Sakai, Fukui

Sakai is located in far northern Fukui Prefecture, bordered by the city of Awara and Ishikawa Prefecture to the north and the Sea of Japan to the northeast, The city of Fukui borders the city to the south. The Kuzuryū River flows through the city.

• Fukui Prefecture
• Awara
• Eiheiji
• Fukui
• Katsuyama
• Ishikawa Prefecture
• Kaga

Sakai has a Humid climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sakai is 14.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2476 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C.{{Cite web |title=Sakai climate: Weather Sakai & temperature by month |url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/fukui-prefecture/sakai-715115/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=en.climate-data.org}}

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|location = Mikuni, Sakai (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present)

|Jan record high C = 16.4

|Feb record high C = 20.9

|Mar record high C = 26.9

|Apr record high C = 28.8

|May record high C = 33.4

|Jun record high C = 34.9

|Jul record high C = 38.9

|Aug record high C = 39.7

|Sep record high C = 37.6

|Oct record high C = 32.3

|Nov record high C = 26.6

|Dec record high C = 21.8

|Jan record low C = -6.8

|Feb record low C = -6.8

|Mar record low C = -4.0

|Apr record low C = -1.6

|May record low C = 3.4

|Jun record low C = 9.4

|Jul record low C = 14.4

|Aug record low C = 15.0

|Sep record low C = 9.0

|Oct record low C = 2.5

|Nov record low C = -0.5

|Dec record low C = -4.4

|Jan high C = 6.9

|Feb high C = 7.4

|Mar high C = 11.0

|Apr high C = 16.3

|May high C = 21.1

|Jun high C = 24.3

|Jul high C = 28.4

|Aug high C = 30.2

|Sep high C = 26.2

|Oct high C = 21.0

|Nov high C = 15.5

|Dec high C = 9.8

|Jan mean C = 3.5

|Feb mean C = 3.7

|Mar mean C = 6.7

|Apr mean C = 11.8

|May mean C = 16.7

|Jun mean C = 20.5

|Jul mean C = 24.7

|Aug mean C = 26.2

|Sep mean C = 22.3

|Oct mean C = 16.8

|Nov mean C = 11.2

|Dec mean C = 6.1

|Jan low C = 0.5

|Feb low C = 0.4

|Mar low C = 2.7

|Apr low C = 7.5

|May low C = 12.8

|Jun low C = 17.4

|Jul low C = 21.9

|Aug low C = 23.0

|Sep low C = 18.8

|Oct low C = 13.0

|Nov low C = 7.3

|Dec low C = 2.8

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 206.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 123.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 138.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 125.0

|May precipitation mm = 139.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 155.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 228.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 147.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 218.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 159.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 182.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 253.9

|year precipitation mm = 2079.2

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 23.4

|Feb precipitation days = 18.1

|Mar precipitation days = 15.5

|Apr precipitation days = 11.6

|May precipitation days = 10.6

|Jun precipitation days = 10.7

|Jul precipitation days = 12.0

|Aug precipitation days = 8.8

|Sep precipitation days = 11.6

|Oct precipitation days = 12.5

|Nov precipitation days = 16.6

|Dec precipitation days = 23.4

|Jan sun = 56.5

|Feb sun = 93.3

|Mar sun = 152.0

|Apr sun = 190.0

|May sun = 213.4

|Jun sun = 170.4

|Jul sun = 179.6

|Aug sun = 228.9

|Sep sun = 165.4

|Oct sun = 158.3

|Nov sun = 107.0

|Dec sun = 65.1

|year sun = 1777.1

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|location = Harue, Fukui (2003−2020 normals, extremes 2003−present)

|Jan record high C = 15.7

|Feb record high C = 20.7

|Mar record high C = 27.3

|Apr record high C = 31.1

|May record high C = 34.3

|Jun record high C = 34.2

|Jul record high C = 39.0

|Aug record high C = 37.5

|Sep record high C = 37.2

|Oct record high C = 32.5

|Nov record high C = 26.5

|Dec record high C = 23.8

|Jan record low C = -6.9

|Feb record low C = -6.8

|Mar record low C = -3.4

|Apr record low C = -1.9

|May record low C = 4.3

|Jun record low C = 9.8

|Jul record low C = 17.1

|Aug record low C = 15.1

|Sep record low C = 11.0

|Oct record low C = 3.9

|Nov record low C = -0.2

|Dec record low C = -5.9

|Jan high C = 6.6

|Feb high C = 7.7

|Mar high C = 11.9

|Apr high C = 17.6

|May high C = 22.9

|Jun high C = 26.2

|Jul high C = 29.8

|Aug high C = 31.8

|Sep high C = 27.7

|Oct high C = 22.0

|Nov high C = 16.1

|Dec high C = 9.6

|Jan mean C = 3.1

|Feb mean C = 3.8

|Mar mean C = 7.1

|Apr mean C = 12.4

|May mean C = 18.0

|Jun mean C = 22.0

|Jul mean C = 25.8

|Aug mean C = 27.2

|Sep mean C = 23.1

|Oct mean C = 17.1

|Nov mean C = 11.5

|Dec mean C = 5.9

|Jan low C = 0.2

|Feb low C = 0.3

|Mar low C = 2.6

|Apr low C = 7.3

|May low C = 13.4

|Jun low C = 18.3

|Jul low C = 22.5

|Aug low C = 23.6

|Sep low C = 19.3

|Oct low C = 12.9

|Nov low C = 7.5

|Dec low C = 2.6

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 180.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 112.4

