Editing Sakai

{{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).

==Geography==
Sakai is located in southern Osaka Prefecture, on the edge of [[Osaka Bay]] and directly south of the city of [[Osaka]].

===Neighboring municipalities===
Osaka Prefecture
*[[Habikino, Osaka|Habikino]]
*[[Izumi, Osaka|Izumi]]
*[[Kawachinagano, Osaka|Kawachinagano]]
*[[Matsubara, Osaka|Matsubara]]
*[[Osaka]]
*[[Ōsakasayama, Osaka|Ōsakasayama]]
*[[Takaishi, Osaka|Takaishi]]

===Climate===
Sakai has a [[Humid subtropical climate]] (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sakai is {{cvt|16.5|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1232.9|mm}} with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|28.6|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|5.6|C}}.<ref name=normals/>

{{Weather box
|width=auto
|location = Sakai (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)
|collapsed = Y
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 19.1
|Feb record high C = 23.9
|Mar record high C = 27.5
|Apr record high C = 30.2
|May record high C = 33.0
|Jun record high C = 36.3
|Jul record high C = 37.9
|Aug record high C = 39.7
|Sep record high C = 36.8
|Oct record high C = 32.7
|Nov record high C = 27.5
|Dec record high C = 25.5
|year record high C = 39.7
|Jan high C = 9.6
|Feb high C = 10.5
|Mar high C = 14.3
|Apr high C = 20.0
|May high C = 24.9
|Jun high C = 28.1
|Jul high C = 32.0
|Aug high C = 33.9
|Sep high C = 29.6
|Oct high C = 23.6
|Nov high C = 17.8
|Dec high C = 12.3
|year high C = 21.4
|Jan mean C = 5.6
|Feb mean C = 6.0
|Mar mean C = 9.3
|Apr mean C = 14.6
|May mean C = 19.4
|Jun mean C = 23.1
|Jul mean C = 27.2
|Aug mean C = 28.6
|Sep mean C = 24.6
|Oct mean C = 18.6
|Nov mean C = 12.9
|Dec mean C = 7.9
|year mean C = 16.5
|Jan low C = 1.6
|Feb low C = 1.7
|Mar low C = 4.5
|Apr low C = 9.3
|May low C = 14.4
|Jun low C = 19.1
|Jul low C = 23.4
|Aug low C = 24.5
|Sep low C = 20.6
|Oct low C = 14.3
|Nov low C = 8.4
|Dec low C = 3.9
|year low C = 12.1
|Jan record low C = -5.0
|Feb record low C = -5.3
|Mar record low C = -3.3
|Apr record low C = -1.1
|May record low C = 4.1
|Jun record low C = 9.1
|Jul record low C = 15.5
|Aug record low C = 16.6
|Sep record low C = 9.7
|Oct record low C = 2.7
|Nov record low C = -0.9
|Dec record low C = -3.4
|year record low C = -5.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 48.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 57.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 97.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 92.2
|May precipitation mm = 126.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 164.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 154.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 87.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 139.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 139.3
|Nov precipitation mm = 74.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 51.9
|year precipitation mm = 1232.9
|unit precipitation days = 1.0mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6.4
|Feb precipitation days = 6.9
|Mar precipitation days = 9.5
|Apr precipitation days = 9.3
|May precipitation days = 9.6
|Jun precipitation days = 11.8
|Jul precipitation days = 10.3
|Aug precipitation days = 6.6
|Sep precipitation days = 10.0
|Oct precipitation days = 8.9
|Nov precipitation days = 6.8
|Dec precipitation days = 6.6
|year precipitation days = 102.6
|Jan sun = 138.3
|Feb sun = 138.7
|Mar sun = 173.5
|Apr sun = 194.6
|May sun = 206.9
|Jun sun = 160.6
|Jul sun = 190.6
|Aug sun = 228.6
|Sep sun = 160.4
|Oct sun = 163.0
|Nov sun = 147.5
|Dec sun = 138.7
|year sun = 2041.4
|source 1 = [[Japan Meteorological Agency]]<ref name=normals>
  {{cite web
  | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_amd_ym.php?prec_no=62&block_no=1062
  | title = 平年値（年・月ごとの値）
  | accessdate = May 19, 2021
  | publisher = JMA}}</ref><ref>
  {{cite web
  | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_a.php?prec_no=62&block_no=1062
  | title = 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）
  | accessdate = August 10, 2012
  | publisher = JMC}}</ref>
<!--Infobox ends-->
}}

===Demographics===
According to Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-osaka.php Sakai population statistics]</ref> the population of Sakai increased rapidly in the 1960s and 1970s, and has been relatively stable since.

