Information as of 19 August 2026

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Moving to Toyonaka City

Q: What should I know first about moving to Toyonaka?

It is immediately north of the city of Osaka, with 398,056 people living in 36.6 km². The city contains Senri New Town, which it describes as “Japan’s first full-scale new town” (opened November Showa 37), and Osaka International Airport.

Q: Where in Toyonaka is best to live?

It comes down to which line you take and how many metres above sea level you live. The median runs from ¥27,800,000 in the south to ¥56,800,000 in the west, and elevations from 0 metres to 119 metres.

Q: How long does it take from Toyonaka to Hommachi in Osaka?

🔴 26 minutes from Senri-Chuo, ¥430, no changes. Umeda is 20 minutes and ¥380 and Shin-Osaka 13 minutes and ¥290, both with no change of train. Some trains also start from Senri-Chuo.

Q: How much does a house cost in Toyonaka?

SUUMO lists 375. They run from ¥1,000,000 to ¥480,000,000 with a median of ¥37,800,000, and 31 (8%) are ¥10,000,000 or less. 🔴 That said, the median plot is a smallish 100 m².

Q: Is the disaster risk in Toyonaka high?

It is designated a Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area, and at the city hall point the probability of intensity lower 6 or above in 30 years is 11.3% and of upper 6 or above 2.8% (AVS30 381.27 m/s sand-gravel terrace). 🔴 The listings in the south are at 0–4 m, so check the flood estimate for the exact address.

Q: Is summer hot and winter cold in Toyonaka?

Summer is clearly hot: the August daily high is 33.8℃, with 16.3 days a year above 35℃ (Tokyo 4.8) and 29.6 tropical nights. In winter there are 0.0 days that stay below freezing, so you need no snow-clearing tools. These figures are from an observatory inside Toyonaka City itself.

Q: What are healthcare and schools like in Toyonaka?

Children’s medical costs are covered to age 18 with no income limit (the patient pays ¥500 a day, for at most two days). Sudden illness at the weekend is seen at the two medical and health centres in the city, and children at night at the Toyono Regional Children’s Emergency Centre in Minoh City. The schools are 37 primary schools (21,561 pupils) and 17 lower secondary schools (9,940 pupils).

Q: How much are water and sewerage in Toyonaka?

On the city’s ready-reckoner, 40 m³ over two months is ¥9,154 including tax (water ¥5,676 + sewerage ¥3,478). For 20 m³ over two months it is ¥4,358. The charges were revised on 1 February Reiwa 7.

Q: Will the house I buy sell when I want to sell it?

In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land is ¥240,300/m², up 4.0% on the year, and commercial land is up 7.3% — a city where the rises are steep. It is the highest level in the Osaka one-hour belt, about 1.2 times Minoh (¥204,000/m²).

Q: What is happening to Toyonaka’s population?

398,056 people in 182,857 households (1 January Reiwa 8, Toyonaka City estimated population). 🔴 The density is about 10,900 people per square kilometre, the highest of any place this site has covered.

In the north of Osaka Prefecture, immediately north of the city of Osaka. 398,056 people live in 36.6 km² — about 10,900 people per square kilometre, the densest city this site has covered. 🔴 Senri-Chuo to Hommachi is 26 minutes, ¥430 and no changes, Umeda 20 minutes, Shin-Osaka 13 minutes. That is because the Kita-Osaka Kyuko runs through onto the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line. The city contains Senri New Town — a town the city describes as “Japan’s first full-scale new town”, opened in November Showa 37 — and Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport). There are 375 second-hand detached houses for sale, and all 375 were counted. From ¥1,000,000 to ¥480,000,000, with a median of ¥37,800,000. 31 (8%) are ¥10,000,000 or less.

to Hommachi

26 min

from Senri-Chuo with no change

To Umeda

20 min

from Senri-Chuo with no change

City area

36.6km²

6 km east–west, 10.3 km north–south

Homes for sale

375 listings

¥1,000,000– / median ¥37,800,000

Population

398,056 people

182,857 households, Reiwa 8 (2026), 1/1

Intensity 6-lower or above in 30 years

11.3%

At the city hall, sandy-gravel plateau

Summer (August daily high)

33.8℃

Toyonaka, 2.5°C warmer than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

0.7℃

Toyonaka, 0.5°C cooler than Tokyo

♨ Hot springs and day baths3

Hot springs and day baths: Shinshu Onsen • Shin-Futaba Onsen • Yume-no-Koshu-Yokujo
Sources: hot springs and day baths from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (checked 2026-08-20). 🔴 Only what a place has is shown — it does not mean a place without them is inferior.

Last verified 2026-08-19

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Toyonaka is

In the north of Osaka Prefecture, next to the city of Osaka. The area is 36.6 km², 6 km east–west and 10.3 km north–south, and it became a city on 15 October Showa 11 (1936). The listings run from 0 to 96 metres in elevation — low ground at 0 metres in the south, the Senri hills in the north, a clear difference in height across the city.

🔴 Japan’s first new town is in this cityThe city describes Senri New Town as “Japan’s first full-scale new town, developed by Osaka Prefecture on the Senri hills, which stretch from the east of the city into Suita City”. It covers 1,160 hectares (369 hectares inside Toyonaka) with a planned population of 150,000 (50,000 inside Toyonaka), and it opened in November Showa 37 (1962). The city lists four things as “first in Japan”: the birthplace of high school rugby and football, the birthplace of high school American football, Senri New Town and Osaka Toneyama Medical Center.

High school baseball began here tooThe city explains that Toyonaka Ground was built in May Taisho 2 (1913) by the Minoo Arima Electric Tramway (now Hankyu Railway), which opened in Meiji 43 (1910), to draw people along its line, and that the first National Middle School Baseball Championship was held there. In December Reiwa 6 (2024) the “Toyonaka Museum, the birthplace of high school baseball” opened at Toyonaka Rose Stadium. In the Edo period “the Nose Kaido, one of the key routes linking Osaka with the silver mines of Nose and Ikuno” ran through, and historic sites remain along it. The city flower is the rose and the city tree is the fragrant olive.

Source:Toyonaka City, “Outline of Toyonaka City”(updated 1 March 2026 / population 398,056, 182,857 households, Toyonaka City estimated population as of 1 January Reiwa 8 / area 36.6 km², 6 km east–west, 10.3 km north–south / became a city 15 October Showa 11 / city flower the rose, city tree the fragrant olive / the Nose Kaido / brother city Okinawa City, sister city San Mateo, USA) /the same city’s “Senri New Town”(Japan’s first full-scale new town, 1,160 ha / 369 ha inside Toyonaka, planned population 150,000 / 50,000 inside Toyonaka, opened November Showa 37) /the same city’s “The birthplace of high school baseball”／the same city’s “First in Japan”/ Verified 2026-08-19

Map of Toyonaka City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Toyonaka City Hall. Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport) is on the west side of the city, the Hankyu Takarazuka Line runs north–south, and the Midosuji Line (Kita-Osaka Kyuko) runs on the eastern side. The Senri hills in the north-east are Senri New Town, and its centre is Senri-Chuo.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What should I know first about moving to Toyonaka?

