Sakai

Sakai is a locality in , , and has about 826,000 residents.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Daisen Kofun and Sakai.

Archaeological site
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
The Mozu Tombs are a group of kofun —megalithic tombs—in Sakai, , . Originally consisting of more than 100 tombs, fewer than 50% of the key-hole, round, and rectangular tombs remain.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Station is a passenger railway station located in , , , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK11".

Railway station
is a railway station on the Nankō Port Town Line in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Osaka and Tennoji.

covers the southern wards of : Nishinari, Abeno, Ikuno, Sumiyoshi and Hirano. For the central Minami area, see . is the poorest part of the city, with few top-rank attractions.

Tennōji is one of 24 wards of , Japan. It is named after the , the temple of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is located in the ward.

is a theme park located in , . Opened on March 31, 2001, it is one of six Universal Studios theme parks worldwide and was the first to open outside the .

Sakai

Latitude
34.5822° or 34° 34′ 56″ north
Longitude
135.4665° or 135° 27′ 60″ east
Population
826,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP SAK
Open location code
8Q6QHFJ8+VJ
Geo­Names ID
1853195
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Sakai” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 堺市
  • Dutch: Sakai
  • Esperanto: Sakai
  • French: Sakai
  • German: Sakai
  • Indonesian: Sakai
  • Japanese:
  • Japanese: 堺市
  • Korean: 사카이 시
  • Latin: Sacaia
  • Latin: Sacaium
  • Polish: Sakai
  • Portuguese: Sakai
  • Russian: Сакаи
  • Spanish: Sakai

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