Sakai City Education and Culture Center (Sofia Sakai)
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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
| 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 | https://www.sofia-sakai.jp/ |
| Phone | 072-270-8110 |

