is an area in Naka-ku,

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, Aichi,

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. It refers to the areas around Sakae intersection, Sakae Station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway and Sakae Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line. Sakae is in the heart of Nagoya and is, along with

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, one of Nagoya's main commercial districts.

Overview

The Sakae district is formed around the Sakae intersection ''Otsu-dori'' going north–south and ''Hirokōji-dori'' going east–west. It is the main shopping district of Nagoya, along with Nagoya Station and its immediate vicinity. Parallel to Otsu-dori is Hisaya-Ōdori; this road runs from Yaba-cho to Sakae except for Sotobori-dori, which is maintained as

Hisaya Ōdori Park The Hisaya-ōdōri Park (久屋大通公園) is located in Sakae, Nagoya, in central Japan. History The park was laid out after the devastation of World War II by the mayor of Nagoya, in order to create green space in the middle of the city. ...

. Popular events are held in this park on the weekend. Also, inside Hisaya-odori Park is the 180-meter Nagoya TV Tower, built in 1954, which is often mentioned as a symbol of Nagoya. At night, the tower is lit and can be seen all over Sakae. Adjacent to the tower is a large facility called Oasis 21, which has restaurants, stores, and a bus terminal. Adjacent to Oasis 21 is the major cultural facility Aichi Fine Arts Center, which contains facilities such as Aichi Fine Art Museum and Aichi Performing Arts Theater. The department stores Matsuzakaya, Maruei Sakae, and Mitsukoshi are known as the 3M of Nagoya (or 4M if Meitetsu Department Store is included). Large shopping facilities such as Yaba-cho Parco, Nadya Park, and Lachic, among others, extend to the adjacent area known as Yaba-cho. In recent years, high-end luxury import brand stores as have been increasing along Otsu-dori, making it one of the country's foremost brand store areas. Along with those, the number of high-end furniture and home interior stores has been increasing. There is a Noritake branch here. At stations at each of these lines where they come together, the Higashiyama Line, under Hirokoji-dori running parallel to Nishiki-dori, and the

Meijō Line The is a subway line forming part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan, operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, via Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanaya ...

and Meitetsu Seto Line, under Hisaya-odori, have vast underground shopping areas, such as Sakae-Mori Underground Shopping Center (in Sakae Station), Sakae Chika (under Hirokoji-dori), and Central Park (under the northern section of Hisaya-Odori Park.) Under Hisaya-odori Park are huge, multistory parking areas such as Hisaya Municipal Parking Area and Angel Park.

Geography

Generally, what is known as Sakae was the area denoted before as Sakae Town, which had its center at Sakae Intersection. There are many places known as Sakae, such as Nishiki, Shin-sakae town, Higashi-ku Higashisakura, north of Sakae proper, and adjacent north of Nishiki, the south side of Marunouchi and one section of Higashi-ku Izumi. In this way, the Sakae district has a wide range, encompassing many well-known places. There are areas also known by the names of streets like Hirokoji or Hisaya-odori. Sakae includes Nishiki 3-chōme or "sankin", a red light district. The area is divided into the north and south districts, in the same manner as

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. As for town names, in 1966 (year 41 of the Showa Era), the whole area encompassed by the Airport Line going east, Horikawa going west, Wakamiya-dori going south, Hirokoji going north was made to use the new address names Sakae 1-chome to Sakae 5-chome, destroying the old historical town names. For this reason, the Sakae 1-chome and Sakae 2-chome around Fushimi Station are Fushimi, Sakae 3-chome and Sakae 5-chome around Yaba-cho station are Yaba-cho, and are also known by these older names.

Transportation

*Rail ** Nagoya Municipal Subway *** Sakae Station - Higashiyama Line,

*** Yabachō Station -

*** Fushimi Station - Higashiyama Line,

Tsurumai Line The is a subway line which forms part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Kami Otai in Nishi-ku, Nagoya to Akaike in Nisshin. The Tsurumai Line's color on maps is light blue. Its stations carry the letter ''T' ...

*** Hisaya-ōdōri Station -

Sakura-dōri Line The is a subway line, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Taiko-dori Station in Nakamura Ward to in Midori Ward, all within Nagoya. The Sakura-dōri Line's color on maps is red. In 2004, the city star ...

** Meitetsu *** Sakaemachi Station, Meitetsu Seto Line *Roads **Hisaya Odori **Otsu-dori **Sakuradori (Route No. 19) **Nishiki Tooru **Hirokoji-dori (street Nagakute, Aichi, Nagoya Line No. 60) **Wakamiya Odori **Nagoya City Road Takaoka (Airport Line)

Main establishments

; 1-chome * Asahi Kaikan (Nagoya headquarters of Asahi Shimbun) * Hilton Nagoya * Barn Bridge Richmond Hotel Nagoya * Yomiuri Shimbun Chūbu Branch * Head Toenec Corporation * Misonoza * Shin Nagoya Musical Theater * Sakae Elementary School ; 2-chome * Nittochi Nagoya Building *

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Shirakawa Hall * Electric Culture Museum (Electric Science Museum) * Nagoya Chamber of Commerce * Shirakawa Park ** Nagoya City Science Museum ** Nagoya City Art Museum ; 3-chome * Maruzen * Maruei Sukairu * Mitsukoshi Nagoya * Lachic Sakae * Matsuzakaya Nagoya * Nagoya PARCO * Nadya Park * AsahidoCamera *

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Sakae * Washington Hotel Plaza Sakae * Chukyo Bank, Limited Head Office * Aichi Bank head office * Wakamiya Hachiman Inc. * Ando Cloisonné Company ; 4-chome * Chunichi Building * Naka-ku Ward Office * Nihon Keizai Shimbun Nagoya Branch * Nagoya Tokyu Hotel * Shojitaijidori * Soji Hall ; 5-chome *

International Design Centre Nagoya The , abbreviated as ''IdcN'', is a museum and exhibition hall located in Sakae, Nagoya, central Japan. History The World Design Exhibition 1989 was held in Nagoya. The museum was established in 1992 and opened in 1996 in the Nadya Park skyscr ...

* NTT Naka building (NTT Tokai Branch Neomeito)

History

Since the Moving of Kiyosu, at the time of the setup of

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, the area of Sakae was at the southeastern tip of the area around

and served as an entrance to Kamiida Road. Houses were scattered around the area. At the

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, public offices (such as those of the prefectural government and the schools) as well as businesses (like traditional Japanese restaurants) were created. At the same time, a tram along Hirokoji-dori started running, expanding the town. In 1902 (year 35 of the Meiji Era), Hirokoji-dori road to

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was made and greatly increased traffic to and from the eastern suburbs of Nagoya. In 1910 (year 43 of the Meiji Era) Ito Dry Goods (predecessor to the modern Matsuzakaya) transferred and started business. In 1915 (year 4 of the Taisho Era) Juichiya Department Store (predecessor to the modern Maruei) opened for business. Maruei traces its origins to 1615, but the store known as Maruei opened when Juichiya Department Store and another department store merged on August 27, 1943.(In Japanese) Accessed 14 May 2011.
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, for less than two years, the northern half of Naka Ward was established as Sakae Ward. After World War II, according to the postwar reconstruction plan, Hisaya-odori and Nishiki-dori, among others, were reconstructed. From the reconstruction of infrastructure such as parks, subways, and underground shopping areas, the Sakae area has developed greatly as Nagoya's central commercial area. In recent years, although places like Oasis 21 and Sakae Park continue to operate, development in the area of Nagoya Station has been remarkable, and Sakae is searching for a way to remain as the center of Nagoya. SKE48 and its theater are based in this area.

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