~ Samurai Habits ~ Every morning a samurai prepares for death. In the quiet of the morning, he imagines himself being struck by lightning, doused by fire, or cut to pieces with a sword or spear. It is hard to remember that one step outside the doorway is the world of death. 〜Make this activity a memory of a lifetime ~ For activities where you can wear samurai armor and have your photo taken with Osaka Castle in the background: ➤Rise Plan ➤Honor Plan ➤Bushido Plan For tour guides: ➤Holy Land Pilgrimage Osaka Castle, Tamatsukuri Area, Tennoji Area

Children begin to develop an interest in letters around the age of 3 or 4, and learning calligraphy can help them develop self-confidence, concentration, and good manners. Advantages of learning calligraphy for children Learn to write beautiful letters Improve concentration Learn posture and etiquette Increases self-confidence and ambition Develops the ability to think and be creative It is one of the art forms that easily expresses individuality and allows you to hone your own sensitivity and expressiveness. #Calligraphy #kanji #kimono #SamuraiExperience #tatemG

- Students will learn the basic stance of the katana. 1) Middle stance 2) Upper stance 3) Lower stance 4) Eight-phase stance (5) Side stance - From these stances, swing the sword. Swing. Swing. Swing. When swinging down, do not use your arm strength, but swing with the weight of the sword. If you are swinging correctly, you will know if you are swinging correctly because you will hear a "hirun" sound. #katana #samuraiSword #bushido #kimono

When children learn calligraphy, they learn to write beautifully. The benefits are especially great if they start learning before they start developing habits, so if they start by around age 5, they may have beautiful writing for a lifetime. In addition, calligraphy, as an ancient Japanese art, also teaches manners such as greetings and respect. #kanji #kimono #calligraphy #OsakaCastle

🍀May 2 Temple 🍀5th (sun) – Have a 🎪🌿🍀 refreshing morning at Myoho Temple Why don't you 🌿 refresh your mind and body in the Precincts dazzling with fresh greenery? At one of the oldest Temple in Quanzhou, "Myoho Temple", which has a history of about 700 years, After yoga, you will have 🍵 a hospitality morning porridge and tea We look 😊🎶 forward to your reservation Date: May 25 (Sun) 🎉 🎉 Held in Venue: Myoho Temple (4-1-3 Nakanomachi Higashi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi) Meeting time: 8:20 Fee: 5,000 yen, 5,100 yen with rental mat (for 2 more people) For details, search 🔍 for "Sakai Morning Yoga" 📢 Events Announcements 📢 On the same day, the Daisen Tea Ceremony will be 🍵🍡 Held in at Daisen Park and Lawn square It takes about 15 minutes by rotating Car from Myoho Temple to the venue, and about 30 minutes on foot. Squid why don't 🌳 you spend the afternoon while stopping by Doigawa Park and Nanjō Temple? For more information about the Daisen Tea Ceremony, please 🔍 check the website

🎨 Special Exhibition "Mucha: Mysterious Paintings" ✨ 1 Open to the public for the first time a new tapestry of the painting "Quo Vadis" by Alphonse Mucha, an artist representing the Czech Republic, woven with the traditional technique of Sakai "Sakai Tsudori"!　It marks a new page in the history of painting. 2 Together with one of the world's one of the most Mucha collections, we will unravel the full story of the mysterious painting "Quo Vadis". Highlights of the exhibition It consists of five rooms that resemble a pavilion and can be freely explored. A large collection of works related to the magnificent exposition "1900 Paris World's Fair" 125 years ago!

🎻 Osaka Symphony Orchestra Fenice Sakai Masterpiece Series Vol.3 🎼 The Osaka Symphony Orchestra, which is active in Sakai as a Base point, selects and delivers honorable songs in the third installment of the 🎶✨ "Masterpiece Series" 🌟 Conducted by 🎼 Keiko Mitsuhashi of Newsweek Japan magazine's "100 Most Respected Japan People in the World" 🎻 Violinist Mariko Senju, who had a fateful encounter with the phantom masterpiece Stradivarius "Duranty", appeared 🎶 Enjoy Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, which is one of the Representative Violin Concertos, and Symphony No. 1, which Brahms completed over a period of 21 years with a strong awareness of Beethoven's achievements. ●Cast 　Keiko Mitsuhashi (conductor), Mariko Senju (violin), Osaka Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) ●Program Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

