city, Ōsaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies just north of Ōsaka city. A former rural town set amid rice paddies, it became a residential suburb of Ōsaka after the opening of a railway to that city in 1910. Ōsaka's northern industrial zone has extended into Toyonaka, with machinery, metal, and knitting plants and petroleum refineries. Part of the Ōsaka International Airport lies within the suburb's boundaries. Pop. (2005) 386,623.