in Japan after the Toei Ōedo Line (entire line, 40.7 km or 25.3 mi), Saitama Rapid Railway Line / Tokyo Metro Namboku Line / Tōkyū Meguro Line ( Urawa-Misono – Fudō-mae via Akabane-Iwabuchi and Meguro , 36.9 km or 22.9 mi), and Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line / Meikō Line (entire line, 32.4 km or 20.1 mi). If one considers Higashi-Umeda , Umeda , and Nishi-Umeda stations as

1763-877: Was founded and renamed Osaka Electric Tramway Co., Ltd. ( 大阪電気軌道株式会社 , Ōsaka Denki Kidō , Daiki (大軌)) a month after. Osaka Electric Tramway completed Ikoma Tunnel and started operating a line between Osaka and Nara (present-day Nara Line ) on April 30, 1914. The modern Kashihara, Osaka, and Shigi lines were completed in the 1920s, followed by the Kyoto Line (a cooperative venture with Keihan Electric Railway ). Daiki founded Sangu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ( 参宮急行電鉄株式会社 , Sangū Kyūkō Dentetsu , Sankyū (参急)) in 1927, which consolidated Ise Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ( 伊勢電気鉄道株式会社 , Ise Denki Tetsudō , Iseden (伊勢電)) on September 15, 1936. In 1938, Daiki teamed up with its subsidiary Kansai Express Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ( 関西急行電鉄株式会社 , Kansai Kyūkō Dentetsu ) to operate

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1806-593: Was reached during the Great Heisei mergers in 2005. The gross prefecture product of Osaka for the fiscal year 2004 was ¥38.7 trillion, second after Tokyo with an increase of 0.9% from the previous year. This represented approximately 48% of the Kinki region. The per capita income was ¥3.0 million, seventh in the nation. Commercial sales the same year was ¥60.1 trillion. Overshadowed by such globally renowned electronics giants as Panasonic and Sharp ,

1849-413: Was renamed Kintetsu Corporation. The corporation was split on April 1, 2015. Its railway business division was succeeded by Kintetsu Split Preparatory Company, Ltd. (founded on April 30, 2014), while its real estate business division by Kintetsu Real Estate Co., Ltd., its hotel business division by Kintetsu Hotel Systems, Inc., and its retail business by Kintetsu Retail Service Corporation, respectively. On

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