Editing Sakai (section)

{{Short description|Designated city in Kansai, Japan}}
{{Other uses|Sakai (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sakai
| official_name = Sakai City<ref>[http://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/index_en.html Sakai official English name] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226235309/http://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/index_en.html|date=February 26, 2010}}</ref>
| native_name = {{nobold|堺市}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| settlement_type = [[Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan|Designated city]]
| other_name = 
| image_skyline = Sakai montage.jpg
| image_caption = From top left: [[Daisen Kofun]], Old Sakai Lighthouse, Ruins of [[Sen no Rikyū|Rikyu]]'s house, [[Ōtori taisha]], [[Myōkoku-ji]], Skyline with Daisen kofun in the center
| image_flag = Flag of Sakai, Osaka.svg
| image_seal = Emblem of Sakai, Osaka.svg
| image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|type=shape|stroke-width=2|stroke-color=#000000|zoom=9}}
| map_caption = Location of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture
|image_map1 = Sakai in Osaka Prefecture Ja.svg
| map_caption1 = 
| pushpin_map = Japan
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|34|34|24|N|135|28|59|E|region:JP-27|display=it}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Japan
| subdivision_type1 = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kansai region|Kansai]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Japan|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = 
| established_title = F
| established_date  = 
| established_title2 = 
| established_date2 = 
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Hideki Nagafuji (from June 2019)
| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor
| leader_name1 = 
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 149.82
| population_total = 819965
| population_as_of = January 1, 2022
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]
| utc_offset1 = +09:00
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 
| blank_name_sec1 = City hall address
| blank_info_sec1 = 3-1 Minami-Kawaramachi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka-fu 590-0078
| blank_name_sec2        = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info_sec2        = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cfa]]
| website = {{Official website|1=https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/foreign-language/english/visitors/index.html}}
| module = {{Infobox place symbols| embedded=yes
 | tree = [[Willow]]
 | flower = [[Japanese iris|Iris]]
 | bird = [[Bull-headed shrike|Shrike]]
 | butterfly = 
 | fish = 
}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Sakai'''|堺市|Sakai-shi|{{ipa|ja|saꜜ.kai, sa.kaꜜi.ɕi}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} is a city located in [[Osaka Prefecture]], Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important [[seaport]]s of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its ''[[kofun]]'', keyhole-shaped burial mounds dating from the fifth century. The ''kofun'' in Sakai include the largest grave in the world by area, [[Mozu Tombs|Daisen Kofun]]. Once known for [[Katana|swords]], Sakai is now famous for the quality of its [[Japanese kitchen knife|cutlery]]. {{As of|2022|01|01}}, the city had an estimated population of 819,965,<ref name="Sakai-hp">{{cite web |url=https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/shisei/tokei/suikei.html|title= Sakai city official statistics|location= Japan|language= ja}}</ref> making it the fourteenth most populous city in Japan (excluding Tokyo).