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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#Untie the Ribbon Sakai 2026 MI-TE Sakai × Singapore Pavilion
Enjoy a special moment tasting the lingering excitement of the expo along with a spectacular 80 m high view 🍵
At Sakai City Hall’s 21st floor MI-TE Sakai, the Singapore Pavilion (@visit_singaporejp) brings the wildly popular limited wagashi (Japanese confections) from Saikai Housen Confectionery (takamotimoti)!
We will offer an adorable confection shaped like the official mascot Marley, a treat you can only find here 🦁🇸🇬
Plus, on Sunday the 22nd…
Shamisen performances by Tsuruya Musical Instruments (@suruya_music_instruments) will also be held ✨
Relax and enjoy a luxurious time with a panoramic view overlooking the Tomb of Emperor Nintoku♪
📅 Date and time: Friday, March 20th (national holiday) to Sunday, March 22nd, 10:00–16:00
📍 Location: MI-TE Sakai (21st-floor observation lobby, Sakai City Hall)
🍵 Participation fee: ¥800 (includes Marley wagashi)
✅ No reservation required (first-come, first-served on the day)
🪕 Shamisen performances: Sunday the 22nd at 11:30 / 13:30 / 15:30
🔍 For details, search “Untie the Ribbon Sakai 2026”!
🔗 https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/news/detail/20251217133435...
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#Himo Tokeba Sakai Sakai City Teahouse Shin-an × Jordan Pavilion
The sensibility of contemporary art and desert landscapes mingle in a historic teahouse🍵🏜️
At Sakai City Teahouse Shin-an, a limited wagashi confection made by Okashitsukasa Tenjinmochi ( @tenjinmochi ) served at a tea gathering hosted by the Jordan Pavilion ( @visitjordan ) makes its debut!🍡
Enjoy a dreamlike sweet inspired by desert spaces with special contemporary-artist tea utensils that were used at the Expo🌌
Plus, on Friday the 20th (national holiday)…
There will also be a shamisen performance by Tsuruya Musical Instruments ( @tsuruya_music_instruments )✨
Spend a luxurious moment amid the atmosphere of the nationally registered tangible cultural property Shin-an♪
📅 Date and time: Friday, March 20 (national holiday) and Saturday, March 21
📍 Location: Sakai City Teahouse Shin-an
🍵 Admission: 1,000 yen (includes wagashi themed on a desert space) ※cash only
✅ No reservation required (15 seats per session, first-come, first-served)
⏰ Zashiki tea service times: 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:30 / 13:30 / 14:15
🪕 Shamisen performances: 20th (Fri, national holiday) 10:00 / 12:30 / 14:15
⚠️ The contemporary-artist tea utensils are limited in number.
🔍 For details, search “Himo Tokeba Sakai 2026”!
🔗 https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/news/detail/20251217133435...
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📣 "Himo Toke ba" Sakai Cycle Stroll will take place 🚲
Explore the moated area and other spots by bike using the limited "Himo Toke ba Sakai 2026 Stamp Passport" ✨
🚩Meet the conditions and receive a "Myaku Myaku × Haniwa Chief collaboration pin badge" as a later gift! 🎁
📅 Date and time: Sunday, March 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
📬 Applications: Until Tuesday, March 10
🔍 For details, search for "Himo Toke ba Sakai Cycle Stroll"!
🔗 https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/kurashi/doro/jitensha/sansou/himotokebasakaisansou.html...
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Our popular “Morning Yoga at the Temple”
Rental mats for the session on Sunday, March 8 are now down to only 2 slots left! 🧘♀️✨
Spend a luxurious, quiet moment in the main hall of Myohoji Temple,
listening to your own breath.
After balancing body and mind with yoga, the deputy chief priest will offer
・a gentle, warming morning rice porridge that’s kind to the body 🥣
・relaxing matcha and wagashi (Japanese sweets) 🍵🍡
as a special treat.
“I’ve been feeling unusually tired lately…”
“I want to reset my body and mind for spring”
This is the perfect pampering plan for those feelings.
Only 2 slots remain with rental mats included—first come, first served! Hurry up 💨
📅 Date and time: Sunday, March 8 — Gather at 8:20 AM
📍 Venue: Myohoji Temple (4-1-3 Nakanocho Higashi, Sakai Ward)
💰 Fee: 5,000 yen (rental mat +100 yen)
🔍 For details, search “Sakai Morning Yoga”
https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/tourism/detail/173...
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📣 Exhibition of works by artist Aju! ✨
We will display works by Aju, an artist living in Sakai City who designed the mural inside the Lawson Cafe at the Osaka–Kansai Expo venue, in Gallery Yanagi 2 at Sakai City Museum.
🗓️ Thursday, February 26 – Sunday, March 1
⏰ 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
📍 Sakai City Museum, Gallery Yanagi 2
💰 Free admission
🔍 For details, search “Sakai City Aju exhibition”!
🔗https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/kanko/bunka/art_kanrenjigyo/expo_legacy/artist_tenzi.html...
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🌈Sumo Wrestlers from Ajigawa Stable and Chanko Party After Morning Practice
❖Thursday, February 26 only!
Enjoy a post-practice social gathering with the wrestlers of Ajigawa stable, home to ozeki Aonishiki (a Ukrainian who won consecutive tournament titles), and share a bowl of chanko ahead of the Osaka tournament!✨
Before the chanko party, you will watch a bit of morning practice. After feeling the power of sumo, you can take photos and receive a commemorative shikishi board with Aonishiki’s handprint.
