Japan
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Tottori

Sakaiminato

Sakaiminato on the western border of Tottori Prefecture is an active fishing port and host to a Japanese Self Defense Forces base. The locally-caught crab is especially good, but the big attraction is as the home of Mizuki Shigeru, creator of the popular manga Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro.
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  • Type: City with 32,700 residents
  • Description: city in Tottori Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Sakae”, “Sakai”, and “Sakaiminato, Tottori”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Agarimichi Station and Babasakichō Station.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sakaiminato, , . It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sakaiminato, , . It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sakaiminato, , . It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mihonoseki and Niiyacho.

Suburb
was a town located in Yatsuka District, , . As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,541 and a density of 118.05 persons per km2.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Sakaiminato

Latitude
35.5392° or 35° 32′ 21″ north
Longitude
133.2319° or 133° 13′ 55″ east
Population
32,700
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Inception
August 10th, 1954
United Nations Location Code
JP SMN
Open location code
8Q7MG6QJ+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1735961853
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1853174
Wiki­data ID
Q496431
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Sakaiminato” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساكايميناتو، توتوري”
  • Arabic: “ساكايميناتو”
  • Asturian: “Sakaiminato”
  • Basque: “Sakai-Minato”
  • Bengali: “সাকাইমিনাতো”
  • Bulgarian: “Сакаиминато”
  • Catalan: “Sakaiminato”
  • Cebuano: “Sakaiminato Shi”
  • Cebuano: “Sakaiminato”
  • Chechen: “Сакаиминато”
  • Chinese: “Sakaiminato-chhī”
  • Chinese: “境港”
  • Chinese: “境港市”
  • Czech: “Sakaiminato”
  • Danish: “Sakaiminato”
  • Dutch: “Sakaiminato”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساكايميناتو”
  • Estonian: “Sakaiminato”
  • Finnish: “Sakaiminato”
  • French: “Sakaiminato-shi”
  • French: “Sakaiminato”
  • Galician: “Sakaiminato”
  • German: “Sakaiminato”
  • Greek: “Σακαϊμινάτο”
  • Gujarati: “સાકેમિનેટો”
  • Hindi: “साकाइमिनाटो”
  • Hungarian: “Szakaiminato”
  • Indonesian: “Sakaiminato, Tottori”
  • Indonesian: “Sakaiminato”
  • Irish: “Sakaiminato”
  • Italian: “Sakaiminato”
  • Japanese: “Sakaiminato-shi”
  • Japanese: “さかいみなとし”
  • Japanese: “境港”
  • Japanese: “境港市”
  • Japanese: “境港町”
  • Kannada: “ಸಕಮೈನಟೋ”
  • Korean: “사카이미나토 시”
  • Korean: “사카이미나토시”
  • Latvian: “Sakaiminato”
  • Literary Chinese: “境港市”
  • Lithuanian: “Sakaiminatas”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Sakaiminato”
  • Malagasy: “Sakaiminato”
  • Malay: “Sakaiminato”
  • Marathi: “साकीमिनॅटो”
  • Mazanderani: “ساکای میناتو”
  • Mazanderani: “ساکای‌میناتو، توتوری”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sakaiminato-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sakaiminato”
  • Persian: “ساکای میناتو، توتوری”
  • Persian: “ساکای‌میناتو، توتوری”
  • Persian: “ساکای‌میناتو”
  • Polish: “Sakaiminato”
  • Portuguese: “Sakaiminato”
  • Romanian: “Sakaiminato”
  • Russian: “Сакаиминато”
  • Serbian: “Сакаиминато”
  • Silesian: “Sakaiminato”
  • Sinhala: “සකයිමිනාටෝ”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ساکای‌میناتو، توتوری”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ساکای‌میناتو”
  • Spanish: “Sakaiminato”
  • Swedish: “Sakaiminato”
  • Tagalog: “Sakaiminato, Tottori”
  • Tagalog: “Sakaiminato”
  • Tajik: “Sakaiminato”
  • Tajik: “Сакаиминато”
  • Tamil: “சக்கைமின்டோ”
  • Tatar: “Сакаиминато”
  • Telugu: “సకాయ్ మినాటో”
  • Thai: “ซาไกมินาโตะ”
  • Tumbuka: “Sakaiminato”
  • Turkish: “Sakaiminato”
  • Ukrainian: “Сакай-Мінато”
  • Urdu: “ساکایمیناتو، توتوری”
  • Urdu: “ساکایمیناتو”
  • Uzbek: “Sakaiminato”
  • Vietnamese: “Sakaiminato, Tottori”
  • Vietnamese: “Sakaiminato”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sakaiminato, Tottori”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sakaiminato”
  • Welsh: “Sakaiminato-shi”
  • Yue Chinese: “境港”

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