Matsubara, Osaka
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is a city
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 located in Osaka
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...

, Japan. The city was founded on February 1, 1955.

Hannan University
Hannan University
is a private university in Matsubara, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1965.- External links :* *...

 is located in Matsubara. Hannan University is a mid-sized liberal arts university with a focus on business and technology.

Adjacent municipalities

  • Osaka
    Osaka
    is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

    • Sumiyoshi-ku
      Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
      is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located on the southern part of the Uemachi Plateau, in the southern most part of Osaka City, and is separated from Sakai City's Sakai-ku and Kita-ku by the Yamato River...

    • Higashi Sumiyoshi-ku
      Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
      is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.-Train stations:JR West*Kansai Main Line : Tobu-shijo-mae Station*Higashisumiyoshi-ku is also close to stations on the Hanwa Line, , and in Abeno-ku.Kintetsu...

    • Hirano-ku
      Hirano-ku, Osaka
      is one of 24 wards which make up the city of Osaka, and is located in the southeast of the city. It is the largest Osaka ward in population and the only ward to have over 200,000 residents.-Geography:...

  • Sakai
    Sakai, Osaka
    is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of the town of Mihara, from Minamikawachi District, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in...

    • Kita-ku
    • Mihara-ku
  • Yao
    Yao, Osaka
    is a city in Osaka, Japan.As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 271,454 and the density of 6,510 persons per km². The total area is 41.71 km².Yao is home to a general aviation airport, Yao Airport.The city was founded on April 1, 1948....

  • Fujiidera
    Fujiidera, Osaka
    is a city located in Osaka, Japan.-History:In 1959 the townships of Fujiidera-cho and Domyoji-cho merged to create Fujiidera-Domyoji-cho. A year later, the town was renamed Misasagi-cho...

  • Habikino
    Habikino, Osaka
    is a city located in eastern Osaka, Japan. It is particularly well-known for its grape production, as well as the many ancient burial mounds that dot its landscape.-Within Japan: Kameyama, Mie Gose, Nara...


History

In the 5th century AD, Emperor Hanzei
Emperor Hanzei
, also known as Emperor Hanshō, was the 18th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 406 to 410....

 is believed to have had his palace, Tajihi Shibagaki-no-Miya (丹比柴籬宮) in the area. The area that now comprises Matsubara was located in the historical Kawachi Province
Kawachi Province
was a province of Japan in the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture. It originally held the southwestern area that was split off into Izumi Province...

, which is still considered the (non-municipal) subregion to which it belongs. During the Edo Period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

, Matsubara was the administrative center of the Tannan Domain (丹南藩, -han), whose Tannan Encampment was located in present-day Tannan, Matsubara City.
  • 1889 (Meiji
    Meiji period
    The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :...

     22), April 1: The villages of Matsubara, Amami, Nunose, Miyake, and Ega are designated as part of Tanboku District.
  • 1896 (Meiji 29), April 1: Naka-Kawachi District is created, consolidated from the former districts of Tanboku, Takayasu, Ōgata, Kawachi, Wakae, and Shibukawa. The above villages thus become part of Naka-Kawachi District.
  • 1942 (Shōwa
    Showa period
    The , or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 through January 7, 1989.The Shōwa period was longer than the reign of any previous Japanese emperor...

     17), July 1: The village of Matsubara is promoted to Town status, becoming Matsubara-chō, Naka-Kawachi District.
  • 1947 (Shōwa 22), January 1: The village of Amami is promoted to Town status, becoming Amami-chō, Naka-Kawachi District.
  • 1955 (Shōwa 30), February 1: The towns of Matsubara and Amami, along with the villages of Nunose, Miyake, and Ega, are consolidated into Matsubara City, Osaka Prefecture's 21st city.
  • 1957 (Shōwa 32)
    • April 1: Matsubara incorporates the Tannan area of Mihara-chō
      Mihara, Osaka
      was a town located in Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 38,956 and a density of 2,951.21 persons per km². The total area was 13.20 km²....

      , Minami-Kawachi District (now Mihara-ku, Sakai
      Sakai, Osaka
      is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of the town of Mihara, from Minamikawachi District, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in...

      ).
    • October 15: Matsubara incorporates the Kawai area of Kita-Yashimo Village, Minami-Kawachi District
  • 1964 (Shōwa 39): The Kita-Wakabayashi area is made part of Yao City
    Yao, Osaka
    is a city in Osaka, Japan.As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 271,454 and the density of 6,510 persons per km². The total area is 41.71 km².Yao is home to a general aviation airport, Yao Airport.The city was founded on April 1, 1948....

    .

In Japan

Tsukigase-mura, Yamabe District, Nara
Nara Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara.-History:The present-day Nara Prefecture was created in 1887, making it independent of Osaka Prefecture....

 (now part of Nara City
Nara, Nara
is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture...

)
Friendship agreement since September 7, 1985

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