Sakai Osaka is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and include Daisen Kofun, the largest grave in the world by area.
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11 Facts About Sakai Osaka
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Sakai Osaka has a Humid subtropical climate characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.
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Sakai Osaka is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the 5th century.
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Medieval Sakai Osaka was an autonomous city run by merchant oligarchs.
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Sakai Osaka mentioned that the city was "governed by consuls like Venice in Italy".
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Sakai Osaka's citizens denied his order and pitched a desperate battle against his army.
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In 1615, Sakai was razed to the ground in the SummerCampaign of the Siege of Osaka between the Toyotomi clan and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Sakai Osaka was restored as an important trade center during the Edo period but was involved only in inland trade due to the sakoku policy of the Tokugawa shogunate, which isolated Japan from the outside world.
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Sakai Osaka was traditionally dependent on heavy industry and its port.
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However, after the period of high economic growth after War War II, along with the development and expansion of the Osaka metropolitan area, Sakai has lso increased become a satellite city for Osaka metropolis, as represented by the development of Senboku New Town.
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Sakai Osaka has 98 public elementary schools and 43 public middle schools operated by the city government.
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