Ōhori Park

[1] The name Ōhori means a large moat and it derives from the fact that Kuroda Nagamasa, the old lord of Fukuoka, reclaimed the northern half of a cove or an inlet called Kusagae which was facing Hakata Bay and made a moat for the Fukuoka Castle.

[citation needed] The present park was reconstructed by Fukuoka City, modeled on the West Lake of China, and opened in 1929.

[citation needed] The Fukuoka Art Museum and the United States Consulate are nearby.

Opened in 1949 and closed in 1997 and demolished the following year, this baseball stadium was home to 3 NPB franchises.

During a renovation to Heiwadai in 1987, underneath the bleachers of the stadium, ruins of an ancient facility were found.