It is immediately north of the city of Osaka, with 398,056 people living in 36.6 km². The city contains Senri New Town, which it describes as “Japan’s first full-scale new town” (opened November Showa 37), and Osaka International Airport.

CHAPTER 02Four areas, and life in each

Choosing an area in Toyonaka comes down to which line you take, and how many metres above sea level you live. Dividing all 375 listings by address gives four areas, where the median runs from ¥27,800,000 to ¥56,800,000 and elevations run from 0 metres to 119 metres.

Along the Hankyu Takarazuka Line (Toyonaka, Okamachi, Sone and Hattori-tenjin) — one Hankyu train to Umeda136 listings (¥4,300,000–¥152,800,000, median ¥36,800,000, 14 at ¥10,000,000 or less). Elevation 1–42 m. Nearest stations: Hattori-tenjin 42, Toyonaka 32, Sone 27, Okamachi 25. The median year built is 2004, the newest of the four.
Suits = people commuting to Umeda by Hankyu, or who want to live by a station with a shopping street
Watch for = a median plot of 75 m², the most compact of the four. Small plots are common, so always check whether there is parking

South (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda) — the most affordable69 listings (¥1,000,000–¥78,000,000, median ¥27,800,000, 10 at ¥10,000,000 or less). At 0–4 m this is the lowest ground in the city. Nearest stations: Kanzakigawa 32, Shonai 18, Sonoda 16. The median building of 110 m² is the largest of the four.
Suits = people who want to be close to central Osaka on a smaller budget (Kanzakigawa Station is on the boundary with the city of Osaka)
Watch for = low ground at 0–4 m. Always check the flood estimate for the exact address (§5)

West (Hotarugaike, Shoji, Shibahara handai-mae and Ishibashi handai-mae) — the most listings and the highest prices141 listings (¥6,600,000–¥480,000,000, median ¥56,800,000, the highest in the city, 3 at ¥10,000,000 or less). Elevation 19–119 m. Nearest stations: Shoji 49, Hotarugaike 24, Shibahara handai-mae 19, Ishibashi handai-mae 17. Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport) and Osaka University are on this side. The Osaka Monorail runs to the airport and Bampaku-Kinen-Koen, and the Hankyu Takarazuka Line to Umeda. The median plot of 120 m² is also the largest of the four.
Suits = people who travel a lot for work, or who need to move across the region by monorail
Watch for = being close to the airport means both convenience and noise. Always view a property during the daytime hours when aircraft are flying

North: Senri (Senri-Chuo, Momoyamadai, Ryokuchi-koen) — the fewest coming up29 (¥4,800,000 to ¥139,500,000, median ¥39,800,000, 4 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 2 to 101 m. Nearest stations: Momoyamadai 9, Senri-Chuo 6. This is the part with the strongest terms of all: Hommachi in 26 minutes with no change (§3).
Suits = anyone who wants one train on the Midosuji Line into the centre
Worth knowing = only 16 of the 375 second-hand detached houses in the whole city have Senri-Chuo as their nearest station (6 of the 29 in this part). Senri New Town is chiefly flats, so looking for a detached house means waiting for one to come up

Prices, counts, elevations and years of construction are fromSUUMOlisted375 listingsall, grouped by address. Elevations come from the map coordinates on each SUUMO listing page, each listing's map coordinates through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API (374 of the 375 have their own coordinates) / Verified 2026-08-19

Where in Toyonaka is best to live?

It comes down to which line you take and how many metres above sea level you live. The median runs from ¥27,800,000 in the south to ¥56,800,000 in the west, and elevations from 0 metres to 119 metres.

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

Senri-Chuo to Hommachi is 26 minutes, ¥430 and no changes. Umeda is 20 minutes and ¥380, Shin-Osaka 13 minutes and ¥290 — all with no change of train. That is because the Kita-Osaka Kyuko runs through onto the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line, and some trains also start from Senri-Chuo. The city also has the Hankyu Takarazuka Line, the Osaka Monorail and Osaka International Airport.

Destination (from Senri-Chuo)	Time (departing in the 8 o'clock hour)	Fare
Hon-cho	26 min	¥430
Umeda	20 min	¥380
Shin-Osaka	13 min	¥290
Namba	30 min	¥430

These are the results of an Osaka Metro official search for a departure at 8:00 on 20 August 2026 (adult, one way).

Having many lines is Toyonaka’s greatest strengthThe Midosuji Line (Kita-Osaka Kyuko), the Hankyu Takarazuka Line and the Osaka Monorail all run through the city, and there is Osaka International Airport as well. Counting the nearest station of the 375 listings: Shoji 55, Hattori-tenjin 46, Toyonaka 37, Kanzakigawa 33, Sone 27, Okamachi 25, Hotarugaike 24, Shonai 20, Shibahara handai-mae 19 — few cities on this site spread across so many stations (§2). You do not have to move house when your workplace changes — and that shows in the land price too (§9).

Choosing “where the train starts”The Kita-Osaka Kyuko was extended to Minoh-Kayano in March 2024, but some trains still start from Senri-Chuo. If a train starts there, queue and you get a seat — the same 26 minutes standing and swaying, or reading a book sitting down, are two different things. That said, only 16 of the 375 second-hand detached houses have Senri-Chuo as their nearest station (§2). If you want the station where you can sit, be prepared to wait for one to come up.

Sources: times, fares and changes fromOsaka Metro official "fastest route and fare search"(searched for a departure at 8:00 on 20 August 2026. Senri-Chuo → Hommachi 26 min, ¥430, no changes / Umeda 20 min ¥380 / Shin-Osaka 13 min ¥290 / Namba 30 min ¥430) / the breakdown of nearest stations is the tally of the 375 SUUMO listings below / checked 2026-08-19

✈ Airports

The nearest is Osaka International Airport (a hub airport, company-managed), about 3.2 km in a straight line. Next is Kobe Airport (about 27.8 km in a straight line). 🔴 These are straight-line distances. They are neither road distances nor journey times — check each operator’s timetable for how you would actually travel.

🛣 Expressway junctions

This area has 6 entrances (interchanges and junctions).
Hanshin Expressway Route 11 Ikeda = Osaka Airport, Ikeda, Toyonaka-kita, Toyonaka-minami
Chugoku Expressway = Chugoku-Toyonaka
Chuo Expressway Nishinomiya Route = Toyonaka

Sources: airports fromNational Land Numerical Information, "Airports", FY2021 edition (category names followthe MLIT list of airports ) / expressway junctions fromthe same, "Expressways time series", 2025 edition, current data only (what is open today). Both were overlaid onthe same, "Administrative boundaries", 2026and judged by machine to fall inside this area / verified 2026-08-21

How long does it take from Toyonaka to Hommachi in Osaka?

