Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Sakai, Japan
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5.8 km
99 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: 方違神社
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.
Sight 2: Old Tenno Reservoir
Tenno Reservoir is a reservoir that was once located in Nakamikunigaoka, Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture.
Sight 3: 紅谷庵
Kokokuan is a temple of the Soto sect located in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture.
Sight 4: Tadeiyama Tomb
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.
Sight 5: 永山古墳
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.
Sight 6: 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 7: 發光院
Hokko-in (發光院, Hokko-in) is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Shinzai-machi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He is popularly known as "Aizen-san".
Sight 8: 本伝寺
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).
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