Sakurai
in Sakurai-shi of Nara-ken, Japan
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Osaka International Airport (31 mi) - Kansai International Airport (35 mi)
- Kobe Airport (37 mi)
- Chubu Centrair International Airport (60 mi)
- Nanki Shirahama Airport (64 mi)
- Tokushima Airport (75 mi)
- Nagoya Airport (80 mi)
- Gifu Airport (85 mi)
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (Unesco heritage, 10 mi)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (Unesco heritage, 12 mi)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (Unesco heritage, 34 mi)
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Himeji-jo (Unesco heritage, 69 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 34.500 and 135.850 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 34° 30' 0" and E 135° 51' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Yen - JPY
- Spoken languages:
- Japanese
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 12:55 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
- UTC/GMT offset: 9 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:09 am and 6:38 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -30.250 and -50.233 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pinhal - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Japan.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Japan. Last Update: 2024-04-27 08:23:39
Delve into Sakurai
Sakurai in Sakurai-shi (Nara-ken) with it's 62,964 habitants is located in Japan about 232 mi (or 374 km) west of Tokyo, the country's capital town.
Current time in Sakurai is now 12:55 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Asia / Tokyo with an UTC offset of 9 hours. We know of 8 airports close to Sakurai, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in Japan is Osaka International Airport in a distance of 31 mi (or 49 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Japan is Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area in a distance of 10 mi (or 17 km), North-West. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Kashihara-shi, Tenri, Ouda, Yamato-Takada and Gose. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 25°C / 78 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 58 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Night Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 49% |
| Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
23°C (74 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
23°C (74 °F)
20°C (67 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Kashihara Oak Hotel
(RYOKAN) Bizenya (Nara)
(RYOKAN) Taishoro Ryokan (Nara)
(RYOKAN) Tonomine Kanko Hotel
(RYOKAN) Kanko Ryokan Yamatoya(Nara)
(RYOKAN) 飛鳥の宿 祝戸荘
(RYOKAN) Itaniya
Kashihara Royal Hotel
Kashiwara City Hotel
(RYOKAN) Yoshinokan
Videos from this area
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Butterflies @ Kashihara City Insectarium, Nara Japan 2009/11/04.
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Nara Hasedera Temple (長谷寺）, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture
In Japan, there are multiple temples with the name of Hasedera. This Hasedera temple （長谷寺） is located in Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture. This temple was established in 686 AD...
JR桜井線 桜井駅にて(At Sakurai Station on the JR Sakurai Line)
JR桜井線の桜井駅を発着する電車を撮影しました。 I took the movie of train at Sakurai station on the JR Sakurai line.
Kintetsu Railway Hasedera Station （近鉄長谷寺駅）, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture
Kintetsu Railway Hasedera Station （近鉄長谷寺駅） is located in Sakurai City of Nara Prefecture. This station is a small station with great mountain views of Nara and is specifically...
倉橋ため池 奈良県桜井市 kurahasi sakurai
【 うろうろ近畿 】 大神神社 三輪明神 おおみわ神社 国重要文化財 拝殿 三つ鳥居 三輪山 登山 奈良県 櫻井市 Omiwa jinja shrine Sakurai City Nara
京奈和自動車道で奈良県へ三輪そうめん食べに半日旅行 櫻井市 大神神社おおみわ神社界隈を まわって来た画の1番です。 大神神社おおみわ...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Daifuku Station
Daifuku Station is a train station in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Sakurai Station (Nara)
Sakurai Station is a railway station in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Yamato-Asakura Station
Yamato-Asakura Station is a train station in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Miwa Station
Miwa Station is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sakurai Line (Man-yō Mahoroba Line) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Kaguyama Station
Kaguyama Station is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sakurai Line (Man-yō Mahoroba Line) in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Ōmiwa jinja
, also known as Miwa Shrine (三輪神社, Miwa-jinja, alternately written as 三輪明神 Miwa-myōjin), is a Shinto shrine located in Sakurai, Nara, Japan. The shrine is noted because it contains no sacred images or objects because it is believed to serve Mount Miwa, the mountain on which it stands. For the same reason, it has a worship hall, but no place for the deity to be housed . In this sense, it is a model of what the first Shinto shrines were like.
Abe Monju-in
Abe Monju-in is a Buddhist temple in the Abe area of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Dating to the seventh century, it houses a sculptural group by Kaikei, and a kofun within its grounds has been designated a Special Historic Site.
Yamada-dera
Yamada-dera was a Buddhist temple established in the Asuka period in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The area has been designated a Special Historic Site and forms part of a grouping of sites submitted in 2007 for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List: Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Sakurai.
桜井: Sakurai − Abemonju-in − Temple View, 桜井 (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Sakuri, Sakurai, ساكوراي, ساکورای، نارا, 桜井市, 桜井, 사쿠라이 시, Sakurai-chhī, Сакураи, Сакурай, 櫻井市