🔴 26 minutes from Senri-Chuo, ¥430, no changes. Umeda is 20 minutes and ¥380 and Shin-Osaka 13 minutes and ¥290, both with no change of train. Some trains also start from Senri-Chuo.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO lists 375. Taking all 375, they run from ¥1,000,000 to ¥480,000,000, with a median of ¥37,800,000. 31 (8%) are ¥10,000,000 or less. The median year built is 2001, and 72 (19%) predate 1981. The median plot is 100 m² (about 30 tsubo) and the median building 104 m² — a market of smaller plots by the standards of the Osaka one-hour belt.

Sort

"Nearest the station first" converts everything to minutes — a walk of ◯ min, ◯ min by bus plus ◯ min from the stop, ◯ km by car (reckoned at 30 km/h) — and compares those. Listings with no such information always appear last, whatever the sort.

Daikoku-cho 1¥1,000,000South (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 1117 m² (338 tsubo) / Building 24 m² (7 tsubo) / built 1950 / Shonai Sta. 18 min walk4 photos →

Shonai Sakae-machi 2¥2,800,000South (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 54 m² (16 tsubo) / Building 31 m² (9 tsubo) / built 1962 / Shonai Sta. 11 min walk3 photos →

Shimae-cho 2¥3,980,000South (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 49 m² (15 tsubo) / Building 23 m² (7 tsubo) / built 1964 / Kanzakigawa Sta. 15 min walk10 photos →

Shimae-cho 2¥3,980,000South (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 49 m² (15 tsubo) / Building 23 m² (7 tsubo) / built 1964 / Kanzakigawa Sta. 17 min walk7 photos →

Kumano-cho 1¥4,300,000Along the Hankyu Takarazuka Line (Toyonaka, Okamachi, Sone and Hattori-tenjin)Elevation approx. 30 m / land 44 m² (13 tsubo) / building 31 m² (9 tsubo) / built 1963 / Toyonaka Sta., bus 15 min + 4 min walkSee 10 photos →

Wakatake-cho 1¥4,800,000North: Senri (Senri-Chuo, Momoyamadai and Ryokuchi-koen)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 41 m² (12 tsubo) / Building 57 m² (17 tsubo) / built 1963 / Ryokuchi-koen Sta. 14 min walk10 photos →

Meishinguchi 3¥4,900,000South (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 51 m² (15 tsubo) / Building 63 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1969 / Shonai Sta. 20 min walk9 photos →

Futaba-cho 1¥4,980,000South (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 45 m² (14 tsubo) / Building 29 m² (9 tsubo) / built 1960 / Kanzakigawa Sta. 14 min walk8 photos →

Ozone 5¥5,800,000North: Senri (Senri-Chuo, Momoyamadai and Ryokuchi-koen)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 38 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 43 m² (13 tsubo) / built 1974 / Esaka bus stop 15 min walk4 photos →

Harada Moto-machi 1¥5,800,000Along the Hankyu Takarazuka Line (Toyonaka, Okamachi, Sone and Hattori-tenjin)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 53 m² (16 tsubo) / Building 53 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1963 / Sone Sta. 10 min walk4 photos →

Ozone 5¥5,800,000North: Senri (Senri-Chuo, Momoyamadai and Ryokuchi-koen)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 38 m² (12 tsubo) / Building 43 m² (13 tsubo) / built 1974 / Esaka bus stop 15 min walk5 photos →

Ozone 2¥6,000,000North: Senri (Senri-Chuo, Momoyamadai and Ryokuchi-koen)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 36 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 62 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1966 / Hattori-tenjin Sta. 16 min walk9 photos →

Daikoku-cho 2¥6,500,000South (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 50 m² (15 tsubo) / Building 35 m² (11 tsubo) / built 1965 / Kanzakigawa Sta. 14 min walk4 photos →

Toneyama 6¥6,600,000West (Hotarugaike, Shoji, Shibahara handai-mae and Ishibashi handai-mae)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 41 m² (12 tsubo) / Building 51 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1966 / Hotarugaike Sta. 10 min walk10 photos →

Hattori Nishi-machi 2¥6,800,000Along the Hankyu Takarazuka Line (Toyonaka, Okamachi, Sone and Hattori-tenjin)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 29 m² (9 tsubo) / Building 38 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1963 / Hattori-tenjin Sta. 5 min walk2 photos →

Inazu-cho 2¥6,800,000Along the Hankyu Takarazuka Line (Toyonaka, Okamachi, Sone and Hattori-tenjin)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 81 m² (25 tsubo) / Building 40 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1964 / Hattori-tenjin Sta. 12 min walk10 photos →

Oshima-cho 1¥6,800,000South (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 38 m² (11 tsubo) / Building 61 m² (18 tsubo) / built 1965 / Kanzakigawa Sta. 13 min walk4 photos →

Kumano-cho 1¥6,800,000Along the Hankyu Takarazuka Line (Toyonaka, Okamachi, Sone and Hattori-tenjin)Elevation approx. 30 m / land 41 m² (13 tsubo) / building 53 m² (16 tsubo) / built 1965 / Toyonaka Sta., bus 16 min + 4 min walkSee 8 photos →

Senrien 3¥7,360,000Along the Hankyu Takarazuka Line (Toyonaka, Okamachi, Sone and Hattori-tenjin)Elevation approx. 20 m / land 75 m² (23 tsubo) / building 41 m² (12 tsubo) / built 1960 / Toyonaka Sta., 11 min walkSee 5 photos →

The photographs are the images carried on SUUMO. They disappear once a listing ends. Check the real condition of a property on site.

See all 375 listings on SUUMO →

How to read this list

It does not suit people looking for a large plotThe median plot is 100 m² (about 30 tsubo). For comparison, within the same Osaka one-hour belt, Ikoma is 222 m² and Tamba-Sasayama 234 m². This is a city with about 10,900 people per square kilometre (§10), so the land is divided small to begin with. If a garden and parking for two cars are your premise, it is quicker to look at another town than this one — that is the honest answer.

What you get instead is a wide range of choice and of price375 listings, from ¥1,000,000 to ¥480,000,000. 31 are ¥10,000,000 or less, and most of those are in the south (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda) (§2). The median year built is 2001, but 72 of the 375 (19%) predate 1981, so if you choose a house under the old earthquake standard, put the cost of a seismic survey and retrofitting into your budget from the start.

Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Toyonaka City" (all 375 of the 375 listed were collected, as of 2026-08-19). Prices, year built, address and nearest station are as given on each listing page; elevation is the map coordinates on the listing page put through the Geospatial Information Authority elevation API.Listings change from day to day.check each property page for the latest / the median plots for Ikoma and Tamba-Sasayama used for comparison are tallied the same way as on this site’s pages for those areas / checked 2026-08-19

Akiya bank

There are no registrations of homes for sale. Every property in this chapter is on the private market. (as verified on 17 August 2026)

How much does a house cost in Toyonaka?

SUUMO lists 375. They run from ¥1,000,000 to ¥480,000,000 with a median of ¥37,800,000, and 31 (8%) are ¥10,000,000 or less. 🔴 That said, the median plot is a smallish 100 m².

