Events
Update：2025/8/1
- Orchestra to enjoy with the family
- Lunchboxes of the World
- ASEAN Photo Contest 2025
- Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai Japan is underway!
- Sakai-India Children’s Art Exhibition
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:
- Thematic Exhibition: Sakai's Treasures at Sakai City Museum
- Sunflowers at Harvest Hill
- Hand-Shaved Kelp Demonstration at Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum
In addition, please see our Historical Sites page for another event:
- Thematic Exhibition: Architecture of the Old Gunsmith Workshop and Residence – Secrets Above and Below the Ground
Orchestra to enjoy with the family
© Iijima Riku
Date/time: August 9th (Sat), performance starts at 14:00 (all seats reserved)
Ticket prices: Adults 2,000 yen, children (ages 5 to elementary school) 1,000 yen, parent & child set (1 adult + 1 child) 2,500 yen. ※Children 4 years old and under are not permitted to enter.
Venue: Artebell Hall (Sakai City Mihara Cultural Hall)
Programme:
- Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker
- Czech Folk Song: Green Pastures
Ticket Purchase: Available at the Mihara Cultural Hall ticket counter (same-day tickets may be available), or reserve online via the hall’s website. Also available through CN Playguide (TEL: 0570-08-9999).
Lunchboxes of the World
This is a workshop where children can experience the lifestyles and cultures of various countries by creating lunchbox-themed crafts and illustrations, and by looking at picture books that feature lunchboxes. Be sure to join!
Date/time: August 8th (Fri), 10:30-12:00
Venue: Naka Library, 1F meeting room
Access: Fukai station on the Nankai Semboku line, located in Sophia Sakai (Library building)
Fee: Free
Eligibility: Children aged 4 and up
Capacity: 20 participants (first-come, first-served)
Registration: Accepting applications in person at the library, by phone (072-270-8140), or by fax (072-270-8149)
ASEAN Photo Contest 2025
We invite you to submit photos that highlight the appeal of the ASEAN nations (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam) in scenery, people, history, culture and more. We also accept photos such as ASEAN food that you’ve made at home, or where you could feel the ASEAN culture in Japan, too.
The winners (the top 10 entrants) will be awarded famous goods of Sakai. In addition, the photographs of the top 50 entrants will be displayed between October 21st (Tue) ~ November 3rd (Mon, public holiday), on the first floor of Sakai City Hall high rise building.
Application period: Until 23:00, August 31st (Sun) 2025
Application method: Sakai electronic application system (can’t apply by post)
Application conditions:
- 1 photograph per person
- Must be 18 years or older. Can be amateur or professional.
- A photograph that the creator has not yet published (regardless of date of photoshoot)
- Do not infringe on the copyrights, portrait rights or any other rights of a third party
- Do not violate the laws, public orders and morals
- Photos cannot be overly photoshopped to add or erase objects (colour or saturation adjustments and trimming is allowed)
- 3.8million megapixels (2,200 x 1,600 pixels) and over, either in JPEG/PNG style (less than 10MB)
The photo is a winning piece from last year.
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai Japan is underway! Until October 13th (Mon)
©Expo 2025
To showcase the appeals of Sakai to visitors from both Japan and abroad, a special cultural exchange event is scheduled for Thursday, September 25th at the Expo venue. The event will feature live stage demonstrations and hands-on experiences of Sakai’s traditional industries.
For the official Expo website, click here
For information about Sakai’s events, click here
Sakai-India Children’s Art Exhibition
Period: August 12th (Tue) ~ 22nd (Fri), 9:00-21:00
Starts at 13:00 on the first day and ends at 16:00 on the last day
Venue: Sakai City Hall high rise building, 1F, north lobby
The exhibition will be displaying drawings about what Indian and Japanese children learn about each other’s countries.