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

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)

The Tadeiyama Kofun is a circular mound located in Kitamikunigaoka, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the burial mounds that make up the Hundred Tongue Bird Tomb Group, and although the actual burial place is not clear, it is ruled by the Imperial Household Agency as the "Hundred Tongue Bird Mihara North Tomb" as the mausoleum of the 18th Emperor Hirohito. It is registered as a part of the World Cultural Heritage Site of the Hundred Tongues and Furuichi Tombs - a group of ancient Japan tombs.

Wikipedia: 田出井山古墳 (JA)

The Magoda Yuyamakofun is a circular mound located in Daisen Park, 2-cho, Yuun-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan. It is one of the burial mounds that make up the Hyakushitori Kofun Group, and is considered to be the tomb of Daisenryo Kofun (Emperor Nintoku's Mausoleum), and is registered as part of the World Cultural Heritage Hyakushitori Furuichi Kofun Group - Ancient Japan Tomb Group - as a constituent asset.

Wikipedia: 孫太夫山古墳 (JA)

Hondenji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Shōshū Buddhism located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Juryozan. It is said to have been the opening of the White Lotus Nikko, and it was once located in Meguchiji-cho (near present-day Ichinomachi, Sakai-ku, Sakai City), but it is said that it was moved to its current location in the 2nd year of Kanbun (1663).

Wikipedia: 本伝寺 (堺市) (JA)

The Osamezuka Kofun is a scallop-shaped anterior-posterior circular mound with a short front part located at 2-150-2 Yuuncho, Hyakushitori, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan, and is considered to be the tomb of the Daisenryo Kofun (Emperor Hitoku's Mausoleum). It is one of the burial mounds that make up the Hundred Tongue Bird Burial Mounds and is designated as a national historic site.

Wikipedia: 収塚古墳 (JA)

Aguchi Jinja is a shrine located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. It is commonly known as "Otera". Locally, he is known as "Mr. Odera". Mr. Shrine of Sakai Minami-gumi (south of Okoji). It is a Shikiuchi company, and the former company name is Fusha. Since Sakai is also the birthplace of Akiko Yosano, the "Akiko Love Song Mikuji" is prepared at the Kaiguchi Shrine.

Wikipedia: 開口神社 (JA)

Houchi Gaijinja is a shrine located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. Locally, he is known as "Hochigai-san". The former company name is Gosha. The deity of the festival is Katagaesachi Okami. Since ancient times, it has been worshipped as a shrine to ward off disasters such as misdirections, geographical phases, and family phases.

Wikipedia: 方違神社 (JA)

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)

Tajihaya Himejinja is a shrine located in Miyayamadai, Minami-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. It is a Shikinai shrine in Ōtori District, Izumi Province, which is listed in the Enki Shiki Shrine Name Book. The former company name is Gosha. It is also called Arayama Palace, and the area around the precincts is crowded as Arayama Park.

Wikipedia: 多治速比売神社 (JA)

Tannan Jinya (丹南jin屋, Tannan Jinya) was a feudal office of the Tannan Domain, ruled by the Takagi family, a daimyō of the Staff Dynasty located in Tannan Village, Tannan District, Kawachi Province, Japan, located in Tannan 3-chome, Matsubara City, Osaka Prefecture. In the late Edo period, it was also called "Tannan Office".

Wikipedia: 丹南陣屋 (JA)

Nagayama Kofun is a circular mound located in Higashi-Nagayama-en, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan. It is one of the burial mounds that make up the Hyakushitori Kofun Group, and is registered as a constituent asset of the World Cultural Heritage Hyakushitori Furuichi Kofun Group - Ancient Japan Tombs.

Wikipedia: 永山古墳 (JA)

Kenponji Temple is a temple of the Honmon-ryu of the Hoka sect located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Jōjūzan, the last of Ōmoto Yamamoto Koji. The foundation of the foundation is said to be Nichiryū, and the opening of the mountain is said to be Nichijo.

Wikipedia: 顕本寺 (堺市) (JA)

Shimano Bicycle Museum is a museum about bicycles located in Minami-Mukaiyo-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The "Bicycle Museum Cycle Center", which was adjacent to Daisen Park in Daisencho, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, was relocated to a new building and reopened on March 25, 2022 (Reiwa 4).

Wikipedia: 自転車博物館 (JA), Website

Momotori Hachimangu is a shrine located in Kita -ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The old business is a prefectural company. In the precincts of about 10,000 tsubo, a huge cost of about 800 years old, designated as a natural monument in Osaka Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 百舌鳥八幡宮 (JA)

Seigakuin is a temple of the Shugendo Tozan sect located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The main statue is a seated statue of King Fudo. The gate is registered as a national registered tangible cultural property.

Wikipedia: 清学院 (JA)

Sakai Green Museum Harvest Hill is an agricultural park located in Minami-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. Opened on April 11, 2000. Based on the designated manager system, it is managed and operated by Sakai Farm Co., Ltd.

Wikipedia: 堺・緑のミュージアム ハーベストの丘 (JA)

Komyoin is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Kita-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The head guard jizo, which is enshrined in the jizo hall in the temple grounds, is popular as a headache and wind protection.

Wikipedia: 光明院 (堺市) (JA)

Hachiida Shrine is a shrine located in Hatta -cho, Naka -ku, Sakai -shi, Osaka. It is a Shikinai small shrine in Izumi Country Otori -gun, which is described in the Enki -style god book. Also called the bell palace.

Wikipedia: 蜂田神社 (JA)

Kanaoka Park is a comprehensive sports park managed and operated by Sakai City, located in Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. It has been designated as a wide-area evacuation area in Sakai City.

Wikipedia: 金岡公園 (JA)

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

Byakudoji Temple is a temple built in the 18th year of Keicho (1613) by Naozumi Arima as the Arima Family Bodhi Temple in Shimabara when he was the lord of Shimabara Domain. The sect is the Pure Land sect.

Wikipedia: 白道寺 (JA)