{"id":95435,"date":"2017-02-23T15:52:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T06:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&p=95435&lang=en"},"modified":"2017-03-23T15:07:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T06:07:44","slug":"oyafukodori-restores-original-name-meaning-street-disrespectful-children","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/oyafukodori-restores-original-name-meaning-street-disrespectful-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Oyafukodori restores its original name meaning \u2018Street of Disrespectful Children\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The original name of the street \u2018Oyafukudori\u2019 was \u2018\u89aa\u4e0d\u5b5d\u2019 which translates roughly to \u2018Street of Disrespectful Children\u2019. In the eighties the area was home to many cram schools for students who couldn\u2019t pass the university entrance exams. This drew in a lot of young and lively students, called \u2018ronin\u2019 (masterless samurai). The influx of young students created a bustling atmosphere. In an attempt to improve the image of the area, seventeen years ago Fukuoka City changed the middle kanji (Chinese character) to \u2018\u89aa\u5bcc\u5b5d\u2019 which means, \u2018Street of Respectful Children\u2019. However since then the cram schools have closed down and the area has become quieter. In response some locals, the Fukuoka City Chuo Ward Office, and the police who are all part of the Oyafukudori Association decided to change the middle kanji (Chinese character) of \u2018Oyafukudori\u2019 back to the original \u2018\u89aa\u4e0d\u5b5d\u2019. Source<\/strong>: NHK<\/a>, 2\/21<\/p>\n

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The original name of the street \u2018Oyafukudori\u2019 was \u2018\u89aa\u4e0d\u5b5d\u2019 which translates roughly to \u2018Street of Disrespectful Children\u2019. In the eighties the area was home to many cram schools for students who couldn\u2019t pass the university entrance exams. This drew in a lot of young and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-95435","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/95435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}