Sakai

E8407

city municipality

Sakai is a major Japanese city in Osaka Prefecture known historically as a prosperous port and merchant center and today as an important industrial and cultural hub.

Aliases (1)

Sakai Campus ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
contains	Daisenryo Kofun → Mozu Kofun Group →
country	Japan →
hasCulturalInstitution	Sakai City Museum → Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko →
hasCulturalPropertyType	kofun burial mounds →
hasGovernmentForm	mayor–council government →
hasIndustry	chemicals → logistics → machinery manufacturing → metalworking → steel →
hasPort	Port of Sakai-Senboku →
hasRailConnection	JR West Hanwa Line → Nankai Main Line → Sakai Tramway (Hankai Line) →
historicalEraOfProsperity	Muromachi period → Sengoku period →
historicalRole	merchant city → port city →
knownFor	Japanese kitchen knives → cultural hub → industrial hub → merchant culture → prosperous port in medieval Japan → tea ceremony history → traditional cutlery production → tumulus burial mounds →
language	Japanese →
leaderTitle	Mayor →
locatedIn	Kansai region → Osaka Prefecture →
locatedOn	Osaka Bay →
partOf	Greater Osaka metropolitan area →
regionCode	JP-27 →
timeZone	Japan Standard Time →
twinCity	Berkeley, California → Lanzhou → Tainan → Wellington →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group →
UTCOffset	+9 →
writingSystem	Japanese writing system →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Habikino → Izumi → Kishiwada →	locatedNear
Kansai International Airport → Nankai Main Line →	cityServed
Sakai City Museum → Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko →	locatedIn
Hanwa Line → Port of Sakai-Semboku →	locatedInCity
Kansai region → Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area →	majorCity
Osaka Bay →	borderedBy
Sakai Takashi →	familyName
Kansai University ("Sakai Campus") →	hasCampus
Osaka Prefecture →	hasMajorCity
Matsubara →	hasNeighbouringMunicipality
Wellington →	hasSisterCity
Matsubara →	hasTransportConnectionTo
Muromachi period →	majorUrbanCenter
Yumeshima →	nearbyCity
Osaka Metro →	serves