Kuroda Nagamasa
In 1600, Kuroda Nagamasa, a "daimyō" of the Fukuoka-Han at that time, 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 is Shōwa Street). 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. Once Nakasu was used to thrive with the Tamaya, a department store of long standing, and movie theatres, although the center of commerce has moved currently to the Tenjin and Daimyō districts in Chūō-ku.