mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 26 members. Education Sakai has 19 public elementary schools and five middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high school operated by the Fukui Prefectural Board of Education. The prefectural also operates one special education school. High schools Maruoka Senior High School Mikuni Senior High School Sakai Senior High School Transportation Airport Fukui Airport (No scheduled flight services.) Railway JR West - Hokuriku Main Line - Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line - - - - - (Awara-shi) - - - - Highway Hokuriku Expressway Local attractions Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park Tōjinbō, National Scenic Site and Natural Monument Maruoka Castle, one of the 100 Famous Castles of Japan Maruoka Domain Battery, National Historic Site Rokuroseyama Kofun Cluster, National Historic Site Technoport Fukui Stadium Mikuni Onsen Notable people Shigeharu Nakano (from Maruoka) - author and Communist Party politician Chosei Komatsu (from Mikuni) – artistic director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica Ai Takahashi (from Harue) – former leader of Japanese idol group Morning Musume. Kazuhiko Masada (from Mikuni) - Japanese professional wrestler and member of Tokyo Gurentai References External links Cities in Fukui Prefecture Populated coastal places in Japan