Minami-ku, Sakai

Senboku New Town (泉北ニュータウン, Senboku Nyū Taun) is an area in the Minami Ward of Sakai, Osaka and Izumi, Osaka, Japan. With an area of 1,557 hectares, its population is about 150,000. Sections of the New Town include Izumigaoka (population about 67,000), Toga (population about 39,000) and Komyoike (population about 36,000). The area is served by the Semboku Rapid Railway.

Toga-Mikita Station (栂・美木多駅, Toga-Mikita eki) is a passenger railway station located in Minami-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Semboku Rapid Railway. It is station number SB04.

Mitami Shrine Mitami-jinja 美多彌神社 (also 美多弥神社) is a Shinto shrine in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is located in Senboku New Town near Komyoike Station. It is accessible on the Nankai bus line or the Semboku Rapid Railway. Mitami-jinja is mentioned in the Heian period chronicle Engishiki compiled in the early tenth century. The shrine buildings were destroyed by Oda Nobunaga's troops in 1577, but they were rebuilt in 1592 by Wada Dosan 和田道讃. Deities enshrined here include Ame-no-Koyane no mikoto (天児屋根命), Kumano no ookami (熊野大神), Itsukushima no ookami (厳島大神), Ookuninushi no mikoto (大国主命), Tenjin (Sugawara no Michizane, 菅原大神), Hachiman (八幡大神), Kotohira ookami (琴平大神), Susanoo no mikoto (素盞鳴男命) and Mikumari no kami (天水分大神). The shrine is famous locally for its comparatively large population of Lithocarpus glaber (Shiribukagashi シリブカガシ).

Sakurai Shrine (桜井神社, Sakurai jinja, also 櫻井神社) is a Shinto shrine located in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded at an unknown date and holds its annual festival on the first Sunday in October. It enshrines Emperor Ōjin, Emperor Chūai, and Empress Jingū as kami. The oratory (拝殿, haiden) is designated as the only Japanese National Treasure in Sakai City.

Kōmyōike Station (光明池駅, Kōmyōike eki) is a passenger railway station located in Minami-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Semboku Rapid Railway. It is station number SB05. It is named for Kōmyōike Pond, an artificial lake that dates from 1936 and is itself named for Empress Kōmyō. A small monument at the lake commemorates the work of the Korean laborers who constructed it

Izumigaoka Station (泉ヶ丘駅, Izumigaoka eki) is a passenger railway station located in Minami-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Nankai Electric Railway. It is station number NK89.

Naka-ku (中区) is a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 17.94 km2 and a population of 121,377. The population density is 6,766 per square kilometer. The name means "Central Ward." The wards of Sakai were established when Sakai became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2006.

Izumi-Chūō Station (和泉中央駅, Izumi-Chūō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Semboku Rapid Railway.

Poole Gakuin College (プール学院大学短期大学部, Pūru Gakuin Daigaku Tanki Daigakubu) was a private Christian junior college in Minami-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.The college was established in 1950 and closed in 2021.

St. Andrew's University of Education (桃山学院教育大学, Momoyama gakuin kyōiku daigaku), formerly Poole Gakuin University (プール学院大学, Pũru Gakuin Daigaku), is a Christian private university in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. It is a part of the Momoyama Gakuin (学校法人桃山学院) organization. Poole Gakuin College received university status in 1995 and the university's first year began in 1996. It had an intercultural studies program as its first four-year program. The Japan University Accreditation Association accredited the university in 2001.

Fukai Station (深井駅, Fukai eki) is a passenger railway station located in Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Nankai Electric Railway. It is station number NK88.

Momoyama Gakuin University (桃山学院大学, Momoyama gakuin daigaku), also known as Saint Andrew's University, is a private university, established under Anglican Christian auspices, in Izumi, Osaka.