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Sakurai, Nara
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Sakurai (桜井市, Sakurai-shi) is a ceety in Nara, Japan.
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Sakurai 桜井市 | |
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![]() View o Omiwa Shrine, ane o sightseein spots in Sakurai | |
![]() Location o Sakurai in Nara Prefectur | |
Coordinates: 34°31′N 135°51′E | |
Kintra | Japan |
Region | Kansai |
Prefectur | Nara Prefectur |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Akira Hasegawa |
Area | |
• Total | 98.92 km2 (38.19 sq mi) |
Population (December 28, 2011) | |
• Total | 60,705 |
• Density | 613.68/km2 (1,589.4/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
Postal code(s) | 633-8585 |
- Tree | Cryptomeria |
- Flouer | Prunus jamasakura |
Phone number | 0744-42-9111 |
Address | 432-1 Ōaza Ōdono 633-8585 |
Website | City of Sakurai |
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As o 2007, the ceety haed an estimatit population o 63,321 wi a density o 630.01 bodies per km². The tot aurie is 98.92 km².
The ceety wis foondit on September 1, 1956.
Sakurai is hame tae Ōmiwa Shrine, tradeetionally considered ane o the auoldest Shinto shrines in Japan dedicatit tae the god o sake. Sake dealers athort Japan aften hang a widden sugi ball, made at Ōmiwa Shrine, as a talisman tae the god o sake. It features in Yukio Mishima's novel Runaway Horses.