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Events

Update：2026/9/30

City-Affiliated Events

For events at Sakai City Museum, Mihara History 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:
　

  • Sakai Alphonse Mucha Museum - Mucha Art Exposition Returns
  • Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko - Make Tea in a Tea Ceremony Room

Made in Sakai Fair 2026

This event brings together traditional industries, local specialties from Sakai, food offerings, and a variety of hands-on experiences in one place.　
Date/time: November 14th (Sat), 15th (Sun) 10:00-16:00
Venue: Sakai City Industrial Promotion Center, event hall and others
Booths:

  • Sakai hidden gems market
  • Sakai sweets festival
  • Freshly harvested Sakai vegetable market
  • Knife-sharpening
  • Hand-crafting experience
  • Fire engines and police cars exhibition

Sakai-India Children’s Art Exhibition

Last year's poster

Date/time: November 4th (Wed) ~ 12th (Thur), 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, main building entrance hall
The exhibition will be displaying drawings about what Indian and Japanese children learn about each other’s country.

Czech Festival 2026 in Kansai

An annual tradition and a very popular event. Enjoy 3 days of Czech culture, such as Czech cuisine, beer & wine, Czech music, and folk performances!
Date/time:

  • October 23rd (Fri) 16:00-21:00
  • October 24th (Sat) 11:00-20:00
  • October 25th (Sun) 11:00-19:00

Place: Mina Sakai (Citizens Plaza)
Admission: Free

Kanaoka Fishing Park & BBQ (Kanaoka Park Pool Site Utilisation Project)

The former Kanaoka Park Pool, which closed due to aging facilities, has been transformed into a recreational venue where visitors can enjoy fishing and barbecues year-round, as well as a water play area during the summer season (already closed for FY2026). The site also offers pickleball, a sport that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
Hours: 10:00-16:00 on weekends, public holidays, and Wednesdays through Fridays (reservation required)
Activities: Fishing pond, pickleball, children's play area, barbecue facilities (poolside areas etc.) and a dog park
For more details, click here (Japanese).

ASEAN Photo Contest Exhibition 2026

Date/time: October 24th (Sat) ~ November 6th (Fri), 9:00-21:00
Location: Sakai City Hall, high rise building, 1F north lobby
Admission: Free
Fifty works, including the winning entries from this year's ASEAN Photo Contest submitted during July and August will be exhibited. The contest invited professional and amateur photographers to submit photographs related to ASEAN countries. This year, marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Singapore and the 70th anniversary of the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Philippines, two photographs that won the Special Award featuring the two countries will also be exhibited.

Last year's winning piece

GIORNO ARTE 2026

Following the summer exhibition, the glass walls inside the Giorno shopping mall in Sakaihigashi have once again been transformed into works of art! Local children created paintings by applying paint directly to their hands and painting on the glass. This time’s theme is “the night parade of one hundred yokai goblins and monsters”. Be sure to stop by and take a look while you're shopping! Admission is free.
Date/time: Until October 31st (Sat), 10:00-20:00
Venue: Giorno, 2F & 3F
Access: 200 meters south of Sakaihigashi station on the Nankai Koya line

Otohime’s Holiday Festival

This is an event held along the Old Sakai Port waterside promenade where visitors can spend time at dusk while enjoying the sea breeze. You can enjoy all kinds of gourmet foods, workshops that children can join, music by artists.
Date/time: November 7th (Sat) 12:00-19:00, 8th (Sun) 11:00-18:00
Venue: Old Sakai Port (around 3 Ohamakita-machi, Sakai-ku)
Closest station: Nankai line Sakai station, west exit
Fee: Free, (food stalls and workshops are fee-charged)
Canceled in case of stormy weather.

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