Sakurai,_Nara

Sakurai, Nara

Sakurai, Nara

City in Kansai, Japan

Sakurai (桜井市, Sakurai-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 58,386, and 24,629 households.[1] The population density is 590 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,500/sq mi), and the total area is 98.92 square kilometres (38.19 sq mi).[2]

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History

Sakurai was briefly the capital of Japan during the reign of Emperor Yūryaku.[3] The life of the Imperial court was centered at Hatsuse no Asakura Palace where the emperor lived in 457–479.[4] Other emperors also built palaces in the area, including

The modern city was founded on September 1, 1956.

Sakurai is home to Ōmiwa Shrine, traditionally considered one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan dedicated to the god of sake. Sake dealers across Japan often hang a wooden sugi ball, made at Ōmiwa Shrine, as a talisman to the god of sake. It was featured in Yukio Mishima's novel Runaway Horses.

Famous places

Transportation

Rail

Road

Sister cities

In Japan

Outside Japan

References

  1. [1]
    "Official website of Sakurai city" (in Japanese). Japan: Sakurai City. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. [2]
    "面積および地勢" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sakurai City. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. [3]
    Ponsonby-Fane. (1915). The Imperial Family of Japan, p. 13.
  4. [4]
    Koch, W. (1904). Japan; Geschichte nach japanischen Quellen und ethnographische Skizzen. Mit einem Stammbaum des Kaisers von Japan, p. 13.
  5. [5]
    Ponsonby-Fane, p. 14; excerpt, "Mikaguri Palace"
  6. [6]
    Ponsonby-Fane, p. 15.
  7. [7]
    Ponsonby-Fane, p. 16.
  8. [8]
    Ponsonby-Fane, p. 17.
  9. [9]
    Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 262-263; excerpt, "... palace was Osada no Miya of Iware in the province of Yamato."
  10. [10]
    Ponsonby-Fane, p. 18.

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