Mark Horner

History | Famous places | Transport : Rail : Road
🇯🇵 Sakurai is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
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History Sakurai was briefly the capital of Japan during the reign of Emperor Yūryaku. The life of the Imperial court was centered at Hatsuse no Asakura Palace where the emperor lived in 457–479. Other emperors also built palaces in the area, including • Iware no Mikakuri Palace, 480–484 in reign of Emperor Seinei • Nimiki Palace, 499–506 in reign of Emperor Buretsu • Iware no Tamaho Palace, 526–532 in reign of Emperor Keitai • Hinokuma no Iorino Palace, 535-539 in reign of Emperor Senka • Osata no Sakitama Palace or Osada no Miya, 572–585 in reign of Emperor Bidatsu

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.
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Famous places • Buddhist temples ◦ Miwasanbyōdō-ji; ◦ Hase-dera; ◦ Asuka-dera; ◦ Tachibana-dera; ◦ Abe Monju-in; ◦ Seirin-ji; • Shinto shrines; ◦ Ōmiwa Shrine; ◦ Tanzan Shrine; ◦ Kasayamakō Shrine; ◦ Tamatsura Shrine
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Transport: Rail • West Japan Railway Company; ◦ Sakurai Line (Man-yō Mahoroba Line): Makimuku Station - Miwa Station - Sakurai Station • Kintetsu Railway; ◦ Osaka Line: Daifuku Station - Sakurai Station - Yamato-Asakura Station - Hasedera Station
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Transport: Road • Japan National Route 165 • Japan National Route 166 • Japan National Route 169
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Asia/Tokyo/Nara

Image: Photo by Atsadawut Chaiseeha on Unsplash

Sakurai has a population of over 58,386 people. Sakurai also forms one of the centres of the wider Nara Prefecture which has a population of over 1,321,805 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Sakurai see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities include:

🇫🇷 Chartres, France 🇯🇵 Kumano, Japan 🇯🇵 Taisha, Japan

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