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13-635: Kawachinagano is located in the southeastern part of Osaka prefecture, separated from Nara and Wakayama Prefectures by the Izumi Mountains and Mount Kongō . The city is roughly triangular in area with the apex at the north. Approximately 70 percent of the city area is forested, and there are two major rivers: the Ishikawa (the larger) and the Amamigawa (a tributary of the Yamato River ). In the southern foothills,

26-528: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nankai Electric Railway Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ( 南海電気鉄道株式会社 , Nankai denki tetsudō kabushiki gaisha ) is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name Nankai (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō , the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates all

39-547: A unicameral city council of 18 members. Kawachinagano contributes one member to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly . In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 15th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Kawachinagano was traditionally known for its toothpick and bamboo blind crafts. Forestry and wood processing remain an important component of the local economy. Industries include metal casting and

52-521: Is 13.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.4 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Kawachinagano increased steadily over the course of the 20th century and has seen gradual decline in the 21st. The area of the modern city of Kawachinagano

65-566: Is located in Kawachinagano [REDACTED] Nankai Electric Railway - [REDACTED] Nankai Kōya Line [REDACTED] Kintetsu Railway - [REDACTED] Kintetsu Nagano Line Mount Kong%C5%8D Mount Kongō ( 金剛山 , Kongō-san ) is a 1,125-metre-high (3,691 ft) mountain in the Kongō Range in the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture , Kansai , Japan . It

78-538: Is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi . The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy 's 1877 ironclad Kongō ; the 1912 battleship Kongō , the name ship of her class ; and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 's current destroyer Kongō (DDG-173) , also the name ship of her class . This Osaka Prefecture location article is

91-736: The Nanboku-chō period , the area was the site of many conflicts between the Northern Court and the Southern Court . During the Edo Period much of the area came under the control of Sayama Domain , Zeze Domain and Kanbe Domain . After the Meiji restoration , the area became part of Osaka Prefecture from 1881. The villages of Nagano, Nishigori, Shinno (later renamed Chiyoda), Amano, Mikkaichi, Kawakami, Amami, and Kaga-Tamura and Takamukai were created with

104-624: The Buddhist Shingon sect and a popular pilgrimage site. IC cards ( PiTaPa and ICOCA ) are accepted. The Nankai Railway Company was founded on June 16, 1884. In 1944 it was one of the companies that merged to form Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. (Kin-nichi, present Kintetsu Railway) . However, Kin-nichi transferred the former Nankai Railway Company's lines to the present Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (named Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. from March 28, 1925 until March 14, 1947) on June 1, 1947. From 1938 to 1988, Nankai Electric Railway owned

117-535: The brewing of sake . An increasing percentage of the working population is commuting to larger population centers, such as Sakai, Osaka, Hashimoto or Gojo. Kawachinagano has 13 public elementary schools and seven public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education. There are also one private middle school and two private high schools. The Osaka Chiyoda Junior College

130-622: The electric railways in the Tokyo region. The Nankai network branches out in a generally southern direction from Namba Station in Osaka . The Nankai Main Line connects Osaka to Wakayama , with an important spur branching to Kansai International Airport . The rapi:t α express connects Kansai International Airport to Namba in 34 minutes, while the rapi:t β takes 39 minutes with two additional stops. The Koya Line connects Osaka to Mt. Koya , headquarters of

143-426: The establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1896, the area became part of Minamikawachi District, Osaka . Nagano was elevated to town status on September 1, 1910. On April 1, 1954, Nagano merged with Mikkaichi, Kawakami, Amami, Kagata, and Takamukai villages to form the city of Kawachinagano. Kawachinagano has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and

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156-631: The tourist name "Okukawachi" is used, and there are many historical sites and buildings. The city center it is about 30 minutes to Namba Station in central Osaka and about one hour to Kansai International Airport . Much of the city is within the borders of the Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park . Nara Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture Kawachinagano has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kawachinagano

169-630: Was within ancient Kawachi Province . Evidence of continuous human settlement since the Japanese Paleolithic period has been found. Numerous kofun burial mounds were built in the area during the Kofun period ,and the Asuka period scholar and diplomat Takamuko no Kuromaro came from this area. During the Nara and Heian period , numerous Buddhist temples were built, including Kanshin-ji and Kongō-ji . During

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