{{Historical population
| 1960 | 383559
| 1970 | 616558
| 1980 | 839421
| 1990 | 844899
| 2000 | 829636
| 2010 | 842132
| 2020 | 826161
|align       = none
| footnote = 
}}

==History==
===Origins===
The area that would later become known as Sakai has been inhabited since approximately 8,000 BC.<ref name="sakai.tcb.or.jp">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/english/about_sakai/|title = Welcome to Sakai!}}</ref> Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or [[kofun]], which date from the 5th century. The largest of these, Daisen Kofun, is believed to be the grave of the [[Emperor Nintoku]] and is the largest grave in the world by area. During the [[Kofun period]] between 300 and 500 AD, the [[Mozu kofungun|Mozu Tumulus Cluster]] was built from over one hundred burial mounds.<ref name="sakai.tcb.or.jp" /> The name "Sakai" appears in Fujiwara Sadoyori's poetry by 1045.<ref name="city.sakai" /> Most of the current city is located within ancient [[Izumi Province]]; however, the wards of Mihara, Higashi and a portion of Kita are located within ancient [[Kawachi Province]].

Tradition holds that 10,000 homes burned to the ground in 1399.<ref name="city.sakai">{{Cite web|url=http://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/english/visitors/whats/history.html|title=History}}</ref>
<gallery>
File:Daisenryo Kofun haisho-3.jpg|[[Daisen Kofun]]
File:Daisenryo Kofun zenkei-2.jpg|[[Mozu Tombs]]
File:Ōtori-taisha, Worship Hall 001.jpg|[[Ōtori taisha]]
File:Ōtori-taisha, Statue of Yamato Takeru 001.jpg|[[Yamato Takeru]]
</gallery>

===Feudal period===
Medieval Sakai was an autonomous city run by merchant oligarchs. During the [[Muromachi period|Muromachi]] and [[Sengoku period]]s from about 1450 to 1600, Sakai developed into one of richest cities in Japan as a port for foreign trade. It was a leading producer of textiles and ironwork.<ref name="oxford and clark">{{Cite book |last=Clark |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z09oAgAAQBAJ&dq=Gaspar+Vilela+sakai+consuls&pg=PA331 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History |date=2013-02-14 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-163769-8 |language=en}}</ref> In those days, it was said that the richest cities were ''Umi no Sakai, Riku no Imai'' (tr. "along the sea, Sakai; inlands, Imai"; the latter is now a part of [[Kashihara, Nara]]). The famous [[Zen]] Buddhist priest [[Ikkyū]] chose to live in Sakai because of its free atmosphere. The first reliable account of the city is dated to the 1480s and contains publicly issued legal notices, which suggests that the city had a governing council at that point. By the 1530s, the population was around 40,000 residents, almost all of which earned a living through commercial enterprises and some of whom were the wealthiest people in Japan. At this time, Sakai was administered by an oligarchy of powerful merchants. The government had ten divisions ''machi'' that were subordinate to the representative council of wealthy townsmen known as the ''egōshū''.<ref name="oxford and clark" /><ref name="katsuro">{{Cite book |last=Katsurō Hara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k-lBAAAAIAAJ&dq=sakai+japan+autonomous+merchant&pg=PA241 |title=An Introduction to the History of Japan |date=1920 |publisher=G. P. Putnams' sons |language=en}}</ref>

[[Sen no Rikyū]], known as the greatest master of the [[Japanese tea ceremony|tea ceremony]], was originally a merchant of Sakai.  Because of the close relationship between the tea ceremony and [[Japanese Zen|Zen Buddhism]] and because of the prosperity of its citizens, Sakai was one of the main centers of the [[Japanese tea ceremony|tea ceremony]] in Japan.