🔪✨ Visiting the sites tour of 🏭🔍 Kitchen Knife Factory & Sakai Takayuki Knife Gallery ~ Experience Sakai's cutlery culture, where craftsmanship shines! ～ Held in on 5/29 (Thu), 8/28 (Thu), 11/27 (Thu)! ✨ The factory that produces the world-acclaimed Sakai Takayuki's kitchen knives is specially opened to the public! 🛠️✨ 🔹5/29 is a special edition! With Sakai filial piety petty knife 🔥 ▶ JR Destination Campaign (DC) Special Plan! 🔹 Attractions 🔹 Visiting the sites of the knife making process at the Sanpo Factory (blacksmithing, rough sharpening, etc.) 🏭 🔹 Visiting the site 🔍 of a gallery with about 500 kitchen knives 🔹 There is also a simple knife sharpening experience! ✨ 🔹 5/29 limited gift of Sakai filial piety petty knife 🎁 💰 Participation Fee 🔹 5/29: 15,000 yen (with 🎁 petty knife) 🔹 8/28 & 11/27: 4,000 yen 📌 Application deadline: Held in at least 3 days before each event! 🔍 For details and application, search "Kitchen knife factory & Sakai Takayuki Knife Gallery Visiting the site and easy knife sharpening course"!

From the end of the year to the beginning of the year, a large fishing flag was hoisted on a fishing boat at Kishiwada Fishing Port ... ( ˶>ᴗ<˶)🎌🚢 The colorful design is eye-catching and cool 🥰💙. The large fishing flag with various pictures such as sea bream expresses the wish for safe navigation and good fishing. It was ☀️✨ fluttering in the glittering sun and blue sky I wish for the safety of the fishermen in Kishiwada City and hope that the fishing industry will prosper this year ... 👏🐟 ・ ・ 📍 Kishiwada Fishing Port Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture Osaka Japan 2025.1

Brno National Theatre Mother ／ First performance in Kansai! Brno National Theatre Mother ＼ The masterpiece of Karel Čapek, a playwright representing the Czech Republic, is coming to Sakai! The cast of the Brno National Theatre in the Czech Republic will give a passionate performance. (with Japanese and English subtitles) Dates: 6/4 Water, 5 Thu Location: Fenice Sakai Tickets on sale now 📢

📢 Osaka Destination Campaign Held in! 🎉✨ ✨Limited to 4/1~6/30! Osaka DC Special Edition Experience ✨ 📍 ** Full of special experiences in Sakai! **📍 🛕 Take a walk around the Kofun Tumulus|Go to the top of the Kofun Tumulus, which you can't usually enter! ⛰️ 🌳 Japan Garden Tour|Gardener's skills up close 🌿✨ 🍵 Chanoyu Experience|Authentic 🍃🎁 Dark Tea & Light Tea 🔫 Gunsmith House Guide|Historical Romance 🏯 of the Edo Period 🖼️ Mucha Exhibition|Phantom Oil Painting × Sakai no Tsutsu 🎨 🌷 Harvest Hill|70,000 tulips in full bloom 🌼 📖 For details, check out the official Osaka DC website! Which one would you like to participate in? Let me know 💬 in the comments

🔪✨ Sakai Cutlery Festival 2025 Held in! Two days where you can experience traditional techniques! Kitchen knives and Traditional Japanese straw raincoat display immediate sale and sharpening, Full of 🎉 highlights such as ancient forging by craftsmen and inscription cutting 🍎 Held in apple peeling contests and cooking shows! 👨‍🍳✨ 📅 Held in date: 4/12 (Sat) ~ 13 (Sun) ⏰ Time:10:00~16:00 📍 Venue: Sakai City Industrial Promotion Center Events Hall 　　　　(183-5 Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai-shi), admission is free! 🎫 * and limited to the number of parked Car, the Car parking lot and surrounding roads will be congested. 　Use 🚋 public transportation as much as possible 🔍 For details, please check the official website of the Sakai Federation of Cutlery Commerce and Industry Cooperatives

Calligraphy is an ancient Japanese art of learning. In addition to greetings, students learn to be respectful and polite to those around them. Many parents send their children to calligraphy classes because they can learn such manners from early childhood. #kanji #kimono #Calligraphy

Trial Slashing Try your hand at sword cutting with a real Samurai sword! Experience the world's best cutting performance. #SamuraiExperience #samuraisword #katana

Calligraphy, a traditional culture, is generally started in early childhood, when children are 3 to 5 years old, as a form of learning. It helps develop the ability to write beautiful letters, concentration, and etiquette, and does not cause great embarrassment or disgrace when they grow up. #kanji #Calligraphy #kimono

The 40th Commemorative Regular Performance [Madame Butterfly] "The beginning of things is anything in Sakai" Sakai 🔶City Opera, which was born more than 50 years ago with the help of citizens, has many exchanges with overseas opera houses and opera groups. In 2006, at the Puccini Festival in Italy, This is the first Japan organization to co-produce "Madame Butterfly" with the local community. Subject performances will be held on May 2 for young people in order to connect the rich sensibilities that can be entrusted to the future society to children who are growing up through the Coronavirus pandemic and the youth who will become the society of the future. The love opera "Madame Butterfly" set in Nagasaki! It is a performance at Fenice Sakai, which is proud of Sakai City. Enjoy Golden Week with the power of live music and the impression of drama! Ticket reception→ticket@sakai-city-opera.jp ★ Please fill in your Madame Butterfly ticket request, seat type, number of tickets, name, Address, Phone, and contact us.

