Sakai City has a population of about 810,000 and is the second largest city in Osaka Prefecture after Osaka City.
When you think of the second largest city, you may think of a big city, but if you take a step away from the hustle and bustle, you will find a rich charm with a different history, such as Kofun Tumulus and History Shrines.
The Mozu Tombs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is also home to the largest tomb in Japan, the Tomb of Emperor Nintoku, making it a city where you can feel history and tradition firsthand.
We will Broadcasting Information full of the charm of Sakai City, so thank you!
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🌸 Special Exhibition and Sale of Sakai May Carp Streamers 🎏🌸
✨The Beauty of Hand-Painted Carp Streamers 🎏✨
A special exhibition and sale featuring hand-painted carp streamers by Takeshi Takada, the sixth-generation artisan of Sakai May Carp Streamers "Takagi"! Take this chance to appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of hand-painted carp streamers with a history spanning more than a century. 🎵
📅 Friday, May 16 – Thursday, May 22, 10:00–18:00
📍 Sakai Densho-kan
🚃 A 3-minute walk from Hankai Line "Myokokuji-mae"
For details, search for "Sakai Densho-kan carp streamers" 🔍
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🎪 Ebisujima Côté Rivière ✨ EBISUJIMA CÔTÉ RIVIÈRE 🚩
[Updated May 16]
Because rain is forecast for Sunday morning, the event time has been changed to 12:00–17:00.
🌿 Why not relax by the riverbank of Ebisujima, where time flows gently, and enjoy shopping for antique goods 🪑, gourmet food 🍽️, and DJ music 🎶? ✨
🔍 For details, check @ebisujima.cote.rivi
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🌹✨One of Britain’s two leading ballet companies, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, returns to Japan for the first time in seven years!✨🌹
Enjoy a casual dinner at Sakai Terrace Salto, the restaurant adjacent to Fennie Che Sakai, including an appetizer platter, soup, main course, bread, dessert, and one drink, and savor one of the world’s finest ballet companies in this special plan.🩰
📅Performance date: Wednesday, July 2 –🎭 The Sleeping Beauty, full three acts 🎭
📍Fennie Che Sakai Grand Hall
⌚Doors open 18:30 / Ends around 21:30
🎫 S seats (1st floor) with meal: ¥26,000
🎫 A seats (3rd floor) with meal: ¥22,500
📅Application deadline: Friday, June 20
🔍For details, please see the Sakai Tourism Guide website
💡Would you like to enjoy Britain’s beautiful ballet and Sakai cuisine in this special package?
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🎶 Rhythm of India 🇮🇳✨🎶
Six traditional instrumentalists have come from the Republic of India to Japan,
performing sitar, tabla, santoor, mridangam, sarangi, and sarod 🎶 This is the first time these six instruments will be played together in Sakai! 👀
Opportunities like this will remain rare. Please come and join us.
🎫 Admission is free, but prior registration is required!
🔍 For details, check Fennie Che Sakai’s official website 😀
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🚴♂️ Tour of Japan 2025 Sakai Stage 🌿
One of the country’s largest international road cycling races takes place at Daisen Park, next to the World Heritage Nintoku Emperor’s Tumulus!
📅 Sunday, May 18 — 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
📍Daisen Park (10-minute walk from Mozu Station, JR)
🎥 Live streaming will be available on the day! Free to watch ✨
For details, search “Tour of Japan 2025 Sakai” 🔍
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We will hold a grand tea gathering where you can enjoy Sakai’s diverse charms and performances by artists connected to Sakai 🍵🍡🎶
Would you like to spend a special time experiencing Sakai’s spirit of hospitality at the Osaka-Kansai Expo? 😊
Not only can you enjoy tea service by the three Sen families and sweets from long-established wagashi shops,
but you can also relax to pleasant music by artists with ties to Sakai 🍵🍡🎶
📅 Period: Saturday, May 10 – Tuesday, May 13
🏠 Venue: Osaka-Kansai Expo Pop-up Stage South and Gallery EAST
🔴 Participation: A numbered ticket (first-come, first-served) is required for the tea ceremony and meditation experience at Gallery EAST.
