Sakurai, Nara

is a ceety in Nara, Japan.

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.

 Famous places 
Buddhist temples
 Miwasanbyōdō-ji
 Hase-dera
 Asuka-dera
 Tachibana-dera
 Abemonju-in
 Seirin-ji
Shinto shrines
 Ōmiwa Shrine
 Tanzan Shrine
 Kasayamakō Shrine
 Tamatsura Shrine

Sister ceeties
 In Japan
 Kumano, Mie
 Taisha, Shimane

Ootside Japan
  Chartres, Fraunce.

 Freemit airtins 

 Official website 

Category:Ceeties in Nara Prefectur