Nakasu
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Overview
Nakasu is the second largest red-light district in western Japan after Osaka. The number of restaurants and stores, including adult-entertainment establishments, is approximately 3,500, and over 60,000 people reportedly visit Nakasu every night.[citation needed] Nakasu is also home to a number of fashionable restaurants. Notable features in Nakasu includes the view of neon signs from the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and Script error: No such module "lang". stalls along the Naka River. Once, fans of the local baseball team, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, dove from the Fukuhaku Deai Bridge into the river after the team won the championship.[1] The nearest subway station from Nakasu is the Nakasu-Kawabata Station of the Fukuoka City Subway.
History
In 1600, Kuroda Nagamasa, a Script error: No such module "lang". of the Fukuoka-Han, created Nakasu to connect between current Chūō-ku and Hakata-ku by building two bridges over the rivers at the sandbank: Higashi Nakajima Bridge and Nishi Nakajima Bridge (currently Shōwa Street).[2] Present day of Nakasu has 18 bridges in total: 7 of them are built at the side of the Chūō-ku, and 11 at the side of the Hakata-ku. Nakasu previously featured Tamaya, a department store of long standing, and movie theatres, although the center of commerce has moved to the Tenjin and Daimyō districts in Chūō-ku.[2]
A shopping complex, Canal City Hakata, in neighbouring Sumiyoshi district, was established in 1996. On March 29, 2002, the Nakasu Special Investigators, a squad of the Fukuoka Prefectural Police, was formed to prevent crime.[3] A huge commercial complex, the "gate's" was opened in 2006, at the site the Tamaya was located.
In popular culture
- The 2012 video game Yakuza 5 features a fictional district called Nagasugai, based on Nakasu. This is where main series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu comes to start a new life as a taxi driver under the alias of Taichi Suzuki.
Sources
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.山下, 康太 (October 19, 2010). "「飛び込み防止！」であい橋は厳戒体制～ソフトバンクCS決戦の舞台裏". NetIB News. DATA MAX Co., Ltd. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.www.asocie.jp. "中洲十八橋梁物語～双子都市・福岡博多を結ぶマップ" [Yashihidei Bridge Story]. Archived from the original on 10 April 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.www.nakasu.org. "中洲観光協会・中洲町連合会//中洲インフォメーション：詳細" [Nakasu Information]. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
External links
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- Nakasu Tourism Association, Town of Nakasu Joint Association Homepage Template:In lang
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