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Sakai City
Fukui Prefecture · City
Official websiteFukui Prefecture page
Sakai City is the second city of the prefecture after Fukui City. It has Tojinbo, a scenic cliff on the Sea of Japan. Maruoka Castle, with its old surviving keep, the Brief Messages from the Heart Museum, and the townscape of Mikuni Port, which prospered with Kitamaebune ships, are well known. Its six-row barley ranks 1st in Japan and its buckwheat 10th.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
CastleMaruoka CastleJapanese castle in Fukui Prefecture
Place of scenic beautyTojinbolandform
Buddhist templeTakidan-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Sakai, Fukui, Japan
MuseumBrief Messages from the Heart Museummuseum in Sakai, Fukui prefecture, Japan
IslandOshimaisland in Sakai, Fukui, Japan
AquariumEchizen Matsushima Aquarium- Amusement parkShibamasa World
Buddhist templeShonen-ji TempleBuddhist temple of the Yugyō-ha sect in Sakai, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Mikuniroadside station in Sakai, Fukui prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Sakairoadside station in Sakai, Fukui prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Fukui Prefecture
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