Maidashi Ryokuchi
Maidashi Ryokuchi is an elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail in Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is officially named Maidashi Green Space No. 8.
The park is located in Fukuoka's green belt and is an example of the reuse of abandoned railway land in an urban setting. Nishi-Nippon Railroad sold the property to the city in 1980.
Location
Maidashi Ryokuchi was designed as a children's playground with a public water fountain, playing equipment, and a nature trail. The barrier-free nature trail provides a recreation area for older people and for students from the nearby Fukuoka Junior High School. Located near Yume Town Hakata, it is overlooked by the local intermediate school and provides a safe place for children to play. It is the biggest of the ten public parks in the Maidashi school district.Historical development
In the Edo period the site of today's Maidashi Ryokuchi was covered by Hakata Bay. The majority of the coastline was natural, described as "white sand and green pines". However, at the beginning of the Meiji era, it was reclaimed by a large-scale landfill. In those days, before mechanized equipment, human laborers carried dirt with straw mats onto the silt layer to create the landfill. The white beaches and green pines are no longer visible in today's Maidashi greenbelt.In 1924, Hakata wan Tetsudo Kisen built the electrical tramway between Shin Hakata and Kazu shirama. In 1925, it was extended to Miyaji dake. After the extension, the company became the Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. In 1951, the railroad between Miyajidake and Tsuyazaki was opened. In 1954, the block distance of southern 3.3 kilometers railway from Nishi tetsu tatara was set apart and combined with Nishi-tetsu Fukuoka city line. In 1980, after the Nishi-tetsu Takechi line ceased operations, Fukuoka City Council bought the land. After six years of renovation as a part of the redevelopment of Maidashi finally transformed the land into the park we have today. It was built in keeping with the low-rise apartments surrounding it and as a part of the garden city movement.
As the property was not originally designed to be a park, its shape is elongated, conforming to the shape of the railway line and runs for three blocks, though it is bisected by a roadway. The gate of the park replaces the now-absent Maidashi 3 chome depot. The Nishi tetsu Bus has replaced the railway. The park is not independent of the eighth Maidashi green belt, there are batteries of green belts with serial numbers as province. As presented above, arising from the unusual history of the installation, the Maidashi green belt gives the citizens opportunities to learn from the modern history of Fukuoka since the Meiji era.