📢 Monster Hunter × Sakai 🔥 A full-size sword is now available in Sakai City Tea House Shin-an! ⚔️🏯 In Sakai City, a full-scale Reproduction* of a sword with a blade length of about 2.2 meters that appears in Capcom Co., Ltd.'s Popular game "Monster Hunter" series will be exhibited 🎮✨ at the Sakai City Tea House Shinan 📷In addition! Implementation 🎁🎉 of a campaign where you can receive Privileges by presenting a photo of the Reproduction sword at a cooperating facility * The tachi at the head office is a molded object using metal ingredients that does not fall under the category of Japanese swords under the Firearms and Swords Law. 🛠️ A special work 💡 produced at a collaboration events with the series in 2022 (Reiwa 4) 🔍 For details, please see the Sakai City Home page

🌸 Shuzuka Kofun Tumulus Square "Cherry Blossom Viewing Party" 🌸 The cherry blossom viewing season has arrived! At the "Cherry Blossom Viewing Party" Held in in the Tsukazuka Kofun Tumulus Square, Kitchen Car and merchandise booths are many Stalls you ✨ can 🌷 spend a Spring time while enjoying Light Snacks and drinks When you go to Daisen Park, be sure to stop by! 🌸🎉 📅 Held in Date: March 29 (Sat) 18:00~19:30 🚶 ♂️ Access: 5 minutes walk from JR Hanwa Line "Mozu Station" 🎟️ Fee: Free 📍 Held in location: Daisen Park (Sakai Ward, Mozu Kofun Tumulus area) 📞 Contact: PULLPUSH Planning Co., Ltd. 📧 Email: support@mycity-epco.co.jp 📱 Phone: 070-3184-0237 (Jinko) 🔍 For details of the Events, please visit the official website of Sakai City

Calligraphy has a delicate sense of beauty, and the subtle changes in fine lines, dots, and shading enhance its beauty. There is also an aesthetic sense of stillness, and it is important to keep one's mind quiet and focused when writing. In addition, it is essentially important to perform basic manners, such as sitting upright, keeping the back straight, and holding the brush upright. #kanji #kimono #Calligraphy

This is the only place in Osaka Castle where the cherry blossoms bloom early！ A proverb that combines the dying moment of a samurai with the magnificent cherry blossoms in their waning moments. The flowers are cherry blossoms, the people are warriors. A proverb that combines the dying moment of a samurai with the magnificent cherry blossoms in their waning moments. The flowers are cherry blossoms, the people are warriors. For details on the most popular Hanami plans, please visit #SamuraiArmor #kimono #SAKURACelestialBlossom

Samurai Armor Experience In April 1615, the Tokugawa forces marched on Osaka Castle. Here, the "Osaka Summer Campaign" begins. You, a member of Toyotomi's side, will wear armor and participate in the battle. You will be the best soldier in Japan, and go into battle! #osakacastle #samuraiarmor

First, we will explain what calligraphy is, followed by an explanation of attitudes and tools first. You will better understand the difference between calligraphy as a form of character decoration (caligraphy), which also exists overseas, and Japanese "shodo" (calligraphy). Calligraphy is a traditional Japanese culture that uses brush and ink to express characters artistically, and is appreciated for its neatness, the way the brush is carried, the shade of the ink, and the beauty of the overall arrangement of the characters. #kanji #kimono #Calligraphy #tatamiroom #samurai

The Samurai sword is the most cutting blade to date and can only be worn by Samurai. After changing into a samurai costume and learning how to handle a sword, it's time to try your hand at sword cutting! Let's try zanjiri zanjiri! #katana #samuraiSword #bushido

A proverb that combines the dying moment of a samurai with the magnificent cherry blossoms in their waning moments. The flowers are cherry blossoms, the people are Samurai. For details on the most popular Hanami plans, please visit Osaka Castle Park 🌸Best time to visit Umegorin (plum grove) ➤ 2/ upper - 3/ middle Cherry blossoms (Someiyoshino) ➤3/15 - 5/up #samuraiarmor #kimono #Sakura #osakacastl