In the Sengoku period, Christian missionaries, including [[Francis Xavier]] in 1550, visited Sakai and documented its prosperity. [[Gaspar Vilela]] described the town as the safest place in the area when he visited in 1561.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/04/11/travel/sakai-keyhole-history-osaka/#.Vr2JV_krJjU|title = Sakai: A keyhole to the history of Osaka|date = April 11, 2015}}</ref>
He also mentioned that the city was "governed by consuls like Venice in Italy".<ref name="oxford and clark" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/19/c_132733667.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924044633/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/19/c_132733667.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2013|title=Japan's oldest 'autonomous' city splits over Osaka Metropolis Plan – Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=news.xinhuanet.com|access-date=May 8, 2016}}</ref>

After the coming of Europeans, Sakai became a manufacturing base of [[Tanegashima (gun)|matchlock firearm]]s and a ''[[daimyō]]'', [[Oda Nobunaga]], was one of their important customers. During his ambitious attempt to unify Japan, Nobunaga attempted to take the autonomy privilege from Sakai. Sakai's citizens denied his order and pitched a desperate battle against his army. Most citizens fled and Sakai was burned and seized by Nobunaga.

After the assassination of Nobunaga in 1582, [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], seized power and abolished the autonomous system of Sakai, forcing many merchants to move to his stronghold in Osaka.<ref name="xinhuanet">{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/19/c_132733667.htm |title=Japan's oldest "autonomous" city splits over Osaka Metropolis Plan - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn |website=news.xinhuanet.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924044633/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/19/c_132733667.htm |archive-date=2013-09-24}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed" style="text-align: center;" caption="" heights="130px" perrow="3">
File:Old house of gunsmiths in Sakai.jpg|Old house of gunsmiths in Sakai
File:Gunsmith Storefront in Sakai Osaka by Akisato Rito 1796.jpg|[[Gunsmith]] storefront in Sakai, Osaka
File:Toyotomi Hideyoshi c1598 Kodai-ji Temple.png|[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]
</gallery>

===Edo period===
In 1615, Sakai was razed to the ground in the summer campaign of the [[Siege of Osaka]] between the [[Toyotomi clan]] and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].<ref name="city.sakai" />

Sakai was restored as an important trade center during the [[Edo period]] but was involved only in inland trade due to the ''[[sakoku]]'' policy of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], which isolated Japan from the outside world. It was also known for its ''[[sake]]'' brewing and its cutlery industries.  After the isolation policy was abandoned during the [[Bakumatsu period]], Sakai was the location of the [[Sakai Incident]], involving a clash between French sailors and Japanese gendarmes resulting in multiple casualties. When the Western powers demanded the opening of Osaka a port for foreign trade, both Sakai and [[Kobe|Hyōgo]] were named as candidates; however, Sakai's proximity and ease of access to [[Kyoto]] and the presence of many imperial tombs led to the selection of Hyōgo.

<gallery mode="packed" style="text-align: center;" caption="" heights="130px" perrow="3">
File:Sakai_Incident_Tosa_Domain_1868_Le_Monde_Illustré.png|[[Sakai incident]] (1868)
</gallery>

===Modern Sakai===
Following the [[Meiji restoration]], Sakai was transformed into an industrial center as part of the [[Hanshin Industrial Region]], with industries centering on textiles and brick making. From 1876 to 1881, Sakai was part of [[Nara Prefecture]]. The city of Sakai was proclaimed on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was one of the first 31 cities to be created in Japan. The [[1934 Muroto typhoon]] killed over 300 people in Sakai. Another major disaster was in 1945, when the city was heavily bombed on six occasions during [[World War II]] with over 1800 civilian deaths.
Following the February 2005 annexation of the town of [[Mihara, Osaka|Mihara]] (from [[Minamikawachi District, Osaka|Minamikawachi District]]), Sakai became a [[Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan|designated city]] in April 2006<ref>[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070217TDY03003.htm "Tokyo pollsters in the money"], ''[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]'', February 17, 2007. Accessed March 13, 2007.</ref> giving it a greater measure of [[self-determination]] in governmental affairs.

