is a district of Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is divided into six chōme, numbered 1 to 6, with a total population of 8,813 and 5,341 households (as of 31 August 2011). The postal code for addresses in Maidashi is 812–0054. The "Maidashi" school district includes parts of the Higashi Hama district.
Geography It is located to the west of Hakozaki Shrine.
Etymology means horse and means offer in Japanese. It is said that the name of Maidashi derives from a historical event at which the town people provided horses for participants at a festival in Hakozaki-gu. The name has been used since the end of Heian Period.Shigeki Yoshida(吉田茂樹）2005『日本地名大辞典コンパクト版(下)』(新人物往来社):229(Japanese)) Formally it belonged in (in , it was written as .Kenkichi Kato(加藤謙吉)at el.2007『日本古代史地名辞典』(雄山閣) （written in Japanese)
History
In the Kamakura Period, when the Mongols attempted to invade Japan, Hakata suffered a surprise attack, which led the Kamakura bakuhu, Japan's feudal government, to create a bulwark against the Mongolian invaders.
At the end of the Sengoku period, after Kyūshū Campaign, Toyotomi Hideyoshi settled by the sea shore, and ordered Sen no Rikyū to hold a tea party. The pine tree where Rikyu boiled kettle for the tea ceremony still exists in the Kyushu University Medical campus. During the Edo period, there were many domestic expenditures which made and roofing panel and Sanpo, ritual article, to be ordered out by Hakozaki-gu.
In 1903, was established. It was originally the , which was derived from , Fukuoka clan school. In 1911, the Kyushu Imperial University medical school was established.
Education and child care There are several educational establishments: Kyushu University (National Seven Universities) Medical school, dental college, department of pharmacy, and , and Maidashi elementary school.
In addition, there are top level institutes of Japan such as Kyushu University Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University Research Center for Prevention of Infections Diseases, and Kyushu University Research Center for Genetic Information.
In Maidashi the number of children has been increasing since 1990.school area in Azuma word Fukuoka city(Fukuoka ward office) (Japanese) There are many child-care facilities, such as , , and parent and toddler groups such as (in Maidashi Kaikan), , and .
City There is a shopping mall called ,Its legal address is Higasshi hama 1 chome, but it located in Maidashi school district. which attracts many people from surrounding areas during holidays. There is an international school in Maidashi.
Garden city
There are many gardens, such as Azuma Koen,But part of it located in Higashi Koen. Maidashi ryokuchi, Kyushu University campus, , etc. The maidachi area is famous for being a garden city. Fukuoka city has a high number of parks for Japan,machidukuri_info/databook especially the Midashi area with low population density and educational facility and research establishment cover a much larger area.Parkis and ground-floor area is as follows; Maidashi Higshi 2525m2; aidashi Minami 997m2; Yoneda 2392m2; Maidashi 1st 597m2; aidashi 2nd 249m2; aidashi 3rd 371m2; Maidashi ryokuchi 7325m2; zuma park 4945m2; gosho-no uchi 2435m2.The per capita park space in Maidashi, added Kyushu University Maidashi camps 650000m2 and Hakozaki-gu Hana-teien 7000m2, is 10.79m2, and it exceed the national average, and in intersite comparison between government-ordinance-designated cities, Maidashi is second hehind the Sapporo in Japan.Koen e Ikoh, Tanoshii Fukuokasi no Koen Let's go to the Parks, joyful parks of Fukuoka City. (Japanese) Maidashi ryokuchi is not only a park but also a historic site which gives the citizens opportunities to learn the modern history of Hukuoka since the Meiji era.YOMIURI ONLINE (読売新聞) (Japanese)
Parks: Maidashi ryokuchi Hakozaki-gu hana teien
Waterfront
Formally the coast line retreated at the point of the Kyushu University Maidashi campus today, where there was a place of scenic beauty with white sands and pine groves called . But later a landfill site was created and now views of the sea are left only around the of Hakozaki shrine,hakozakigu(written in Japanese.) and an extensive prospect of Hakata Bay. Nowadays, as a view of the sea is to be a selling point, some high-rise condominiums, targeted for high-income class, have been constructed.Fukuokasi Azuma-ku Maidashi kohku (Official site) the address of Club Orient Harbor Tower is Higashi-hama, but school district is Maidashi.
Medical and welfare facilities
In the Maidashi area there are twelve medical organizations, and per capita number of doctors, nurses, and beds is well above the national average.Statistics of Kyushu University Hospital(Japanese)Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare(Japanese)The number of beds (excluding private clinics) is 1452, and the number per thousand greatly exceeds the national average by a factor of ten.
Transportation Rail Maidashi-Kyūdai-byōin-mae Station (Fukuoka City Subway Hakozaki Line)
Road Japan National Route 3
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