Events
Update：2024/3/28
- Children’s Day Decorations at Traditional Townhouse Museums
- Sakai Knife Festival
- Foreign Language Picture Books
- Naniwa Honzome (chusen) Exhibition and Sale
- Azaleas at the Asakayama Greenway
- International Women’s Sumo Invitational Championship, Sakai
City-Affiliated Events
For events at Harvest Hill, Sakai City Museum, Mihara History Museum, Sophia Sakai, Fenice Sacay, Alphonse Mucha Museum and Sakai Plaza of Rikyu & Akiko, please see our Museum & Facilities page. Below are some highlights of what's going on in the next two months:
- Flowers, bike experience and Strawberry Crepes at Harvest Hill
- New exhibition at Alphonse Mucha Museum
- New tea season Sakai Marche at Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko
Check the Flower Calendar page for upcoming blooming flower information!
There will be cherry blossoms, wisteria and azaleas blooming around Sakai.
Children’s Day Decorations at Traditional Townhouse Museums
The Old Gunsmith Workshop and Residence, Seigakuin and the Yamaguchi Residence will display samurai armors that have been handed down for generations. The Yamaguchi Residence will also be decorated by a big carp streamer that is hand-painted by a craft master designated by Osaka prefecture.
Exhibition Period: May 1st ~ 27th, 10:00-17:00 (last entrance 16:30)
Access:
・Old Gunsmith Workshop and Residence: 5-minute walk from Takasujinsha station (Hankai Line) and Shichido station (Nankai Line)
・Yamaguchi Residence: 3-minute walk from Ayanocho Station (Hankai Line)
・Seigakuin: 5-minute walk from Takasu Jinsha Station (Hankai Line) or Shichido Station (Nankai Line)
Workshop at Yamaguchi Residence
Dates: May 3rd (Friday, public holiday)
Contents: Painting a carp streamer
Time: 10:30~, 13:30~ (each session will take around 1 hour)
Capacity: 6 people per session (first-come first served)
Fee: 1000 yen plus admission (200 yen)
Application: Phone or FAX 072-224-1155
Sakai Knife Festival
This popular event will take place this year again!
Date/time: April 13th ~14th, 10:00-16:00
Admission: free
Venue: Sakai Industrial Promotion Center (nearby Nakamozu station)
● Exhibition and on-the-spot sale of Sakai knives
● Fish fillet lesson (only on the 13th from 10:30 and 13:30, fee charging)
● Knife sharpening (fee-charging, until 14:00 on the 13th and 12:00 on the 14th - fee-charging)
● Traditional metal tempering performance (for handcrafted knife making) on both days at 10:30 and 13:30
● Daikon radish peeling competition, on both days 11:00-13:00
There will also be food trucks and events at the Children Square.
Foreign Language Picture Books
There is an exhibition of picture books donated by Soroptimist International of Sakai last year.
After the exhibition has ended, from May the 1st, you may borrow the books. This time we have a lot of Chinese books. Other than this exhibition, in Sakai City libraries we have picture books in English, Chinse, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog and more. Why don’t you take this opportunity to read picture books to your children in the language of your own country?
Date: April 2nd ~ April 30th
Place: Central library lobby
Naniwa Honzome (chusen) Exhibition and Sale
In Naka Ward Office, there is a Naniwa Honzome (traditional hand-dyeing) exhibition. You can purchase the articles on the 17th and 18th and on the 18th there is also a tie-dyeing workshop called 'sekka shibori'.
Date and time: May 13th~18th 9:30-16:00
Location: 1F Entrance Hall, Naka Ward Office
Tie-dyeing workshop
Time: 10:00~, 11:00~, 13:30~, 14:30~ , 15:30~ (8 people each session)
Fee: 1760 yen
To Apply: Please apply prior by phone (072-270-8181), or fax (072-270-8101)
Azaleas at the Asakayama Greenway
Around 2500 azalea bushes will reach peak bloom around late April. You can leisurely walk along the 600m walkway while enjoying the flowers! Did you know that the azalea is Sakai City’s official flowering bush? Visit the Flower Calendar page for more information.
Nearest station: Asaka station (JR Hanwa Line), Asakayama station (Nankai Koya Line), Aisengakuen-mae bus stop (Nankai bus).
International Women’s Sumo Invitational Championship, Sakai
Day of Competition: April 7th, 10:00-16:00
Venue: Sumo Stadium, Ohama Park
Athletes from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Thailand are set to participate. Come and directly see the intense action!