Chin-Chin Densha Hankai Tramway

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• History, Culture, Ruins

The so-called "Chin-Chin Densha" runs through Sakai pretty much exactly along the old Kishu Road, an...

Sumiyoshi Taisha

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The gods of the seas, sources of all life.Sumiyoshi Taisha is the head temple of the 2300 Sumiyoshi ...

Sakai Municipal Machiya Historical Museum Seigakuin

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• History, Culture, Ruins

Alongside its history as a training temple this building was also used to teach children from the en...

Sakai Tea Room Shinan

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• Dining
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• Café, Café with Japanese-style sweets

A building created by master tea house architect Rodo Ogi, and a national registered tangible cultur...

Hochigai Shrine

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• History, Culture, Ruins

Due to once standing on the boundary of three political districts - Kawachi, Izumi and Settsu - this...

Sen no Rikyu House site

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• History, Culture, Ruins

Sen no Rikyu was born in Sakai and brought great success to the wabi-cha style of Japanese tea cerem...

Old Sakai Lighthouse

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• History, Culture, Ruins

A 11.3m hexagonal spindle-shaped lighthouse that was constructed in 1877 on the south wharf of the o...

Sakai Municipal Machiya Historical Museum Yamaguchi Residence

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• History, Culture, Ruins

• Accessible Toilet
• Loan Wheelchair

This building was created in 1615, immediately after the city was razed to the ground during the Osa...

Sakai Teppokan

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• History, Culture, Ruins

The interior of this townhouse recreates a forge used to make guns, as well as exhibiting a varying ...

Nansuji Temple

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A temple founded in 1557 by Soto Dairin, and at the behest of Nagayoshi Miyoshi in order to hold a m...

Myokoku-ji Temple

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• Flower Blooming Information
• History, Culture, Ruins
• Cherry

A temple said to have been founded by the Nichiren monk Nichiko in 1562. The grounds include a massi...

Katagiri Seiryudo

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• History, Culture, Ruins

Traditional medicine in the middle of the city.The Katagiri Seiryudo was created in this location du...

Sakai Tea Room Obaian

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• History, Culture, Ruins

A teahouse from the middle of the 17th century, originally located in Imaicho, Kashihara, and moved ...

Statue of the Dragon Goddess

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• History, Culture, Ruins

This statue was placed in front of the Ohama Aquarium in 1903 for the Domestic Industrial Exhibition...

Gunsmith's Home

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• History, Culture, Ruins

The combined residence and workplace cum shop of the Sekiemon Inoue gunsmiths, active since the 17th...