Sakai Risho no Mori (Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko) opened on March 20, 2015 as a cultural tourism facility to widely promote Sakai's unique history and culture based on the theme of Sen no Rikyu and Yosano Akiko, two figures associated with Sakai.

[Opening Hours]
Sen no Rikyu Tea Ceremony Pavilion, Yosano Akiko Memorial Hall, Tourist Information Exhibition: 9:00-18:00
Sen no Rikyu Chanoyukan and Yosano Akiko Memorial Museum: open until 5:30 p.m.
Tea ceremony experience facility: 10:00-17:00

[Closed days]
Sen-no-Rikyu Museum, Yosano Akiko Memorial Museum, Chanoyu Hands-on Facilities: 3rd Tuesday of the month (or the following day if the day falls on a national holiday), Year-end and New Year holidays Tourist Information Exhibition Room: Year-end and New Year holidays.

*Some experiences may be suspended or facilities may be closed without prior notice. Please inquire in advance before visiting.

Sen no Rikyu, who was born in Sakai and developed the Wabicha style of tea ceremony, is known as the founder of the Senke school of tea ceremony and the tea saint. He wielded power as the greatest tea master in Japan, and is known as the founder of the Sen family of tea ceremony and the tea saint. At the site of the mansion, there is a camellia well and a well house built from old parts of the gate of Daitokuji Temple, which was associated with Rikyu.

Ohama Park opened in 1879 and is the oldest Sakai City park. (Prefectural Hamadera Park opened in 1873). The park is used for sports and recreation, with a baseball field, outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium, tennis courts, sumo wrestling arena, monkey breeding house, and Sotetsuyama.

This 11.3-meter-high, hexagonal, spindle-shaped lighthouse was built in 1877 at the southern wharf of Sakai's Old Port. After land reclamation had completed its role, the lighthouse was preserved as one of the symbols of Sakai and is designated as a national historic site as the oldest wooden Western-style lighthouse existing in Japan.