==Government==
Sakai has a [[mayor-council]] form of government with a directly elected mayor and a [[unicameral]] city council of 52 members. Sakai contributes eight members to the [[Osaka Prefectural Assembly]]. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between the Osaka 15th district, Osaka 16th district and [[Osaka 17th district]]s of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|lower house]] of the [[Diet of Japan]].

===Local administration===
Sakai has seven [[Wards of Japan|wards]] (''ku''):
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="810px"
! colspan="8" | Wards of Sakai
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Place Name
!
!
!
!Map of Sakai 
|-
! style="width: 190px;" |''[[Romanization of Japanese|Rōmaji]]''
! style="width: 190px;" |''[[Kanji]]''
!''Population''
!''Land area in km<sup>2</sup>''
!''Pop. density per km<sup>2</sup>''
!
|-
| style="text-align: center;" "width: 20px;" | 1
|[[Sakai-ku, Sakai|Sakai-ku]] (administrative center)
|堺区
|148,353
|23.66
|6,270
| rowspan="16" |[[File:Sakai wards.png|center|border|400px|A map of Sakai's Wards]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
|[[Higashi-ku, Sakai|Higashi-ku]]
|東区
|84,708
|10.49
|8,075
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
|[[Kita-ku, Sakai|Kita-ku]]
|北区
|159,084
|15.60
|10,198
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
|[[Naka-ku, Sakai|Naka-ku]]
|中区
|120,216
|17.88
|6,723
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 5
|[[Nishi-ku, Sakai|Nishi-ku]]
|西区
|134,389
|28.62
|4,696
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 6
|[[Mihara-ku, Sakai|Mihara-ku]]
|美原区
|37,223
|13.20
|2,820
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 7
|[[Minami-ku, Sakai|Minami-ku]]
|南区
|135,992
|40.39
|3,367
|}

=== Cityscape ===
<gallery mode="packed" style="text-align: center;" heights="110" perrow="3" caption="Gallery">
File:Sakaihigashi2020.jpg|Sakai City Downtown (2020)
File:Sakaishi2020.jpg|Sakai City [[Skyline]] (2020)
File:Old Sakai Port202002.jpg|Old Sakai Port (2020)
File:大仙公園日本庭園 (48814715927).jpg|Daisen Park (2019)
File:Sakaihigashi Station20161016.jpg|[[Sakaihigashi Station]] (2016)
File:SakaiCityHall 2024 10.jpg|Sakai City Hall (2024)
</gallery>

==Economy==
Sakai was traditionally dependent on heavy industry and its port. However, after a period of high economic growth after World War II, along with the development and expansion of the Osaka metropolitan area, Sakai also has increasingly become a satellite city ([[commuter town]]) for Osaka metropolis, as represented by the development of Senboku New Town. [[Shimano]], a major manufacturer of cycling and fishing products, is based in Sakai.

[[Kura Sushi]], the [[conveyor belt sushi]] chain, has its headquarters in Sakai.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kurasushi.co.jp/eng/company.php|title=Company|publisher=[[Kura Sushi]]|accessdate=2022-06-11|quote=1-2-1 Fukasaka, Naka-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 599-8253, Japan}} - [https://www.kurasushi.co.jp/company/company/aboutus.php Address in Japanese]: "大阪府堺市中区深阪1-2-2"</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Opu photo1.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Osaka Prefecture University]]]]

===Universities===
*[[Hagoromo International University]]
*[[Kansai University]] Sakai Campus
*[[Osaka Butsuryo University]]
*[[Osaka Junior College of Social Health and Welfare]]
*[[Osaka Prefecture University]]
*[[Poole Gakuin University]]
*[[Sakai Women's Junior College]]
*[[Taisei Gakuin University]]
*[[Tezukayama Gakuin University]]

===Primary and secondary schools===
Sakai has 98 public elementary schools and 43 public middle schools operated by the city government. The city also has one private elementary school,  three private combined middle/high schools and one private combined elementary/middle/high school. The city has 23 public high schools operated by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education, and four private high schools. The city operates two and the prefecture operates four special education schools for the disabled.