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Toyonaka City is designated a Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area. In the 250-metre square the city hall sits on, the probability of intensity lower 6 or above in 30 years is 11.3%, and of upper 6 or above 2.8%. The ground is a sand-gravel terrace, with AVS30 381.27 m/s. But the listings run from 0 to 96 metres — what you need to check differs between the low ground in the south and the hills in the north.

Is this town inside a national earthquake-preparedness zone?

For each major earthquake, national law designates the areas where preparation is to be advanced. Whether a town is designated tells you directly how the national government views the shaking and tsunami expected there.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Designated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	Not covered (no part of Osaka Prefecture is covered)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not covered (no part of Osaka Prefecture is covered)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	11.3% (2.8% for upper 6 or above) At the point of Toyonaka City Hall. The surface ground is AVS30 381 m/s, sand-gravel terrace

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Toyonaka City town hall stands onsandy-gravel plateau(AVS30 381 m/s), and the 11.3% above is the value for that point. Even within Toyonaka City it changes a great deal between low ground along the rivers and the terraces. When a listing interests you, look it up by its street address.Enter an address on the J-SHIS map and it shows the probability and the ground for that 250-metre mesh.

Look up an address on J-SHIS → Designations from the Cabinet Office list of designated municipalities (Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area／Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area／Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area ) / probability and surface ground from theNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS earthquake hazard information API (2024 edition, average case, all earthquakes) queried at the coordinates of the city hall / verified 2026-08-19

What this number means, and what you do next

The shaking is about mid-range for the Osaka one-hour belt11.3% for intensity lower 6 or above in 30 years puts it above Minoh (7.5%) and below Ikoma (27.5%). The AVS30 381.27 m/s sand-gravel terrace is the value at the city hall point. But elevations inside the city run from 0 to 96 m (§2), so do not apply the city hall figure to your own address as it stands. You can see it address by address on J-SHIS.

🔴 If you are looking at the south, look at water firstThe listings in the south (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda) are at 0–4 m (§2). It is low ground near the Kanzaki and Ina rivers. This is also where most of the properties at ¥10,000,000 or less are, so look at the flood estimate before deciding on price alone. Two things to look at first — (1) enter the address in the Overlay Hazard Map and layer flood, inland flooding and storm surge together; (2) look at the shelters and hazard maps on Toyonaka City’s disaster prevention page.

Sources: the designation under the Nankai Trough Earthquake disaster-prevention promotion area from the Cabinet Office (Disaster Management) list of designated municipalities; the probability and the ground from National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS(the 250 m mesh containing the city hall at 34.78129 / 135.46976) / elevations from the individual coordinates of the 375 SUUMO listings, as in §2 / the probabilities for Minoh and Ikoma used for comparison are the same J-SHIS values as on their pages of this site / checked 2026-08-19

Is the disaster risk in Toyonaka high?

It is designated a Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area, and at the city hall point the probability of intensity lower 6 or above in 30 years is 11.3% and of upper 6 or above 2.8% (AVS30 381.27 m/s sand-gravel terrace). 🔴 The listings in the south are at 0–4 m, so check the flood estimate for the exact address.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

🔴 The climate figures on this page are from an observatory inside Toyonaka City itself. The annual mean is 16.4℃ and annual rainfall 1,326.3 mm. Winter is much the same as Tokyo (January daily low 0.7℃ against Tokyo’s 1.2℃, and 0.0 days a year that stay below freezing), while summer is clearly hot (August daily high 33.8℃ against Tokyo’s 31.3℃, with 16.3 days a year above 35℃, more than three times Tokyo’s). There are 29.6 tropical nights a year.

Item	Toyonaka (normals)	What it means for daily life
Annual mean temperature	16.4℃	Mean daily high 21.3°C／mean daily low 11.9°C
Summer (August daily high)	33.8℃	16.3 extremely hot days (Tokyo 4.8), 76.6 hot days and 29.6 tropical nights (Tokyo 17.8)
Winter (January daily low)	0.7℃	32.5 days below freezing and 0.0 days that stay below freezing — no day is below zero right through
Annual rainfall	1,326.3mm	June brings 180.1 mm and July 182.6 mm, and winter is drier (44.4 mm in January)

The summer heat is something to be ready for16.3 days a year above 35℃ is more than three times Tokyo’s 4.8, and there are 29.6 tropical nights as well. On the inland side of the Osaka plain, with the built-up area packed tight (about 10,900 people per km², §10), take it that summer is simply hot. The density behind a median plot of 100 m² (§4) also affects how air moves through. Insulation and how well the air conditioning works are things to look at when you view.

Winter needs no snow preparationThere are 0.0 days a year that stay below freezing, and 32.5 days with a low below freezing, so no day freezes right through. January rainfall is a low 44.4 mm, and this is a place where you will almost certainly not need to buy snow-clearing tools. These figures are from an observatory inside Toyonaka City, so unlike some other pages there is no need to borrow a neighbouring city’s values.

Sources: temperatures, day counts and rainfall from Japan Meteorological Agency, "Toyonaka (normals, 1991–2020)"(an observatory inside Toyonaka City) / the Tokyo figures fromthe same, "Tokyo (normals)"(17.8 tropical nights, 4.8 extremely hot days, August daily high 31.3°C, January daily low 1.2°C)／checked 2026-08-19

Is summer hot and winter cold in Toyonaka?

Summer is clearly hot: the August daily high is 33.8℃, with 16.3 days a year above 35℃ (Tokyo 4.8) and 29.6 tropical nights. In winter there are 0.0 days that stay below freezing, so you need no snow-clearing tools. These figures are from an observatory inside Toyonaka City itself.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

Children’s medical costs are covered to age 18, with no income limit. Sudden illness at the weekend is seen at the two medical and health centres in the city (internal medicine, paediatrics and dentistry), and children at night at the Toyono Regional Children’s Emergency Centre in Minoh City. The schools are 37 primary schools and compulsory-education schools (lower stage) with 21,561 pupils, and 17 lower secondary schools and compulsory-education schools (upper stage) with 9,940 pupils — the size of the city shows directly.

How to use emergency care

Daytime at the weekend, two clinics in the cityThe Medical and Health Centre head clinic (2-6-1 Uenosaka, Toyonaka / 06-6848-1661) and the southern clinic (1-3-14-101 Shimae-cho / 06-6332-8558). Both cover internal medicine, paediatrics and dentistry, on Sundays, public holidays, 14–15 August and the new year period (29 December to 3 January), from 9:30 to 11:30 (consultations from 10:00) and 13:00 to 16:30. Having two, one in the north and one in the south, is what a city of 400,000 can do.

Children at night go to the centre in Minoh CityPaediatrics at night is at the Toyono Regional Children’s Emergency Centre (5-1-14 Kayano, Minoh City / 072-729-1981). Reception is 18:30 to 6:30 the next morning on weekdays, 14:30 to 6:30 on Saturdays, and 8:30 to 6:30 on Sundays, public holidays and over the new year. It is a regional centre run jointly by Toyonaka, Minoh and the rest of the Toyono area, and it is in Minoh City, not inside Toyonaka. Before you move, check the route and the time from your house once.

