Sakura (佐倉市, Sakura-shi^?) is a city located in northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 172,176 and a population density of 1660 persons per km². The total area was 103.59 km².

Sakura is located in northeastern Chiba Prefecture. It is situated 40 kilometers northeast of the Tokyo and 15 kilometers from Narita International Airport. Chiba City, the prefectural capital, lies 15 kilometers southwest of Sakura. Lake Imba and the Imba Marsh form the northern city limits.

The area around Sakura has been inhabited since prehistory, and archaeologists have found numerous Kofun period burial tumulii in the area, along with the remains of a Hakuho period Buddhist temple. During the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, the area was controlled by the Chiba clan. During the Sengoku period, the Chiba clan fought the Satomi clan to the south, and the Late Hōjō clan to the west. After the defeat of the Chiba clan, the area came within the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who assigned one of his chief generals, Doi Toshikatsu to rebuild Chiba Castle and to rule over Sakura Domain as a daimyō. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Sakura Domain came to be ruled for most of the Edo period under the Hotta clan. Towards the Bakumatsu period, the domain became a center for rangaku studies, contributing greatly towards the Meiji Restoration. After the abolition of Sakura Domain, the area eventually became part of Chiba Prefecture.