22 Sights in Sakai, Japan (with Map and Images)

Explore interesting sights in Sakai, Japan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 22 sights are available in Sakai, Japan.

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1. Maruoka Castle

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Maruoka Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Maruoka neighbourhood of the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It also called Kasumi-ga-jō due to the legend that whenever an enemy approaches the castle, a thick mist appears and hides it. Built at the end of the Sengoku period, the castle was occupied by a succession of daimyō of Maruoka Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The site is now a public park noted for its sakura. The castle’s relatively small tenshu claims to be the oldest in the country, a claim which is challenged by both Inuyama Castle and Matsumoto Castle.

Wikipedia: Maruoka Castle (EN)

2. Tadeiyama Tomb

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Tadeiyama Tomb

Tianchujingshan Ancient Tomb is located in front of the back round grave in Qiu Town, North Three Kingdoms, Sakai District, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. One of the ancient tombs that constitute the ancient tombs of the hundred-tongued birds, the actual burial person is unknown, but the palace hall designated it as the "Northern Mausoleum of the Ear of the Hundred-tongued Birds" and designated it as the 18th generation Tianhuang Mausoleum anyway. As a world cultural heritage, the ancient tombs of Kuyuki Ancient City-the tombs of ancient Japan-are registered as part of the assets.

Wikipedia: 田出井山古墳 (JA)

3. Magodayuyama Kofun

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The Sontaifuyama Ancient Tomb (孫太夫山古墳, Magoda Yuuyama Kofun) is a front and rear burial mound located in Daisen Park in Yuun-cho 2-chome, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the burial mounds that make up the Hyakushucho Kofun Group, and is considered to be the mound of the Daisen Mausoleum (Mausoleum of Emperor Nintoku) and is registered as part of the World Cultural Heritage Hyakuzucho and Furuichi Kofun Group -Ancient Japan Tomb Group-.

Wikipedia: 孫太夫山古墳 (JA)

4. 開口神社

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開口神社 KENPEI / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Aguchi Shrine (開口神社, Aguchi-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is commonly known as "Ōtera" (大寺). It is affectionately called "Otera-san" by the locals. Uji shrine of Sakai Minamigumi (south of Okoji). It is a company within the ceremony, and the former company is a prefectural company. Since Sakai is also the birthplace of Akiko Yosano, the Kaiguchi Shrine has prepared a "Akiko Love Song Mikuji".

Wikipedia: 開口神社 (JA)

5. 収塚古墳

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The Osamezuka Kofun (帆塚古墳) is a scallop-shaped anterior and posterior burial mound (scallop shape burial mound) with a short front part located at 2-150-2 Momozutori Yuun-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, and is considered to be the mausoleum of the Daisen Mausoleum (Mausoleum of Emperor Nintoku). It is one of the burial mounds that make up the Hyakushu Bird Tomb Group and is designated as a national historic site.

Wikipedia: 収塚古墳 (JA)

6. Tajihayahime Shrine

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Tajihayahime Shrine KENPEI / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Tajihayahimejinja Shrine (多治速比売神社, Tajihayahimejinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Miyayamadai, Minami-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is a shikinai shrine in Ōtori District, Izumi Province, which is listed in the Enki Shikikami Name Book. The former shrine is a gōsha. It is also called Arayama Shrine, and the area around the precincts is bustling as Arayama Park.

Wikipedia: 多治速比売神社 (JA)

7. 方違神社

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Houchigai Shrine (方誤神社, Houchigaijinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Locals call him "Houchigai-san". The former shrine is a gōsha. The deity of the festival is katagae sachi ōkami. Since ancient times, it has been worshipped as a shrine to ward off disasters such as the land and the family.

Wikipedia: 方違神社 (JA)

8. 堺市産業振興センター イベントホール

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堺市産業振興センター イベントホール KENPEI / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Sakai Industrial Revitalization Center is a peripheral organization located under the jurisdiction of the Manufacturing Support Section of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Sakai Industrial Revitalization Bureau, Sakai North District, Osaka Prefecture. Revitalize regional industries, train talents, and provide loans for local enterprises.

Wikipedia: 堺市産業振興センター (JA), Website

9. 土塔

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土塔

The Dotō , is a Nara period Buddhist relic located in the Dotō neighborhood of Naka-ku, in the city of Sakai, Osaka, Japan. It is also referred to as the Ōno-ji Dotō (大野寺土塔) after the temple on whose grounds it is located. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1953, with the area under protection expanded in 2005.

