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Sakae (, Sakae)) is the name of an area in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, well as the area around Sakae intersection, the area around Sakae Station on the Municipal Subway System, and the area around Sakae Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line.


Sakae district is located in the heart of Naka-ku, Nagoya and as such, along with Nagoya Station, is one of Nagoya's leading commercial areas.


Overview

Sakae district is formed around Sakae intersection Otsu-dori going north-south and Hirokoji-dori going east-west, and it forms the center of the shopping district.


Parallel to Otsu-dori is Hisaya-odori, famous as the 100-meter road, and this road runs from Yaba-cho to Sakae except for Sotobori-dori, which is maintained as Hisaya-odori Park. Within this park is a popular event held around the weekend.


Also, inside Hisaya-odori Park is Nagoya TV Tower, which is often mentioned as a symbol of Nagoya. At night, lights decorating the tower light up the town. Adjacent to the tower is a multistory park called Oasis 21, which has restaurants 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.


Matsuzakaya, Maruei Sakae, and Mitsukoshi are known as the 3M of Nagoya (or 4M if Meitetsu Department Store is included), forming a full set, and large shopping facilities such as Yaba-cho Parco, Nadya Park, Lachic, etc. continue to Yaba-cho. In recent years, high-end foreign luxury brand stores as have been increasing one after another along Otsu-dori, making it one of the country's foremost brand store areas. Along with those, high-end furniture and home interior stores have also been increasing.


At stations at each of these lines where they come together, the Higashiyama Line, under Hirokoji-dori running parallel to Nishiki-dori, and the Meijo Line and Meitetsu Seto Line, under Hisaya-odori, have vast underground shopping areas, such as Eimei Underground Shopping Center (At Sakae Subway Station), Sakae Chika (under Hirokoji-dori), and Central Park (Under the northern section of Hisaya-Odori Park.) Also, under Hisaya-odori Park are huge, multistory parking areas such as Hisaya Municipal Parking Area and Angel Park.


Also lively areas at night are Sankin, Joshidaikoji (Sakae Walk Street), and Sumiyoshi (Princess Street), which are Nagoya's representative pleasure district.


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 even, adjacent north of Nishiki, the south side of Marunouchi and one section of Higashi-ku Izumi.


In this way, 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, and some areas such as Sankin are known as the night pleasure district. Also, in articles in Hot Pepper and so on, the area is divided into the North District and the South District, in the same manner as Osaka.


As for town names, in 1966 (Year 41 of the Showa Era), the whole area encompassed by 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 that had existed until then. For that reasonFor 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, there are many areas known by the old town names, and recognition that they are actually Sakae has not really caught on.


Transportation


  • 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)


Major facilities

1-chome
  • Asahi Kaikan (Nagoya headquarters Asahi Shimbun)
  • Hilton Nagoya
  • Barn Bridge Richmond Hotel Nagoya
  • Yomiuri Shimbun Chubu Branch
  • Head Toenec Corporation
  • Misonoza
  • Shin Nagoya Musical Theater
  • Sakae, Nagoya City Elementary School
2-chome


  • Nittochi Nagoya Building
  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance 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
  • Asahidokamera
  • Nagoya Sakae Yamada Denki
  • Nagoya Sakae Washington Hotel Plaza
  • Chukyo Bank, Limited Head Office
  • Aichi Bank head office
  • Wakamiya Hachiman Inc.
4-chome


  • Building Central Japan
  • Naka-ku Ward Office
  • Nihon Keizai Shimbun Nagoya Branch
  • Nagoya Tokyu]] Hotel
  • Shojitaijidori
  • Soji Hall
5-chome


  • NTT Naka building (NTT Tokai Branch Neomeito)


History

Since the Moving of Kiyosu, at the time of the setup of Nagoya Castle, the area of Sakae was at the southeastern tip of the area around Nagoya Castle, and served as an entrance to Kamiida Road from that area. Houses were also scattered around the area.


At the Meiji Restoration, the offices like those of the prefectural government and the schools, as well as businesses like traditional Japanese restaurants and so on, were created, and at the same time a tram along Hirokoji-dori started running, expanding the town, and this in turn caused the pleasure district to form. In 1902 (Year 35 of the Meiji Era), Hirokoji-dori road to Chikusa was made, and which 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, and in 1915 (Year 4 of the Taisho Era) Room 11 Department Store (predecessor to the modern Maruei) opened for business.


During the final period of World War II, although only for a period of 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, and then, 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.