|Mar precipitation mm = 129.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 125.5

|May precipitation mm = 136.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 139.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 241.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 148.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 225.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 157.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 167.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 278.5

|year precipitation mm = 2029.9

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 21.7

|Feb precipitation days = 15.3

|Mar precipitation days = 14.6

|Apr precipitation days = 11.5

|May precipitation days = 10.3

|Jun precipitation days = 10.1

|Jul precipitation days = 12.7

|Aug precipitation days = 9.0

|Sep precipitation days = 11.9

|Oct precipitation days = 11.8

|Nov precipitation days = 16.1

|Dec precipitation days = 23.2

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Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-fukui.php Sakai population statistics] the population of Sakai has recently plateaued after a long period of growth. Sakai is the second most populous city in Fukui Prefecture. The Harue and Maruoka neighborhoods in the southern part of the city function as commuter towns for the city of Fukui.

{{Historical populations

| 1970 | 68,797

| 1980 | 75,983

| 1990 | 83,372

| 2000 | 91,173

| 2010 | 91,900

| 2020 | 88,481

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Sakai is part of the ancient Echizen Province. The semi-legendary Kofun period Emperor Keitai is said to have come from the area that is now the Maruoka neighbourhood of Sakai. During the Edo period, the area was divided between the holdings of the Maruoka Domain, Fukui Domain and tenryō holdings directly under control of the Tokugawa shogunate. Following the Meiji restoration, the area was organised into part of Sakai District in Fukui Prefecture. The epicentre of the 1948 Fukui earthquake was in Maruoka.http://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/cgi-bin/shindo_db.cgi?from_YYYY=1948&from_MM=01&from_DD=01&from_hh=00&from_mm=00&to_YYYY=1949&to_MM=01&to_DD=01&to_hh=24&to_mm=00&ORG_PID=24403&pref=40&minimum_shindo=7&station=9999999&max_count=5&PARAM_OK_DATE=%B8%A1%BA%F {{Dead link|date=March 2022}} The towns of Mikuni and Maruoka were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The village of Harue was raised to town status on April 3, 1942. The village of Sakai was created on March 1, 1955 by the merger of the villages of Higashi-Jūgō, Hyōgo and Ōseki. It was raised to town status on April 1, 1961. The modern city of Sakai was established on March 20, 2006, from the merger of the former town of Sakai with the towns of Harue, Maruoka and Mikuni. Sakai District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

Sakai has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 26 members.

Sakai has 19 public elementary schools and five middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high school operated by the Fukui Prefectural Board of Education. The prefectural also operates one special education school.

• Maruoka Senior High School
• Mikuni Senior High School
• Sakai Senior High School

• Fukui Airport (No scheduled flight services.)

As of 16 March 2024, JR West no longer operates in Sakai as its operations on the Hokuriku Main Line were transferred to third-sector company Hapi-line Fukui.{{Cite web |date=16 March 2024 |title=並行在来線「ハピラインふくい」開業 記念グッズに目輝かせるファンも |trans-title=Parallel conventional line "Hapi-Line Fukui" opens as commemorative goods go on sale |url=https://fukui.keizai.biz/headline/1217/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=Fukui Keizai Shimbun}}

• Hapi-line Fukui
• {{STN|Harue|x}} - {{STN|Maruoka|x}}
• 18px Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line
• {{STN|Taromaru Angelland|x}} - {{STN|Nishiharue Heartpia|x}} - {{STN|Nishinagata Yurinosato|x}} - {{STN|Shimohyogo Kofuku|x}} - {{STN|Ōzeki|x|Fukui}} - (Awara-shi) - {{STN|Mizui|x}} - {{STN|Mikuni-Jinja|x}} - {{STN|Mikuni|x|Fukui}} - {{STN|Mikuni-Minato|x}}

• 20px Hokuriku Expressway
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|8}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|305}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|364}}

• Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park
• Maruoka Castle, one of the 100 Famous Castles of Japan
• Maruoka Domain Battery, National Historic Site
• Mikuni Onsen
• Rokuroseyama Kofun Cluster, National Historic Site
• Technoport Fukui Stadium
• Tōjinbō, National Scenic Site and Natural Monument

• Chosei Komatsu (from Mikuni) – artistic director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica
• Kazuhiko Masada (from Mikuni) - Japanese professional wrestler and member of Tokyo Gurentai
• Shigeharu Nakano (from Maruoka) - author and Communist Party politician
• Ai Takahashi (from Harue) – former leader of Japanese idol group Morning Musume

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