Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Sakai, Japan
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2.3 km
57 m
Explore Sakai in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in SakaiSight 1: 収塚古墳
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.
Sight 2: Daisen Kofun
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.
Sight 3: Magodayuyama Kofun
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.
Sight 4: Sakai City Museum
Sakai City Museum is located within Daisen Park, in Sakai-ku, Sakai City, in Osaka Prefecture. The exhibition hall of approx. 1,330 square meters is divided up into areas for ancient times, the middle ages, early modern, and modern times. The museum was opened in 1980, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Sakai’s municipalization. The present (2017-) director of the museum is Ken'ichi Sudo. Susumu Nakanishi was a former (2008-2013) director of the museum.
Sight 5: Daisen Park
Daisen Park is a city park (general park) located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Sight 6: 朝日寺
Asahiji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Daisen-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan. The former main mountain is Tanimachi Myōkei-ji Temple, Seishi Hoen.
Sight 7: Sakai Bicycle Museum
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).
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