This event is organized with the cooperation of Matsubara City Tourism Association!✨
⭐Highlights
🔹Watch Ajigawa stable’s morning practice from seated chairs
🔹Take photos with the wrestlers
🔹Enjoy a social chanko hotpot with wrestlers after practice
🔹Includes a shikishi board with ozeki Aonishiki’s handprint
⭐Date and Time
📅 Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:50 AM–12:30 PM
💰 Participation fee: ¥15,000 (includes a commemorative gift 🎁)
📌 Application deadline: Noon the day before the event (first come, first served)
🔍For details and to apply, search “Sumo Wrestlers from Ajigawa Stable and Chanko Party After Morning Practice”
🔗 https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/tourism/detail/207...
We also offer a limited number of accommodation package plans titled “Stay at Hotel Agora and Support Wrestler Agoura” for participants. (Transfers between facilities are not included)
🔗 https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/tourism/detail/207...
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\ 14th Sakai Yosakoi Kaeru Festival is on 🐸✨ /
A day when the city of Sakai comes together through dance
The "Sakai Yosakoi Kaeru Festival" returns this year🎶
Across generations and roles,
Change people, rejuvenate, revive, transform the city, return to hometown
This is a Yosakoi festival born in Sakai with those hopes🌱
At the venue,
✨ Powerful Yosakoi performances
✨ Friendly spaces full of smiles
✨ Programs that connect with the local community
Will be in abundance!
From children to adults,
Whether it’s your first time or you already love Yosakoi,
This festival offers fun for everyone 😊
📅 Date and time: Sunday, March 1 — 10:00 to 18:00
📍 Location: Daisen Park [Large Lawn Plaza], BiG-i Multipurpose Hall
For details, check @sakai_kaeru!
🔍 Search for “Sakai Yosakoi Kaeru Festival” for more information!
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/sakai_kaeru...
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Discover Sakai as you visit and encounter its charms. “Himotoku Sakai 2026 ~OSAKA SAKAI EXPO~” is coming!
An interactive event that unravels Sakai.
This edition centers on the theme “OSAKA SAKAI EXPO”🔍
Enjoy tea service, hands-on experiences, and local gourmet treats to relive the Expo experience in Sakai!
Take part in a stamp rally using the limited "Himotoku Sakai" stamp passport to collect official pavilion stamps and more while touring Sakai!
Those who meet the conditions will receive a collaboration pin badge featuring Myakumyaku and Haniwa Bucho!✨
📅 Event dates: Friday, March 20th (public holiday) to Sunday, March 22nd
※The stamp rally runs from Sunday, March 1st to Tuesday, March 31st
📍 Location: Various locations in Sakai City
🔍 For details, search for “Himotoku Sakai 2026”!
🔗 https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/news/detail/20251217133435...
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♬ Sophia Sakai Planetarium February Screening Program Announcement ♬
We are announcing the Sophia Sakai Planetarium screening program running through Saturday, February 28.✨
(Closed: Mondays, February 24)
A new program features live commentary by an interpreter who will talk about constellations and the charms of the night sky!✩
Please come and visit☺♪
【Screening Program】
・The Night Sky Time with Live Commentary by an Interpreter
・Inazuma Delivery: A By‑the‑Way Space Journey!? — Encounter with a Black Hole —
・Shimajiro and the Wishing Star
・Maku‑maku’s Great Starry Adventure
・To the GRAND UNIVERSE — music by Joe Hisaishi (through Feb. 26)
・Nature‑rium: Aurora’s Melody — Exploring the Mysterious Light
・Rabi‑kun’s Space Trip (through Feb. 23)
・Seasons — The Star‑Falling Surface of the Water
📅 Through Saturday, February 28
📍 Sophia Sakai Planetarium (@sophiasakai_pla)
💰 Adults 600 yen Children 250 yen
👥 Capacity 140 people (first‑come, first‑served)
🔍For details, search for “Sophia Sakai Planetarium program”!
🔗 https://www.sofia-sakai.jp/planetarium/planetarium-program/...
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🚆A Tour to Visit the “Nankai Main Line Elevation” Construction Site Where You Can Go Up on the Viaduct👀
📣One Day Only: Saturday, March 28!
This special chance lets you go up onto the railway viaduct under construction and see the Nankai Main Line and the Hankai Tramway crossing point!
A walking tour along restricted access areas beside the Nankai Main Line “viaduct construction” route🚶🏻➡️
🔹Participants receive a rare railway collectible (not for sale) as a commemorative gift! 🎁
🔍Highlights
🔹 Suwanomori Old Station Building
🔹 A walk along the Nankai line through the viaduct construction area
🔹 A once-in-a-limited-time experience going up onto the viaduct before it opens
🔹 Hamadara Park Old Station Building
📅Date and Time
🔹 Saturday, March 28, 2026, 1:20 PM–3:00 PM
📍Suwanomori Old Station Building to Hamadara Park Old Station Building
💰Participation Fee
🔹 5,000 yen (includes commemorative gift🎁)
📌 Registration deadline: up to 3 days before the event date (first-come, first-served)
🔍For details and to apply, search for “A Tour to Visit the ‘Nankai Main Line Elevation’ Construction Site Where You Can Go Up on the Viaduct”!
🔗 https://www.sakai-tcb.or.jp/tourism/detail/205...
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