TOYONAKA

city, Osaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies just north of Osaka city. A former rural town set amid rice paddies, it became a residential suburb of Osaka after the opening of a railway to that city in 1910. Osaka's northern industrial zone has extended into Toyonaka, with machinery, metal, and knitting plants and petroleum refineries. Part of the Osaka International Airport lies within the suburb's boundaries. Pop. (1985) 413,219.