Wikipedia: Dotō (EN)

10. 本伝寺

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Benchuan Temple is an authentic temple in Rilian, Sakai District, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The mountain name is Shouliang Mountain. According to legend, it was initiated by Bailian Rixing. It was once in Mukou Temple Town (now near Shiichi Town, Sakai District, Sakai City), and Kuanwen moved to its present location in 1663.

Wikipedia: 本伝寺 (堺市) (JA)

11. Mozu Hachiman Shrine

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Mozu Hachiman Shrine KENPEI / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Mozuhachimangu (百舌鳥八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Kita-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The former company is a prefectural shrine. In the precincts of about 10,000 tsubo, there is a huge mulberry tree that is about 800 years old and is designated as a natural monument of Osaka Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 百舌鳥八幡宮 (JA)

12. 永山古墳

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永山古墳

Yongshan Ancient Tomb is located in front of Dongyongshan Garden in Sakai District, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. One of the ancient tombs that make up the ancient tombs of the hundred tongues is registered as a part of the constituent assets of the ancient tombs of ancient Japan, a world cultural heritage.

Wikipedia: 永山古墳 (JA)

13. Sakai Bicycle Museum

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The Shimano Bicycle Museum is a bicycle museum located in Minamikoyocho, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The "Bicycle Museum Cycle Center", which was adjacent to Daisen Park in Daisen Town, Sakai Ward, Sakai City, was newly built and relocated, and reopened on March 25, 2022 (Reiwa 4).

Wikipedia: 自転車博物館 (JA), Website

14. Kenponji Temple

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Kenponji Temple

Xianben Temple is a temple of Fahuazong sect located in Sakai District, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The mountain number is the permanent mountain (Changshan), at the end of Yamamoto Xing Temple. It is said that Kaiji is Rilong, and Kaishan is Rijing.

Wikipedia: 顕本寺 (堺市) (JA)

15. Kanaoka Shrine

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Kanaoka Shrine KENPEI / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Kimoka Shrine is a shrine located in Kimoka Town, Sakai North District, Osaka Prefecture. The old society is a rural society. As a shrine of Jushi Jingang, a painter in the early Heian period who established Yamato painting style, it is widely known.

Wikipedia: 金岡神社 (JA)

16. 金岡公園

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Kanaoka Park (金岡公園, Kanaoka-kōen) is a general sports park managed and operated by Sakai City located in Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is designated as a wide-area evacuation site in Sakai City.

Wikipedia: 金岡公園 (JA)

17. 蜂田神社

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Bee Tian Shrine is a shrine located in Batiansi Town, Sakai Central District, Osaka Prefecture. This is the small club in the big bird county of Hequanguo recorded in the name account of Yanxi-style God. Also called the Palace of Bells.

Wikipedia: 蜂田神社 (JA)

18. 國神神社

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Kunigami Shrine (國神神社, Kunigami Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Maruoka, Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The former company is a prefectural company. It enshrines Prince Maruko (椀子子), the son of Emperor Keitai.

Wikipedia: 國神神社 (JA)

19. 清学院

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Qing College is a temple of Dangshan Sect located in Sakai District, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. This statue is an immovable statue of the King of Ming. Doors are listed as tangible cultural property registered by the state.

Wikipedia: 清学院 (JA)

20. 發光院

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Luminescent Institute (Luminous Institute) is a Koyasama Shinyanzong Temple located in Xinjiayachi (Dongsan Dingzi Temple Town), Sakai District, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. It is affectionately called "Mr. Ai Ran".

Wikipedia: 發光院 (JA)

21. Daisen Kofun

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Daisen Kofun 国土地理院 / Attribution

The Mozu Tombs are a group of kofun —megalithic tombs—in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Originally consisting of more than 100 tombs, only less than 50% of the key-hole, round, and rectangular tombs remain.

Wikipedia: Daisen Kofun (EN), Website

22. 菅原神社

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菅原神社 KENPEI / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Sugawara Shrine (菅原神社, Sugawara-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is commonly known as Sakai Tenjin. A shrine in Sakai Kitagumi (north of Okoji).

Wikipedia: 菅原神社 (堺市) (JA)

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