Sakai City Education and Culture Center (Sofia Sakai)

A multi-faceted lifelong learning facility ,including a planetarium and a hall

The Sakai Education and Culture Center (Sofia Sakai) isn’t just a hall that can seat 798 persons and a gallery that can be divided through the use of moving panels; thanks to the planetarium and the observatory - which boasts a reflecting telescope with a 60cm aperture, making it one of the largest in Osaka prefecture - it’s a lifelong learning facility with a variety of purposes.

General Information

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Name of Room Training room 1 Training room 2 Training room 3 audiovisual room GALLERY SOPHIA・SAKAI HALL
Maximum Occupancy(Classroom) 93 90 72 30 - 798(Includes 4 wheelchair spaces)
Maximum Occupancy(Theater) - - - - - 798(Includes 4 wheelchair spaces)
Maximum Occupancy(Banquet) - - - - - -
Maximum Occupancy(Cocktail) - - - - 200 -
Space 133㎡ 124㎡ 110㎡ 61㎡ 314㎡ 1,124㎡
Utilization Time 9:00~22:00 9:00~22:00 9:00~22:00 9:00~22:00 9:00~22:00 9:00~22:00
Remarks - - - - No capacity set for exhibition space No food or drink allowed
Directions 12 minutes walk from Senboku Rapid Railway "Fukai" Station
Address 1426 Fukai Shimizu-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai City
Website
Phone 072-270-8110