The city previously had a [[Chosen gakko|North Korean school]], {{Nihongo|Sakai Korean Elementary School|堺朝鮮初級学校}}.<ref name=Formerschools>{{cite web |url=http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html |script-title=ja:ウリハッキョ一覧 |publisher=[[Chongryon]] |date=November 6, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106010302/http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html |accessdate=October 15, 2015|archive-date=November 6, 2005 }} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20051106010302/http://www.chongryon.com/j/cr/link3.html Archive]).</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:2016-9-25-hankai-1003.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Hankai Tramway]]]]
[[File:Semboku011.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Senboku New Town]] & [[Semboku Rapid Railway]]]]
[[File:Mihara JCT1.jpg|thumb|200px|Mihara JCT]]

===Airways===
====Airport====
Sakai does not have an airport. The nearest major airport is [[Kansai International Airport]].

===Railways===
[[File:JR logo (west).svg|20px]] [[West Japan Railway Company|JR West]] – [[Hanwa Line]]
*{{STN|Asaka|x|Osaka}} - {{STN|Sakaishi|x}} - {{STN|Mikunigaoka|x|Osaka}} - {{STN|Mozu|x}} - {{STN|Uenoshiba|x}} - {{STN|Tsukuno|x}} - {{STN|Ōtori|x}}
[[File:Nankai group logo.svg|15px]] [[Nankai Electric Railway]] - [[File:Nankai mainline symbol.svg|15px]] [[Nankai Main Line]]
* {{STN|Shichidō|x}} - {{STN|Sakai|x}} - {{STN|Minato|x}} - {{STN|Ishizugawa|x}} - {{STN|Suwanomori|x}} - {{STN|Hamaderakōen|x}} 
[[File:Nankai group logo.svg|15px]] [[Nankai Electric Railway]] - [[File:Nankai koya line symbol.svg|15px]] [[Kōya Line]]
*{{STN|Asakayama|x}} - {{STN|Sakaihigashi|x}} - {{STN|Mikunigaoka|x|Osaka}} - {{STN|Mozuhachiman|x}} - {{STN|Nakamozu|x}} - {{STN|Shirasagi|x}} - {{STN|Hatsushiba|x}} - {{STN|Hagiharatenjin|x}} - {{STN|Kitanoda|x}}
[[File:Nankai group logo.svg|15px]] [[Nankai Electric Railway]] - [[File:Nankai semboku line symbol.svg|15px]] [[Semboku Line]]
*{{STN|Nakamozu|x}} - {{STN|Fukai|x}} - {{STN|Izumigaoka|x}} - {{STN|Toga-Mikita|x}} - {{STN|Kōmyōike|x}}

====Subway====
[[File:Osaka Metro logo.svg|18px]] [[Osaka Metro]] - [[File:Osaka Metro Midosuji line symbol.svg|18px]] [[Midōsuji Line]]
*{{STN|Kitahanada|x}} - {{STN|Shinkanaoka|x}} - {{STN|Nakamozu|x}}

====Tramway====
;[[Hankai Tramway]]
*[[Hankai Line]]:  ([[Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka|Sumiyoshi]])- {{STN|Yamatogawa|x}} - {{STN|Takasu-jinsha|x}} - {{STN|Ayanocho|x}} - {{STN|Shimmeicho|x}} - {{STN|Myokokuji-mae|x}} - {{STN|Hanataguchi|x}} - {{STN|Oshoji|x}} - {{STN|Shukuin|x}} - {{STN|Terajicho|x}} - {{STN|Goryomae|x}} - {{STN|Higashi-Minato|x}} - {{STN|Ishizu-Kita|x}} - {{STN|Ishizu|x|Osaka|Ishizu}} - {{STN|Funao|x|Osaka}} - {{STN|Hamaderakōen|x}}

===Bus===
*[[Nankai Bus Company, Limited]]
**[[Nankai wing Bus kanaoka Company, Limited]]
*[[Kintetsu Bus]]
*[[Osaka City Bus]]

