Features of Sakai City Topic J-GREEN Sakai Topic Amazing night view: Osaka Bay Area Location Environment Boasting one of the largest facilities in Sakai Semboku Coastal An Advanced City Japan, J-GREEN Sakai is Sakai City’s Industrial Zone Low-carbon energy generation base national soccer training center, where This is one of the best factory night view with a Long Tradition of people can fully engage in various spots in the Osaka Bay area! A magical night view on an overwhelming Large-scale logistics hub sports and recreation activities. Manufacturing scale that resembles a space station illuminating the dark night. Sakai city is approximately divided into 4 areas, the waterfront, urban, suburban, and residential and greenery areas. Transportation infrastructure is becoming so more convenient and well connected with Kansai International Airport that many logistics companies invest in waterfront area recently including foreign affiliated one. Location Potential in the Waterfront Area Sakai is also blessed with academic institutions including Osaka Prefecture University and Kansai University, and business support facilities for small- and medium-sized companies such as the Sakai City Industrial Promotion Center. Such as the Sakai City Industrial Promotion Center, and the Izumi Center of the Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology which provides scientific and technological support. ■ Forming a Low-Carbon Energy Generation Base Sakai City has been promoting energy saving with advanced and Features of the Sakai City Area innovative technologies, as well as utilizing various renewable and next-generation energy production techniques, such as large-scale solar power and biomass fuel, to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ■ Waterfront Area Sakai City Hall Hanshin Expressway Sakai Ward Office Route 15 To Namba In this industrial area, there are both To Tennoji To Namba 1 14 large-scale and small- and 3 medium-sized manufacturers. Recent Examples of low-carbon businesses years have seen growing clusters of 12 4 To Umeda 2 JR Hanwa Line ❶Environmentally advanced factories through ❾Bioethanol manufacturing using wood waste environment-related businesses as To Tennoji Hanshin Expressway DINS Sakai Co., Ltd. since 2007 well as large-scale logistics centers. Midosuji Subway Line energy saving and energy generation Route 4 Green Front Sakai since 2009 10Waste recycling by subcritical water reaction 10 9 ❷Sakai Solar Power Generation Plant (Mega Solar) REMATEC Corporation since 2006 Osaka Prefecture Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. since 2011 11Increasing light oil production using heavy oil resolving equipment 15 ■ Urban area ❸Power generation using general waste Production of bio-gasoline by mixing bio-fuel ETBE made from plants 7 11 Sakaikaai University Since olden times the central urban Kita City’s waste treatment facility since 2013 Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. since 2010 8 13 Nankai Main Line WardWWa Wardd 5 area has developed as a commercial ❹Power generation using wood waste 12Manufacture of Low-E pair glass (eco glass) with high Japan Novopan Industrial Co., Ltd. since 2007 heat-insulation and -blocking performance and business area. The city’s Nankai Koya Line Hankai Tramway ❺High-efficiency LNG combined cycle power generation Central Glass Co., Ltd. since 2011 machinery and metalwork industries Hankai Line The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. since 2009 Higashii 13Manufacture of components for lithium-ion batteries are located in the northern and Ward ❻High-efficiency LNG combined cycle power generation Ube Maxell Co., Ltd. southern areas. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. since 2010 14Manufacture of high-purity aluminum for lithium-ion batteries Nishiishi 310 ❼LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) supply Showa Denko K.K. since 2013 WardW ■ Suburban area 26 Sakai LNG Co., Inc. since 2006 15Production of liquefied carbon dioxide by recovery and reuse of carbon dioxide ❽Manufacture of liquid hydrogen using low-temperature LNG Iwatani Corp. and Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. Since 2014 With the improvement of the local 309 6 HydroEdge Co., Ltd. since 2006 road network, the potential of the land MiharaMih To Wakayama City WardWa in the inland area for industrial use has Hanwa Expressway increased considerably, and small- and Naka Ward To Mt. Koya medium-sized business clusters have To Wakayama ■ Formation of a Logistics Hub formed in the Kena and Mihara areas. Sakai City boasts a highly-developed transportation Along the Osaka Subway Midosuji infrastructure (including the Hanshin Expressway Nanko Port Town Line (New Tram) Osaka Subway Line, providing a direct link to Yamatogawa Route scheduled to be completed in Nanko-Minami IC Yotsubashi Line Shin-Osaka Station, large commercial fiscal year 2016), the industrial complex Green Front Hanshin Expressway and business districts have been Sakai, and easy access to Kansai International Airport. Hanwa Expressway Wangan Route (No. 4) Suminoekoen developed, in which there are also These geographical advantages have made Sakaihama Station industrial support organizations. and other waterfront areas an ideal location for 1 Sakai City Industrial Promotion Center logistics/distribution facilities. Sakai Business Incubation Center 2 3 Sambo JCT Suminoe IC Sakai Chamber of Commerce and Industry ■ Residential and Semboku Rapid Railway ❶Amazon Japan G.K. Hanshin Expressway greenery areas ❷Nissin Corporation 4 Sambo IC Yamatogawa Route To Izumi Chuo Minamii Ward ❸Kanda Holdings Co., Ltd. 5 A residential area (Semboku New ❹Maruzen Showa Unyu Co., Ltd. 7 Town) was developed in the late ❺Goodman Japan Limited 8 1960’s. Local commercial and 6 29 ❻Hanwa Co., Ltd./Hanwa Logistics Osaka Co., Ltd. Shichido business districts have formed in front Exclusive manufacturing zone ❼MFLP (Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park) Sakai, Mitsui Station of the railway stations. 26 Fudosan Co., Ltd. Hanshin Manufacturing zone ❽I Missions Park Sakai, Itochu Corporation Nankai Line Expressway ❾Logiport Sakai, LaSalle Investment Management Sakai Route Ohama IC ■ Waterfront Area ■ Urban area ■ Suburban area ■ Residential and greenery areas ●10 Profitmart Sakai, Lonco Japan (No. 15) Sakai [Transportation Access] Station 12 From Sambo IC, Hanshin Expressway Wangan Route To Hanshin Port: approx. 20 min. To Kansai International Airport: approx. 30 min. From Sambo IC, Hanshin Expressway Yamatogawa Route 10 To Matsubara JCT, Kinki Expressway: approx. 15 min. 9 5 6.