Hirakata

Hirakata is a town in northeastern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is understood for Hirakata Park, an amusement park which includes roller coasters fabricated from timber. As of October 1, 2016, the metropolis has an envisioned populace of 402,927, and a population density of 6,200 persons consistent with km2. The general region of the metropolis is 65.07 km2. Eriko Aoki, author of "Korean kids, textbooks, and educational practices in Japanese number one faculties," stated that the metropolis's place in proximity to each Osaka City and Kyoto contributed to its population growth of ten times its previous length from round 1973 to 2013.

The current metropolis changed into based on August 1, 1947. On April 1, 2001, Hirakata became unique as a unique town of Japan. There have been about 3,000 ethnic Koreans in Hirakata within the pre-World War II duration. In the Thirties Hirakata Koreans, frightened of preserving their very own jobs, had bad attitudes towards Osaka-primarily based Koreans who have been seeking out employment after having misplaced their jobs.