Source:Toyonaka City, “Holiday emergency medical care”(Medical and Health Centre head clinic = 2-6-1 Uenosaka, 06-6848-1661 / southern clinic = 1-3-14-101 Shimae-cho, 06-6332-8558 / internal medicine, paediatrics and dentistry / opening times / Toyono Regional Children’s Emergency Centre = 5-1-14 Kayano, Minoh City, 072-729-1981, opening times) / checked 2026-08-19

Children’s medical costs are covered to age 18, with no income limit

Toyonaka City’s grant for children’s medical costs covers children to age 18 (the first 31 March after they turn 18), with no income limit (extended to 18 for treatment from November Reiwa 1). The patient pays ¥500 a day, for at most two days = ¥1,000 a month. If you see several medical institutions in the same month and your payments total more than ¥2,500, you can claim the excess back.

Source:Toyonaka City, “Grant scheme for children’s medical costs”(updated 27 July 2026, to the first 31 March after turning 18 / no income limit / patient contribution ¥500 a day, at most two days = ¥1,000 / anything above ¥2,500 in the same month can be claimed back / extended to 18 for treatment from November Reiwa 1) / checked 2026-08-19

Schools — there are 37, and they differ 4.5 times in size

The city runs 37 primary schools and compulsory-education schools (lower stage), with 21,561 pupils, and 17 lower secondary schools and compulsory-education schools (upper stage), with 9,940 pupils (as of 1 May Reiwa 8; the lower secondary figure does not include the 68 pupils in the evening class at Fourth Lower Secondary School). The largest primary school is Sakuraidani-higashi with 1,136 pupils, then Ueno with 1,086. The smallest are Takagawa with 253 and Ozone with 291 — a 4.5-fold difference inside the same city. Among lower secondary schools, Eleventh has 1,076 and Ninth 1,030, against Eighteenth with 225. How many classmates you want your child to have changes which district you live in. Before you view a property, check the catchment for that address on the city’s catchment map.

Source:Toyonaka City, “Pupil numbers at municipal primary and compulsory-education schools”Reiwa 8 enrolment (as of 1 May Reiwa 8, 37 schools, 21,561 pupils / Sakuraidani-higashi 1,136, Ueno 1,086, Takagawa 253, Ozone 291) /the same city’s “Pupil numbers at municipal lower secondary and compulsory-education schools”Reiwa 8 enrolment (17 schools, 9,940 pupils / Eleventh 1,076, Ninth 1,030, Eighteenth 225, Fourth evening class 68) / catchments fromthe same city’s “Catchment map”/ Verified 2026-08-19

What are healthcare and schools like in Toyonaka?

Children’s medical costs are covered to age 18 with no income limit (the patient pays ¥500 a day, for at most two days). Sudden illness at the weekend is seen at the two medical and health centres in the city, and children at night at the Toyono Regional Children’s Emergency Centre in Minoh City. The schools are 37 primary schools (21,561 pupils) and 17 lower secondary schools (9,940 pupils).

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

On the city’s ready-reckoner, water and sewerage come to ¥9,154 (including tax) for 40 m³ over two months with a 13–25 mm meter (water ¥5,676 + sewerage ¥3,478). For 20 m³ over two months it is ¥4,358.

Use over two months	Water charge	Sewerage charge	Total (tax included)
20㎥	¥2,706	¥1,652	¥4,358
30㎥	¥4,191	¥2,565	¥6,756
40㎥	¥5,676	¥3,478	¥9,154
50㎥	¥8,041	¥4,611	¥12,652

These are the relevant rows of the city’s published ready-reckoner for water and sewerage charges (meter sizes 13 mm to 25 mm, including 10% consumption tax), exactly as they stand. The city publishes a ready-reckoner for each meter size.

It is a city where you can live without a carThe Midosuji Line, the Hankyu Takarazuka Line and the Osaka Monorail all run here, and the listings spread across 16 stations (§3). A median plot of 100 m² (§4) also means many properties come without parking. It is realistic to decide first whether you can live without a car, and then choose the district and the property.

For a house under the old earthquake standard, budget for the survey and the retrofitOf the 375 listings, 72 (19%) predate 1981 (§4). This is a place with an 11.3% probability of intensity lower 6 or above in 30 years (§5). If you choose to buy an older house cheaply, it is realistic to allow for the cost of a seismic survey and retrofitting from the start. Add 16.3 days above 35℃ and 29.6 tropical nights (§6), and the state of the insulation feeds straight into your energy bills.

Source:Toyonaka City, “Ready-reckoner for water and sewerage charges (meter sizes 13 mm to 25 mm) (including 10% consumption tax)”the relevant rows / the full list of charges fromthe same city’s “Charge ready-reckoners”/ Verified 2026-08-19

How much are water and sewerage in Toyonaka?

On the city’s ready-reckoner, 40 m³ over two months is ¥9,154 including tax (water ¥5,676 + sewerage ¥3,478). For 20 m³ over two months it is ¥4,358. The charges were revised on 1 February Reiwa 7.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land in Toyonaka City averages ¥240,300/m², up 4.0% on the year. Commercial land is ¥626,700/m² (+7.3%), industrial land ¥164,000/m² (+4.9%) and all uses ¥296,700/m² (+4.5%). All four are rising, and rising steeply.

Use	Average price	Year-on-year change
Residential	¥240,300/m²	+4.0%
Commercial land	¥626,700/m²	+7.3%
Industrial land	¥164,000/m²	+4.9%
All uses	¥296,700/m²	+4.5%

The highest level in the Osaka one-hour beltThe residential average of ¥240,300/m² is about 1.2 times Minoh (¥204,000/m²), about 1.5 times Takarazuka (¥165,200/m²) and about 2.5 times Ikoma (¥97,500/m²). Even a 30-tsubo (99 m²) plot costs about ¥23,800,000 for the land alone. The reason the median plot fits inside 100 m² (§4) is this land price.

“Many stations” is what makes the exit strongResidential land +4.0%, commercial land +7.3%. With the Midosuji Line, the Hankyu Takarazuka Line and the Osaka Monorail and Osaka International Airport, and a market where listings spread across 16 stations (§3), the pool of buyers is deep. There are differences between districts, though: the median runs from ¥27,800,000 (south) to ¥56,800,000 (west) (§2). What counted when you bought counts again when you sell.

Source:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8), average prices and year-on-year change by municipality (PDF)the Toyonaka City row (compiled by the Land Information Center) / the land prices for Minoh, Takarazuka and Ikoma used for comparison are rows of the same PDF / the median is the tally of the 375 SUUMO listings, as in §2 / checked 2026-08-19

Will the house I buy sell when I want to sell it?

In the Reiwa 8 published land prices, residential land is ¥240,300/m², up 4.0% on the year, and commercial land is up 7.3% — a city where the rises are steep. It is the highest level in the Osaka one-hour belt, about 1.2 times Minoh (¥204,000/m²).

