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https://i0.wp.com/www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fn196-fukuoka-topic-e1427353747795.jpg?fit=641%2C434&ssl=1641434Watanabe-dori is the north-south thoroughfare that runs through Tenjin in downtown Fukuoka. It is lined with commercial buildings and offices and is always bustling with people and vehicles. But do you know why it's called Watanabe-dori? The name comes from Yohachiro Watanabe, a third-generation kimono merchant active in Hakata in the late Meiji era.