Rinku Town

{{Short description|Development in Izumisano, Osaka, Japan}} {{nihongo|'''Rinku Town'''|りんくうタウン|Rinkū Taun}} is a commercial development in [[Izumisano, Osaka]], Japan, adjacent to [[Kansai International Airport]]. It was constructed in the early 1990s on reclaimed land, and opened in September 1995.

Rinku Town is accessible from Osaka by the [[Nankai Main Line]] and JR [[Hanwa Line]]. All train services to and from Kansai Airport (except Kansai Airport Limited Express [[Haruka (train)|''Haruka'']] services) stop at [[Rinkū Town Station]]. {{Wide image|Panorama of Rinku Town & KIX.jpg|1000px|Rinku Town and Kansai International Airport}}

==Landmarks== * [[Rinku Gate Tower Building]] - third-tallest building in Japan (after the [[Abeno Harukas]], [[Yokohama Landmark Tower]]) * Rinku Premium Outlets shopping mall * Rinku Pleasure Town Seacle commercial facility ** Big [[Ferris wheel]] - 280 feet high * Marble Beach - Beach filled with white marble stones * Tajiri Sky Bridge - [[Cable-stayed bridge]] * Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute Kansai

==External links== * [http://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/rinkai/en/index.html Osaka Prefecture - Rinku Town website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421094904/http://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/rinkai/en/index.html |date=2017-04-21 }} * [http://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/rinkai/en/map/map.html Osaka Prefecture - Rinku Town Guide] * [http://trans.kankou-izumisano.jp/LUCIZUMI/ns/tl.cgi/http%3a//www.kankou-izumisano.jp/?SLANG=ja&TLANG=en&XMODE=0&XCHARSET=utf-8&XJSID=0 Izumisano City Sightseeing ] * [http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/spot/tic/27022860.html Izumisano Tourist Information Center "Rinku-Machidokoro"]

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[[Category:Izumisano]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Osaka]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Osaka Prefecture]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1995]] [[Category:1995 establishments in Japan]] [[Category:Kansai International Airport]]