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

398,056 people in 182,857 households (Toyonaka City estimated population as of 1 January Reiwa 8). That is 2.18 people per household. There are 24,982 more women than men (186,537 men, 211,519 women). The density is about 10,900 people per square kilometre — the most tightly packed city this site has covered.

Population

398,056 people

1 January Reiwa 8, Toyonaka City estimated population

Households

182,857 households

1 households 2.18 people

Men and women

186,537／211,519

Men / women

Population density

approx. 10,900 people/km²

398,056 people in 36.6 km²

The density is itself a condition of living hereAbout 400,000 people in 36.6 km². 37 primary and 17 lower secondary schools (§7), 375 listings (§4), 16 stations (§3), two weekend clinics in the city (§7) — the choice is wide because of that density. The other side of it is a median plot of 100 m² (§4). In this city, “having a choice” and “having a large plot” are a trade-off.

It has friendship cities connected by the airportBecause Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport) is inside the city, Toyonaka keeps exchanges as “friendship cities linked by the airport” with Sukagawa City and Tamakawa Village in Fukushima, Izumo City, Okinoshima Town and Masuda City in Shimane, Kunisaki City in Oita, and Wadomari Town and Amami City in Kagoshima. Its brother city is Okinawa City and its sister city San Mateo in the USA. A way of connecting that is particular to a town with an airport.

Source:Toyonaka City, “Outline of Toyonaka City”(updated 1 March 2026, population 398,056 / 186,537 men, 211,519 women / 182,857 households, Toyonaka City estimated population as of 1 January Reiwa 8 / area 36.6 km² / brother city, sister city and friendship cities linked by the airport). The density is calculated from that population and area / checked 2026-08-19

Share of foreign residents

2.15%national average 3.26%

Of the 405,958 people living in Toyonaka City, 8,742 are foreign residents. That is below the national average (3.26%).
Nationally, foreign residents are 3.26% of the total population (4,031,159 of 123,767,642). There are 34 municipalities nationwide where the share is above one in ten.

Source: calculated by this site from the municipality-level tables of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Population, population change and households based on the Basic Resident Register" (as of 1 January Reiwa 8, published 2026-07-29). The ministry's publication page / verified 2026-08-17

What is happening to Toyonaka’s population?

398,056 people in 182,857 households (1 January Reiwa 8, Toyonaka City estimated population). 🔴 The density is about 10,900 people per square kilometre, the highest of any place this site has covered.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

The centre of the year in Toyonaka is the “Toyonaka Festival” in October. What marks it out is the “Okinawa Sound Stage”, which comes from the city’s tie with its brother city, Okinawa City.

When	Event, and what you can do	Where
month 10	The Toyonaka Festival (in 2026 on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October). The “Okinawa Sound Stage” is held, out of the exchange with the brother city of Okinawa	Teshima Park
All year	The Toyonaka Museum, the birthplace of high school baseball (opened at Toyonaka Rose Stadium in December Reiwa 6). The first National Middle School Baseball Championship was held here in Taisho 2	Toyonaka Rose Stadium
All year	Senri New Town — Japan’s first full-scale new town (opened November Showa 37). The city is working on “renewing Senri New Town” and “revitalising the Senri-Chuo district”	north-east of the city
All year	The Nose Kaido — in the Edo period “one of the key routes linking Osaka with the silver mines of Nose and Ikuno”. Historic sites remain along it	north–south through the city

Each district has its own festivalsBesides the city-wide Toyonaka Festival, each district’s community hall branch holds festivals, sports days and culture days. With 37 primary school catchments (§7), the events you take part in change with the district you live in. The quickest way to find out what is on in the district you are moving to is to ask at the nearby community hall branch.

Community life differs between the new town and the old townSenri New Town (opened Showa 37) and the old built-up area along the Nose Kaido differ in how their residents’ associations came about and in how much the events ask of you. The city goes as far as to make “renewing Senri New Town” a policy, and the updating of a housing area more than 60 years past its opening is under way. Before you buy, ask the association officers directly about the fees and the duties in that district.

Source:Toyonaka City, “Toyonaka Festival 2026”(3 and 4 October / Teshima Park) /the same city’s “Outline of Toyonaka City”(the Okinawa Sound Stage and the Nose Kaido) /the same city’s “The Toyonaka Museum, the birthplace of high school baseball”／the same city’s “Renewing Senri New Town”/ Verified 2026-08-19

What events are there in Toyonaka?

The centre is the Toyonaka Festival in October (3 and 4 October in 2026, at Teshima Park), where the “Okinawa Sound Stage” is held out of the exchange with the brother city of Okinawa. Besides that, each district’s community hall branch holds its own festival.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

Three things set prices in Toyonaka: (1) the number of lines, (2) how close it is to the city of Osaka, and (3) how small the plots are divided. Residential land averages ¥240,300/m² (+4.0%) — the highest level in the Osaka one-hour belt.

(1) “Whichever line you take, you reach the centre”The Midosuji Line (Kita-Osaka Kyuko), the Hankyu Takarazuka Line and the Osaka Monorail. Senri-Chuo to Hommachi is 26 minutes, Umeda 20 and Shin-Osaka 13, all with no change (§3). The listings spread across 16 stations. You do not have to move house when your workplace changes — and that shows in the +7.3% rise in commercial land.

(2) The position itself: immediately north of the city of OsakaIn the south, Kanzakigawa Station is on the boundary with the city of Osaka (§2). From the southern edge of the city, Umeda is already “next door”. The density of about 400,000 people in 36.6 km² (§10) works because of that position. It is also why 31 listings are ¥10,000,000 or less (§4) — most of them in the south.

(3) Small plots are the other side of the priceA median plot of 100 m² (about 30 tsubo) (§4). At ¥240,300/m², even 100 m² is about ¥24,000,000 for the land alone. “A large plot may be out of reach, but I want a detached house close to the centre” — the second-hand detached market in Toyonaka is shaped for that demand. If space is your priority, it is quicker to look at another town within the same Osaka one-hour belt.

Sources: land prices from the same official land price survey as §9 (Reiwa 8) / journey times and fares as in §3 from Osaka Metro official search/ plot sizes and counts from the same SUUMO tally as §4 / checked 2026-08-19

What this land earns from

Toyonaka is a residential city that grew as a commuter belt for central Osaka. It became a city in Showa 11, Senri New Town opened in Showa 37, and it became the city of 400,000 it is today. Inside the city are Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport), a campus of Osaka University and Osaka Toneyama Medical Center (one of the things the city lists as “first in Japan”). And it is the birthplace of high school baseball, rugby, football and American football — the things the city itself lists as “first in Japan” are those four plus Senri New Town and Toneyama Medical Center. You could call it a town where several “firsts in Japan” overlap.

Source:Toyonaka City, “First in Japan”(the birthplace of high school rugby and football / the birthplace of high school American football / Senri New Town / Osaka Toneyama Medical Center) /the same city’s “The birthplace of high school baseball”／the same city’s “Outline of Toyonaka City”/ Verified 2026-08-19

What sets land prices in Toyonaka?

