Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
E54456
Sakai, in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is a historic city renowned for its ancient Mozu kofun burial mounds, traditional craftsmanship, and role as a major commercial center since medieval times.
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
→
municipality → |
| associatedWith |
Japanese tea ceremony
→
Sen no Rikyū → |
| borderedBy |
Fujiidera
→
Habikino → Hannan → Izumi → Osakasayama →
surface form:
Kawachinagano
Kishiwada NERFINISHED → Matsubara → Osaka →
surface form:
Osaka City
Osakasayama → Takaishi → |
| climate | humid subtropical climate → |
| contains |
Sakai Mozu Kofun Group
→
surface form:
Daisenryo Kofun
Sakai Mozu Kofun Group →
surface form:
Mozu Kofun Group
Sakai Mozu Kofun Group →
surface form:
Nintoku-tennō-ryō Kofun
|
| country | Japan → |
| governmentType | designated city → |
| hasAdministrativeStatusSince | 2006 → |
| hasPort |
Port of Sakai-Semboku
→
surface form:
Sakai-Senboku Port
|
| heritageStatus |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
→
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
|
| historicalRole |
autonomous merchant city in the Sengoku period
→
center of international trade in the 16th century → center of tea culture in the 16th century → major port city in medieval Japan → |
| knownFor |
Sakai Mozu Kofun Group
→
surface form:
Mozu kofun burial mounds
bicycle manufacturing → cutlery production → incense production → medieval commercial center → traditional craftsmanship → |
| locatedIn |
Kansai region
→
Osaka Prefecture → |
| locatedOn | Honshu → |
| majorIndustry |
bicycle industry
→
cutlery and kitchen knives → logistics → machinery manufacturing → steel and metalworking → |
| partOf |
Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area
→
surface form:
Greater Osaka metropolitan area
|
| populationEstimate | over 800000 inhabitants → |
| sisterCity |
Berkeley
→
surface form:
Berkeley, California, United States
Lanzhou →
surface form:
Lanzhou, China
Wellington →
surface form:
Wellington, New Zealand
|
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time → |
| transport |
connected by Hanshin Expressway
→
served by JR West rail lines → served by Nankai Electric Railway → |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2019 → |
| UNESCOListing |
Sakai Mozu Kofun Group
→
surface form:
Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group
|
| UTCOffset | +9 → |
Referenced by (2)
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