===Highways===
====Expressways====
*[[File:JP Expressway E26.svg|25px]][[Hanwa Expressway]]
*[[File:JP Expressway E90.svg|25px|link=|alt=E90]][[Sakai Senboku Road]]
*[[File:JP Expressway E91.svg|25px|link=|alt=E91]][[Minami-Hanna Road]]
*[[File:Hanshin Urban Expwy Logo.png|25px]][[Hanshin Expressway]]
**[[Bayshore Route (Port of Osaka-Kansai International Airport)|4 Bayshore Route]]
**[[Yamatogawa Route|6 Yamatogawa Route]]
**[[Sakai Route|15 Sakai Route]]

====Japan National Route====
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|26}}
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|309}}
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|310}}

==International relations==
===Sister cities===
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]], United States, since 1967
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lianyungang]], [[Jiangsu]], China, since 1983
*{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wellington]], New Zealand, since 1994

===Friendship cities===
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tanegashima]], [[Kagoshima Prefecture|Kagoshima]], Japan, since 1986
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Higashiyoshino, Nara|Higashiyoshino]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]], Japan, since 1986
*{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Da Nang]], Vietnam , since 2019

==Notable people from Sakai==
*[[Kataoka Ainosuke VI]], [[Kabuki]] actor, actor, [[television presenter]] and [[entertainer]].
*[[Yuki Morisaki]], [[chef]] and [[entertainer]]
*[[Reon Kadena]], [[glamour model]] and actress
*[[Emperor Nintoku]], the 16th [[Emperor of Japan]]
*[[Gyōki]], Japanese [[Buddhist]] [[priest]] of the [[Nara period]]
*[[Ikkyū]], [[Zen]] [[Buddhist]] [[monk]] and poet.
*[[Sen no Rikyū]], [[Japanese tea ceremony|Japanese tea master]]
*[[Tsuda Sōgyū]], Japanese tea master
*[[Imai Sōkyū]], Japanese tea master and [[merchant]]
*[[Ōuchi Yoshihiro]], [[Muromachi period]] [[samurai]] clan head and military leader
*[[Kenzō Tange]], Japanese award-winning architect
*[[Takeno Jōō]]
*[[Oreskaband]], all-female [[ska]] band 
*[[Kana-Boon]], [[Japanese rock]] band 
*[[Nobuaki Kakuda]], [[karateka]] and [[kickboxer]]
*[[Hiroki Suzuki (born 1985)|Hiroki Suzuki]], Japanese actor and singer
*Kentaro Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda, the members of the music group [[Kobukuro]]
*[[Akiko Yosano]],  poet and novelist
*[[Ryumon Yasuda]], painter and sculptor
*[[Hideo Nomo]] worked in Shin-nittetsu Sakai and played on its club team before he was scouted by the [[Kintetsu Buffaloes]]
*[[Yudetamago]], [[Mangaka|manga artist]] duo (attended Hatsushiba High School in Higashi-ku)
*Akio Mori, a well known K-1 kickboxer known as [[Musashi (kickboxer)]]
*[[Akira Nagata]], actor and singer/vocalist, member of [[J-pop]] group [[Run&Gun]]
*[[Cima (wrestler)|CIMA]], Japanese [[professional wrestler]]
*[[Fuka Koshiba]], Japanese actress
*[[Peter (actor)|Peter]], Japanese singer, dancer and actor
*[[Ayumi Beppu]], Japanese actress
*[[Yuta Fujiwara]], Japanese racing driver

==Local attractions==
[[File:2022 Kōno-chō'ｓ Danjiri at Tsukuno Danjiri Festival in Tsukuno Area 001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Tsukuno Danjiri Matsuri]]]]
*[[Mozu Kofun Cluster]]
*[[Kurohimeyama Kofun]]
*[[Yotsu-ike Site]]
*[[Dotō]]
*[[Sakai City Museum]]
*[[Sakai Matsuri]]
*[[Tsukuno Danjiri Matsuri]]

==See also==
*[[Osaka Metropolis plan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/ Sakai City official website] {{in lang|ja}}
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Sakai_(Osaka)|Sakai}}
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