is a passenger

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located in Higashi-ku,

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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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. It has the station number "NK56".

Lines

Sakaihigashi Station is served by the

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, and is 11.0 kilometers from the

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of the line at and 10.3 kilometers from .

Layout

The station consists of two

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s with an elevated station building.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Sakaihigashi Station opened on January 30,1898 as . It is one of the stations on the Koya Line with long history as it was the station of origin operated by Koya Railway, the predecessor of the Koya Line. It was renamed to its present name on September 3, 1900.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 60,486 passengers daily. File:Sakaihigashi Station West gate 01.jpg, West ticket gates File:Sakaihigashi sta hokuseikaisatsu01.jpg, Northwest ticket gates File:Sakaihigashi sta hokutokaisatsu.jpg, Northeast ticket gates

Surrounding area

Public

*Sakai City Hall *Sakai Ward Office *Osaka District Court Sakai Branch, Osaka Family Court Sakai Branch, Sakai Summary Court *Sakai Tax Office * Sakai Post Office (

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) **

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Sakai **

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Sakai **

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Sakai * Sakaihigashi ekimae Post Office (

)

Market

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Others

*Nankai Bus Terminal *Hochigai Shrine *Tadeiyama Kofun

Buses

;Sakaihigashi-ekimae (Nankai Bus) :for Oshoji and -ekimae :for Kanaoka :for Sakai City Hospital, Sagibashi and Dejima :for Kogyo-gakko-mae (Osaka Prefectural Sakai Technology High School), Sagibashi and Dejima :for Kogyo-gakko-mae, and :for

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, Asia & Pacific Trade Center, and

Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building The , or , is the second tallest building in Osaka, and the third-tallest building in Japan. The former name is , or until June, 2010. It is located in Nanko Cosmo Square near the Osaka harbor, Suminoe-ku, Osaka, and is the same height as the ...

:Kansai Airport limousine "Sorae" for

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:for Asaka, and :for Oshoji and Ayanocho :for Kinryocho and Ayanocho :for J-GREEN Sakai :for Sakaihama Seaside Stage :Expressway buses for Shinjuku and Tokyo :Expressway buses for Takeo Onsen, Sasebo and Huis Ten Bosch :Expressway buses for Odawara, Fujisawa, Kamakura, Ofuna and Totsuka :Expressway buses for Kashiwazaki, Nagaoka and Sanjo :Expressway buses for Yokohama, Odaiba, Tokyo Disneyland and Chiba :for Sakai-eki nishiguchi and Takumicho (Sharp Sakai Factory) :for Sakaihama Seaside Stage and Sakai-eki nishiguchi :for

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1898 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Sakai, Osaka {{Osaka-railstation-stub