Three things: (1) the number of lines (the Midosuji Line, the Hankyu Takarazuka Line and the Osaka Monorail), (2) the position immediately north of the city of Osaka, and (3) how small the plots are divided. Residential land averages ¥240,300/m², and a median plot of 76 m² is the other side of that.

CHAPTER 13What this place makes

What a place earns its living from shows up both at your dinner table and in your work once you live there. The amount raised through the hometown tax scheme is a rough measure of how many products a place has that people all over Japan choose.

¥220,550,000

The amount of hometown-tax donations received in fiscal Reiwa 7 (9,423 donations).
972nd of the 1,788 municipalities nationwide, and 26th in Osaka Prefecture

We have not yet been able to describe this place's local specialities

I (an AI) looked at the official website of Toyonaka City and at the tourism and produce association sites the municipality points to, but could not find a list of local specialities officially set out (checked 20 August 2026).
This site is built by checking sources one at a time, so that an AI does not present something at odds with the facts. Because no sourced information could be found, nothing is written here yet. It does not mean the place has no local specialities — please bear with us.

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You can support a town without living there

Even if a move is still some way off, you can be involved from today through the hometown tax scheme. Your donation goes straight to the municipality, and you choose what it is spent on. A way to give something back to a place you got to know here.

Support Toyonaka City with a hometown-tax donation →

Source:Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Survey on the state of the hometown tax scheme (conducted FY Reiwa 8)", the table of amounts and numbers received (provisional FY Reiwa 7 settlement), tallied by this site. The rank is out of all 1,788 municipalities in that table / verified 2026-08-14

What does Toyonaka earn its living from?

Its base is a residential city within the commuter belt of central Osaka. The four things the city lists as “first in Japan” are the birthplace of high school rugby and football, the birthplace of high school American football, Senri New Town and Osaka Toneyama Medical Center. It is also the birthplace of high school baseball.

CHAPTER 14A message from Toyonaka City

Toyonaka City is not a place that draws people with grants for those moving in. As a mature residential city of 400,000, it has been chosen for what it offers once you live there — children’s medical costs, two weekend clinics in the city, 37 primary schools. What follows is what the city writes in its own words.

How the city introduces itself

The city begins its own introduction like this — “Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Can you picture where in Osaka it is and what kind of town it is? Here is a quick outline of Toyonaka City!” It then lists four things as “first in Japan”: the birthplace of high school rugby and football, the birthplace of high school American football, Senri New Town and Osaka Toneyama Medical Center. It describes Senri New Town as “Japan’s first full-scale new town, developed by Osaka Prefecture on the Senri hills, which stretch from the east of the city into Suita City”, and is now working on “renewing Senri New Town” and “revitalising the Senri-Chuo district”.

Schemes that bear directly on daily life

Scheme or facility	What it is
Grant for children’s medical costs	To age 18 (the first 31 March after turning 18), with no income limit. The patient pays ¥500 a day, for at most two days = ¥1,000 a month, and anything above ¥2,500 across several medical institutions in the same month can be claimed back (§7)
Medical and Health Centre (weekend emergency care)	Two in the city — the head clinic (2-6-1 Uenosaka) and the southern clinic (1-3-14-101 Shimae-cho). Both cover internal medicine, paediatrics and dentistry, on Sundays, public holidays, 14–15 August and over the new year (§7)
Toyono Regional Children's Emergency Centre	Paediatrics at night. It is at 5-1-14 Kayano, Minoh City, run jointly by the Toyono area. Weekdays 18:30 to 6:30 the next morning, and other hours besides (§7)
Renewing Senri New Town	The city is pursuing, as policy, the updating of a new town more than 60 years past its opening. “Revitalising the Senri-Chuo district” is part of the same framework
The Toyonaka Museum, the birthplace of high school baseball	Opened at Toyonaka Rose Stadium in December Reiwa 6 (2024). The first National Middle School Baseball Championship was held at Toyonaka Ground, built in May Taisho 2 (1913)

Source:Toyonaka City, “Outline of Toyonaka City”／the same city’s “First in Japan”／the same, "Children's medical cost subsidy scheme"／the same city’s “Holiday emergency medical care”／the same city’s “Renewing Senri New Town”／the same city’s “The Toyonaka Museum, the birthplace of high school baseball”/ Verified 2026-08-19

Does Toyonaka welcome people moving in, and are there grants?

It is not a place that draws people with grants for those moving in. Instead it is chosen for the depth a city of 400,000 offers — children’s medical costs to age 18 with no income limit, two weekend emergency clinics in the city and 37 primary schools.

CHAPTER 15A year in Toyonaka

Last, a plan of the year as it is lived. The figures are from the primary sources used on this page.

Month	Toyonaka that month
1–month 2	The mean daily low is 0.7℃, with 32.5 days a year below freezing. There are 0.0 days that stay below freezing, so you need no snow-clearing tools. For population statistics, the city uses the estimated population as of 1 January
3–month 4	The city flower is the rose. As the name Toyonaka Rose Stadium suggests, the rose is a symbol of this town. School enrolment is published every year as of 1 May
5–month 6	The rain picks up (180.1 mm in June). The south (Shonai, Kanzakigawa and Sonoda) is at 0–4 m, so walking that address once on a rainy day shows you how the water runs
7–month 8	The wettest (182.6 mm in July) and the hottest time of year. The mean daily high is 33.8℃, with 16.3 days above 35℃ and 29.6 tropical nights. The weekend clinics treat 14–15 August the same as Sundays and public holidays
9–month 10	3 and 4 October is the Toyonaka Festival (Teshima Park). The “Okinawa Sound Stage” is held out of the exchange with the brother city of Okinawa. The district community hall festivals are around this time too
11–month 12	The scent of the fragrant olive, the city tree, fades and the year ends. The weekend clinics stay open on 29 December to 3 January on the same arrangement as Sundays and public holidays

Sources: climate as in §6, events as in §11, medical services as in §7 and population as in §10, from the same primary sources / verified 2026-08-19

The information on this site is gathered by an AI that visits primary sources — municipalities, the Japan Meteorological Agency, national statistics — on a regular cycle, and it is updated with a source and a date of verification attached.

What is a year of living in Toyonaka like?

Winter has 0.0 days that stay below freezing, while summer is properly hot with 16.3 days above 35℃ and 29.6 tropical nights. The Toyonaka Festival on 3 and 4 October is the peak of the year, and the weekend clinics are open on 14–15 August and 29 December to 3 January as well.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking of moving, who is running this town now and where they are taking it is, I think, something people about to live there want to know even more than people already living there. This chapter lines up only what Toyonaka City publishes itself, with sources. 🔴 As of 22 August 2026, what I (an AI) could find by following the official site was six of the six below.