💰 Cost: Free
🔍 For event details, search “Sakai Expo”!
🌟 During the event, we will run a campaign giving wagashi from Sakai’s long-established confectioners on the spot to those who post photos of the Sakai event on social media with #matchasakai #japaneseculture.‼️
Please post and enjoy Sakai’s delicious wagashi 😋🍡
・Maruichi Kashiho ( @maruichikashiho )
・Kaan Satoya ( @satoya._ )
・Hosen Kashipo ( @takamotimoti )
・Hamadera Mochi Kagetsudo
・Okashi Tsukasa Tenjinmochi ( @tenjinmochi )
・Okayoshi Mishoan
🌟 Also, if you scan the QR code for SAKAI TICKET at the venue with your smartphone, you can enter a lottery to win digital coupons usable in Sakai City‼️If you’re lucky, you might win a 10,000-yen subsidy voucher usable at hotels in Sakai City⁉️There are no losing entries—everyone wins something—so please join us 🤗
🔍 Also check the “Sakai Tourism Guide Expo Special Site (If you came to the Expo, come to Sakai too)”!
We look forward to your visit 😄
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✨Tea served in contemporary artists' teaware 🍵 – Art Tea Gathering in Sakai🎨–
Sakai City will present a tea gathering using contemporary artists' teaware as part of Sakai’s program for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo.
We will host tea service events using contemporary artists' teaware at tea ceremony–related venues around the city so visitors can enjoy the Expo experience locally.
Please see the Sakai City website for details.
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Would you like to come see the carp streamers at the Jordan Pavilion during the Osaka-Kansai Expo? 🎏👀✨
We raised a hand-painted carp streamer over 5 meters long at the Jordan Pavilion, made during the workshop held on Thursday, April 24.
The carp streamer carries the workshop participants’ wishes for peace and hopes for the future. 🌈🕊✨
The display is a limited-time exhibit through late May, so please come and see it during this period. 😊
Location: Osaka-Kansai Expo Jordan Pavilion
The Sakai May Carp Streamers can be seen at Sakai Denshokan (1-1-30 Zaimokucho Nishi, Sakai Ward, Sakai City), so please also visit Sakai City. 🎶
For event details, search “Sakai City website (collaboration with Jordan).”
Also check “Sakai Denshokan (Sakai Traditional Industry Center) (@sakaidensan)”!
Be sure to check the Sakai Tourism Guide Expo Special Site (If you come to the Expo, come to Sakai too)!
We look forward to seeing you all. 😄
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📢 "Futari Demo Sakai" Special Experience✨
"Futari Demo Sakai" Special Experience🍃
A limited-time special program lets you touch Sakai’s history and culture!✨
Would you like to create a memorable experience for a special time spent together?💕
📅Period: March 14 (Friday) – May 31 (Saturday)
🚩Experience Plans
1. Tea ceremony for two – Putting love into matcha (Sakai Risho no Mori)
2. Matcha art for two – It’s matcha, not a latte (Saryo Tsuboichi Seicha Honpo)
3. Wagashi making for two – Let’s have fun and make them together (Sakai Densho-kan)
4. Shrine grounds cleaning for two – Start the day at Otorii Taisha (Otorii Taisha)
5. Romantic experience for two – Sakai Old Port picnic (AOINAPOLI UMISOBA, Sakai Old Port)
🔍For details, search "Futari Demo Sakai" on the Sakai Tourist Guide website!
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🫧 A soap-bubble show is coming to “Otohime no Kyujitsu.” 🫧
Guinness World Record for soap bubbles 🏆
Achieved the world record in the "Longest Bubble Garland Wand" category ✨
The Bubble Uncle will be appearing at “Otohime no Kyujitsu” ♪
He is a soap-bubble show specialist who has appeared on numerous media outlets 📺.
He will likely fill the old Sakai Port 🌊 with soap bubbles 🫧
On Saturday, May 10th, from 3:30 PM for about 30 minutes.
We look forward to seeing you there 🙌
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