Sakai City Cultural Foundation

In ancient times, Sakai City prospered as the center of Tumulus culture,　represented by the Nintoku-ryo Tumulus which dominates the city's landscape. During the Medieval period, Sakai flourished as a liberal, self-governing city surrounded by moats, and served as the origin of Japan's tea culture.
With this rich cultural heritage and tradition, the Sakai City Cultural Foundation is implementing various cultural programs to actively promote cultural initiatives, carried out at the hands of it's citizens. Our two main objectives are the promotion and activation of civic and urban cultures, that are both attractive and unique; and to develop Sakai as a city that appeals to the rest of the world through it's policy of cultural invigoration.

The access map to all institutions (Japanese only)

Sakai Shimin Kaikan

Adress

2-1-1, Okinabashi, Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka, 590-0061
Map

Telephone

072-238-1481

Facsimile

072-238-1484

Facility

Main Hall(1,395-seat) Stage Plan, First floor Seating Plan, Second floor Seating Plan, Small Hall(256-seat) Stage Plan, Seating Plan, Reception room（L,S）Conference room, Wedding Hall

Opening Hours

9:00am-10:00pm

Closure day

2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month (in the case of public holiday, it is the next day), year end and New Year

Access

10 minutes walk from "Sakaihigashi" Sta., Nankai Koya Line In front of "Ichijyodori" Nankai bus stop (from Nankai Koya Line/JR Hanwa Line "Mikunigaoka" Sta. , the South exit of Nankai Line "Sakai" Sta., Nankai Koya Line/Semboku-kosoku Line/Subway Mido-suji Line "Nakamozu" Sta.)

Parking area

134 spaces
\150/30min

Toga Bunka Kaikan

Adress

2-1-2, Momoyama-dai, Minami-ku, Sakai, Osaka, 590-0015
Map

Telephone

072-296-0015

Facsimile

072-291-7083

Facility

Hall(714-seat)　Stage Plan,　Seating Plan, Music studio, Audio Visual room, Lecture room, Conference room, Japanese-style room, Cooking room, Pottery room

Opening Hours

9:00am-10:00pm

Closure day

Monday of every month (except 16,30April2007), year end and New Year

Access

In front of "Toga-Mikita" sta., Semboku-kosoku Line
※with no Parking area

Westy（Nishi Bunka Kaikan）

Adress

7 minutes walk from "Otori" station, JR Hanwa Line
In front of "Otori/Nishi-kuyakusho-mae" Nankai bus stop
Map

Telephone

072-275-0120

Facsimile

072-275-0130

Facility

Hall(545-seat, maximum 701-seat) Stage Plan, Seating Plan, Gallery, Music Studio, Lesson room, Audio Visual room, Cooking room, Craft room, Multipurpose Seminar room, Tea Ceremony/Flower Arrangment room,etc

Opening Hours

9:00am-10:00pm

Closure day

Every Monday, the day following a public holiday (in the case of Saturday to Monday, it is the next Tuesday), year end and New Year
※3.4.5May2007 is open.

Access

7 minutes walk from "Otori" station, JR Hanwa Line
In front of "Otori/Nishi-kuyakusho-mae" Nankai bus stop
(from Nankai Koya Line "Sakaihigashi" sta., "Kitanoda" sta., Semboku-kosoku Line "Toga-Mikita" sta., Nankai Line "Hamadera" sta.)

Parking area

82 spaces
First 1hr:\200 after that, \100/30min

Bunka Kan Sakai City Cultural Hall

Adress

1-2-200, Tadei-cho, Belle Marge Sakai, 2nd - 4th Floor, Nibankan Building, Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka, 590-0014
Map

Telephone

072-222-5533

Facsimile

072-222-6833

Facility

Yosano Akiko Museum, Alphonse Mucha Museum, Gallery(Second floor Gallery Plan,　 Third floor Gallery Plan)

Opening Hours

Yosano Akiko Museum, Alphonse Mucha Museum
9:30am-5:15pm (Entry until 4:30pm)
Gallery
9:30am-7:00pm

Museum Admission

■Adult
individual/\500
group(20 persons or more)/\400 ■High School and University Student
individual/\300
group(20 persons or more)/\240 ■Primary and Junior High School Student
individual/\100
group(20 persons or more)/\840 Free of charge: Preschool children, the disabled and those 65-year-old and over. (Please show certification on entry.)
The above admission cost includes consumption tax.

Closure day

Every Monday(in the case of a public holiday, it is open), the day following a public holiday (in the case of Saturday or Monday or a public holiday, it is open), year end and New Year（There are extraordinary closure days for display changes)

Access

In front of "Sakai-shi" sta., JR Hanwa Line

Parking area

340 spaces
\300/1hr , free until 30min

YOSANO AKIKO (1878―1942)

Born into the famous Surugaya Confectionery family in Kaino-cho, Sakai, in 1878 she was a composer of tanka (thirty-one-syllable verse) through the three eras of Meiji, Taisho and Showa.

Dubbed the "Poetess of Passion", she was one of the leading figures in the history of modern literature, the wife of Yosano Tekkan, who was also a writer, and the mother of 11 children.

Her "Midare-gami", published in 1901, which sung the praises of her boundless love for her husband and the fresh feelings of youth, was highly popular among the younger generation and is considered a masterpiece of Romanticism.

A devoted student of ancient literature, she dedicated herself throughout her life to translating such classics as the Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji) into modern Japanese. She also wrote countless essays on the rights of women and played an active role in advancing women's education. The accomplishments of Yosano Akiko, a pioneer in the struggle for the liberation of women and a fearless activist in a wide variety of fields, seem endless.

ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860―1939)

Alphonse Mucha, one of the best-known Art Nouveau illustrators and painters, was born in lvancice (now the Czech Republic) in 1860. After studying art in Munich, he moved to Paris where he produced the Gismonda poster featuring the great actress Sarah Bernhardt, establishing his fame throughout Paris.

His works are characterized by a decorative style of gently flowing curves and beautiful colors. He often employed Byzantine or Celtic decorative patterns and the decorative modes of his native country, and because his works reflect the influence of ukiyoe, they are easily appreciated by the Japanese.

The world of Yosano Akiko's poems is strongly characterized by Art Nouveau elements and Mucha's works were often featured on the cover of Myojo, the journal that was the platform for Yosano Akiko and Tekkan.

Mucha was also a talented designer and produced many outstanding works in the field of graphic design and all genre of design as well. His Documents Decoratifs and Figures Decoratives are highly evaluated even today as design textbooks.

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