Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Sakai, Japan

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 50 m
Descend 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 Sakai

Sight 1: 収塚古墳

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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)

422 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: 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

314 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Magodayuyama Kofun

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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)

351 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Sakai City Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Sakai City Museum (EN)

439 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Daisen Park

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Daisen Park Oilstreet / CC BY 2.5

Daisen Park is a city park (general park) located in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 大仙公園 (JA)

546 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: 朝日寺

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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.

Wikipedia: 朝日寺 (堺市) (JA)

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Sakai Bicycle Museum

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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

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