Sakaishi Station

Osaka Junior College of Social Health and Welfare (大阪健康福祉短期大学, Ōsaka Kenkō Fukushi Tanki Daigaku) is a junior college in Sakai-ku, Sakai Sakai, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the Midori Gakuen network. The origin of the institute was the Osaka Childcare Laboratory, established in 1979. In 1985, a professional school for childcare was founded. Later, a professional school for carework was founded. In 2002, the professional school became a junior college.

Sakai Women's Junior College (堺女子短期大学, Sakai joshi tanki daigaku) is a private women's junior college in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. The precursor of the school was founded in 1922, and it was chartered as a university in 1965.

Asaka Station (浅香駅, Asaka-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Mikunigaoka Station (三国ヶ丘駅 (Nankai) / 三国ケ丘駅 (JR West), Mikunigaoka-eki) is a junction railway station located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan. It is jointly operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway.

Sakaihigashi Station (堺東駅, Sakaihigashi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Higashi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK56".

Asakayama Station (浅香山駅, Asakayama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK55".

Sakai-ku (堺区) is a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 23.69 km² and a population of 147,413. The population density is 6,223 per square kilometer.The wards of Sakai were established when Sakai became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2006. The city has its municipal headquarters in Sakai-ku and Sakai City Museum is located in the area.

Sakai (Japanese: 堺市, Hepburn: Sakai-shi) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its kofun, keyhole-shaped burial mounds dating from the fifth century. The kofun in Sakai include the largest grave in the world by area, Daisen Kofun. Once known for swords, Sakai is now famous for the quality of its cutlery. As of 1 January 2022, the city had an estimated population of 819,965, making it the fourteenth most populous city in Japan (excluding Tokyo).

Mozuhachiman Station (百舌鳥八幡駅, Mozuhachiman-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK58".

Sugimotochō Station (杉本町駅, Sugimotochō-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Hanwa Line in Sugimoto Sanchome, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

The Sakai incident (堺事件, Sakai Jiken) was a diplomatic incident that occurred on March 8, 1868, in Bakumatsu period Japan involving the deaths of eleven French sailors from the French corvette Dupleix in the port of Sakai near Osaka, Japan. It is also known as the Senshū Sakai incident (泉州堺事件) or the Myōkoku-ji incident (妙国寺事件), and was one of three major diplomatic incidents involving attacks on foreigners in Japan in 1868, the others being the Kobe Incident and the attempted assassination of Harry Parkes.

The Mozu Tombs (百舌鳥古墳群, Mozu kofungun) are a group of kofun (Japanese: 古墳)—megalithic tombs—in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Originally consisting of more than 100 tombs, fewer than 50% of the key-hole, round, and rectangular tombs remain. The Daisenryo Kofun (大仙陵古墳, Daisenryō kofun), the largest kofun in Japan, is believed to have been constructed over a period of 20 years in the mid 5th century during the Kofun Period. While it cannot be accurately confirmed, it is commonly accepted that the tomb was built for the late Emperor Nintoku. The Imperial Household Agency of Japan treats it as such.