Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan uses Asia/Tokyo, currently JST (UTC+09:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Takatsuki is a city in Japan, with a population of about 354,500. It keeps the same time year-round, with no daylight saving changes.
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Takatsuki sits between Osaka and Kyoto on the Yodo river plain, and is largely residential with a compact commercial centre around its stations. Its position makes it a practical and cheaper base for visiting both cities.
The Imashirozuka burial mound, a large keyhole-shaped tomb opened as a park where visitors can walk on the structure itself, is unusual and the city's most distinctive site. The surrounding hills hold hiking trails, and both Kyoto and Osaka are twenty minutes away by train.
Two rail lines serve the city with fast connections to Kyoto and Osaka. The centre is flat, walkable and widely cycled.
Spring and autumn are mild and the most comfortable. Summers in the Osaka basin are hot and humid, and winters are cool and generally dry.
Japan uses the JPY, calling code +81.
Japan uses the yen, and Japanese is the everyday language. The Osaka region has a warmer and more direct manner than Tokyo, and tipping is not practised.