The 4th Kanmoat - CAN GO-Bridge I Festival \Kanmoat-CAN GO-Bridge I Fest Held in/ Held in Events in various places in the Kanmoat area at the same time, "Bridge I Festival" is back ✨ 🌸 2025 (Reiwa 7) March 20 (Thu) ~ April 6 (Sun) 🌸 This time, the Main Venue is the "Bridge My Markets" Held in on April 6 at the Former Sakai Fire Station! many shops will be Stalls mainly attractive shops in the Kanbori area. Held in four Events ☺️ simultaneously in the Moat area on April 6 From March 20th to April 6th, if you visit the stores and facilities in the Kanmoat area, you can enjoy 🚶 the Limited Time Privileges of the Hashimi Festival and the Stamp Rally Stamp Rally Premiums may be won by lottery for Expo tickets and Hotel Pair Accommodation Invitation Tickets! While enjoying the "Bridge My Markets", please 💓 visit the surrounding shops, facilities, and historical spots to get to know and feel the medieval Sakai Merchant Town "Kanmoat Area" 🔍 Click here for 👉 details Kanmoi Tea Theory Instagram: @sakai_cango

🌿✨ Precincts cleaning experience 🏯🧹 for two ~ Start the day at Otori Taisha Shrine ~ "Even Two Sakai" campaign special project! ✨ In the quiet early morning Precincts, while enjoying the extraordinary atmosphere, Would you like to experience the cleaning (*) of the historic Otori Taisha Shrine? ✨ * In case of rain, the Great Exorcism Transcription Experience Participation in "daily worship" by Shinto priests, introduction of Otori Taisha, You will also receive a special "Visionary Talisman"! ⛩️🌿 📅 Held in: Friday, April 11, Sunday, May 18 📍 Location: Otori Taisha Shrine 💰 Participation fee: 1 group (2 people) 6,400 yen (with 2 amulets) 📢 Applications must be made up to one week before each implementation date! 🌟 Please join us for a special experience to cleanse your mind at a historic shrine! 🔍 For details and applications, search for "Precincts cleaning experience for two ~ Start the day at Otori Taisha Shrine ~"!

🕵️ If you solve the mystery, Sakai ~The legendary blacksmith who disappeared with the spirit Kajira~ A tour-type real mystery-solving game will be held in in Sakai! 🎉 📜 Set in the town of Sakai, the story of 🔍 a detective searching for a legendary blacksmith who has disappeared Solve 🚶 ➡️ the mystery while traveling around Sakai city Those who solve the mystery will receive a 🎁 clear privileges! Whether it's family, friends, or a single person, Would you like to become a detective who solves mysteries? 🕵️ 📅 Held in period: March 22 (Sat) ~ October 13 (Mon) 📍 Location: Sakai City, Sakai Ward, Kanmoat Area 🔍 For details, search "Solve the mystery Sakai ~ Legendary blacksmith who disappeared with the spirit Kajira ~"!

📢 Local recommended Sakai Gourmet 🍽️✨ Sakai is not only Sightseeing spot, but also many exquisite gourmet unique to Local! 😋🌸 In order for everyone visiting the Osaka-Kansai Expo to enjoy the deliciousness of Sakai, we have recruited restaurants recommended by citizens! 📍🍜🍣 Enjoy the Local Gourmet of Sakai along with the Expo! 🎡✨ 🎁 Instagram Post campaign is held in until June 30th! 5 winners will be selected by lottery to receive 🎊🎁 Sakai's Specialty products 🔍 For details, Search for "Local Recommended Sakai Gourmet"!

🚴 Approaching the mystery of how the rotary cars industry was born in Sakai ♬ The rotary cars industry 🚲 developed in the land of Sakai, which is said to be "the beginning of everything in Sakai" During the guided tour with the curator, you can 🕵️ learn about the manufacturing and history unique to Sakai 📢 "Strings and Sakai: Approaching the Mystery of Sakai 2025" 🎉 🗓️ Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23 📍 Shimano Rotary Car Museums 🔍 For details, please check the notice on the Sakai Tourist Guide website. 📬 Application: First-come, first-served basis 🎫 Participation fee: Free (admission fee not included) 📞 Contact: 072-221-3196

🚴 Approaching the mystery of how the rotary cars industry was born in Sakai ♬ The rotary cars industry 🚲 developed in the land of Sakai, which is said to be "the beginning of everything in Sakai" During the guided tour with the curator, you can 🕵️ learn about the manufacturing and history unique to Sakai 📢 "Strings and Sakai: Approaching the Mystery of Sakai 2025" 🎉 🗓️ Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23 📍 Shimano Rotary Car Museums 🔍 For details, please check the notice on the Sakai Tourist Guide website. 📬 Application: First-come, first-served basis 🎫 Participation fee: Free (admission fee not included) 📞 Contact: 072-221-3196