What is published	Published	What you can read
About the mayor	Welcome to the mayor’s office	Name, career, greeting
Policy address	Inaugural address	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	List of city assembly members	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Final day of the July Reiwa 8 extraordinary session and the assembly steering committee (10 Aug	Whether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutes	Minutes	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	On the “basic concept for developing a new child development support centre”	How many years ahead this town has decided

🔴 I (an AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Toyonaka CityI followed 138 pages of Toyonaka City’s official site, butcould not take the name from anywhere I could say with certainty was the page introducing the current mayor。That does not mean there is none, or that it is not published.Guessing at a name would be the greater discourtesy, so nothing is recorded. 🔴 To municipalities and local organisations — tell us the URL of the introduction page and we will put it here with a source and the date it was checked.Get in touch here →

How much of the council can you see?A list of members, live or recorded broadcasts of full sessions, and searchable minutes — where these three are published, you can read a town's debates for yourself before you ever move there.
🔴 The names, photographs and social media of individual council members are not carried on this site. We point you to where you can read them.
Once you have moved, when your own turn to decide comes round is something those three will tell you.

How many years ahead has been decidedIn Toyonaka City,On the “basic concept for developing a new child development support centre”. A master plan usually sets outwhat the town has decided to do and by whenand ,where it intends to halt its population decline. 🔴 The period and the population target are not copied out on this site — plans get revised, and a misreading changes the meaning.Please check the official text from the link below.On the “basic concept for developing a new child development support centre” →

🔴 What I will not do in this chapter1. I will not guess gender or age from a name. Only what is published appears here. 2. I will not write that anything is good or bad. Only what is being put forward, and where it comes from. 3. I will not compare election candidates.
🔴 And mayors change. This site always records the date it checked (2026-08-22), and reopens the original page each time to confirm by machine that the name is still there. If you notice something has nonetheless gone out of date, please let us know.

Source: allofficial site (Toyonaka City ), followed on 2026-08-22. What this site counted wasonly whether something is published or not ; the content has not been judged / verified 2026-08-22

Who runs Toyonaka City now?

🔴 I (an AI) could not find the name of the mayor of Toyonaka City on the official site (checked 22 August 2026). Guessing would be the greater discourtesy, so nothing is written. What this site looks at is six things: the introduction to the mayor, the policy statement, the list of assembly members, the streaming of sessions, the search of minutes and the comprehensive plan. 🔴 No judgement of good or bad is being made. Only whether something is published or not.

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

What does not show up in the numbers of a house search, but bears directly on how satisfied you are once you live there, is the day off. This chapter counts, on the same measure for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Toyonaka and the places family and friends can stay when they visit. This area currently has 3 hot spring and day bath facilities and 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium. 🔴 All the counts are the number registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — in reality there may be more.

What	Number counted, and names
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Shinshu Onsen / Argo-no-Yu • Shin-Futaba Onsen • Yume-no-Koshu-Yokujo / Goshiki (3 facilities)
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Not found in the map data
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Boken-no-Mori
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	Okuuchi Ceramic Art Museum • Harada Shiroato-kan • Museum of Osaka University • Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses and 5 in all
⛩ Shrines and temples	16 shrines and 66 temples. Those with a Wikipedia entry are Kasuga Shrine • Ninpoji • Tokuyoji • Harada Shrine • Tokoin Hagi-no-Tera • Toyonaka Inari Shrine • Zuirinji • Hattori Tenjingu
🚗 Roadside stations	Not found in the map data
🐕 Dog runs	Not found in the map data
🛣 Expressway service and parking areas	No expressway service or parking area was found in this area

Somewhere to stay — for family and friends, and for your own travels

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	7
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	2
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	Not found in the map data
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	Not found in the map data

This table is the result of me (an AI) putting the same question to the map data for every area (areas are retrieved in batches, so the verification date on some pages is a day apart). Facilities not registered on the map are not counted. "Not found" does not mean "there are none" — nor that the town is any the lesser for it.

Sources: the counts and names of facilities fromOpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) / RV parks fromJapan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma-tabi" RV parks / roadside stations fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, list of "michi-no-eki" roadside stations/ Verified 2026-08-20

Are there places to go on a day off, and places to stay?

Counting in the map data (OpenStreetMap) and in the lists from the RV Association and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, there are 3 hot spring and day bath facilities, 1 amusement park, zoo or aquarium and 7 hotels and inns. Facilities not on the map are not counted, so in reality there may be more (see §17).

What I (an AI) was able to find on this town's official site

This site reads the official websites of every area it covers against the same 30 items, out of 100, measuring how quickly someone thinking of moving can reach the information they need. What was measured is the official website of Toyonaka City, and the total was 39 points (measured 26 August 2026).

"Not found" does not mean "there is none." It means I followed the official site and could not find it. Tell us the published page and the next measurement will reflect it.

Area	Score	What was found
Getting started with a move	0 / 20	Not found
Housing	0 / 15	Not found
The money side of living here	8 / 15	Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table; child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope; there are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Disaster information	17 / 20	Hazard maps are published by district; flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered; they are machine-readable (a map system or text PDF); and 1 more
Industry and local produce	5 / 10	Hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	5 / 10	There is a community bus timetable, with the revision date shown
Can an AI read it?	4 / 10	Every page carries an updated date; statistics are published as Excel or CSV

See all 30 items and the pages used to judge them

0 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
Not found 0 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Only pages within the official site 0 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
0 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated 0 / 5　Support schemes state amounts and conditions
Not found 0 / 3　There is trial housing or a trial-stay scheme
Not found 0 / 3　Vacancies in trial housing are published
Not found 0 / 4　There is an akiya bank
Not found 0 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
There is no property data this site can take in 0 / 4　Completed deals are organised
As above 0 / 3　The conditions of use are stated
Not found 1 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
There is a water and sewerage page　Go and see → 5 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
The scope of free and subsidised care is stated down to the age　Go and see → 2 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Either the rate or the amount is stated　Go and see → 0 / 2　Tie-ups with banks for mortgages and the like
Not found 5 / 5　Hazard maps are published by district
41 documents by area　Go and see → 5 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flood / landslide / earthquake　Go and see → 0 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
Not found　Go and see → 4 / 4　Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
Viewable in a map system　Go and see → 3 / 3　Disasters are announced through more than one channel
disaster prevention email / social media / disaster prevention radio　Go and see → 0 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
Not found 3 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
6 financial years covered　Go and see → 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Industry promotion　Go and see → 2 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
There is a page　Go and see → 0 / 3　Fares are stated
Not found　Go and see → 3 / 3　The date of the last revision is given
trial operation starts in April Reiwa 8　Go and see → 3 / 3　Every page carries an updated date
16 of the 20 pages read　Go and see → 0 / 2　There is a sitemap.xml
Not found 0 / 2　Site search runs on the server side
It was a Google custom search　Go and see → 1 / 2　Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
There is a statistics page　Go and see → 0 / 1　Open data is published
Not found

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Measurement by this site. The URL of each official website comes from the municipal information published by Furusato Choice. The score is a score for publishing information, not a score for how good a place is to live / checked 26 August 2026

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