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- Sazae-san
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- Fukuoka, Fukuoka
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- On 1 route
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- 5 official pages
A 1.6 km public road in Sawara Ward that Fukuoka City officially named Sazae-san Street in 2012, for Machiko Hasegawa, the creator of Sazae-san, who lived in the area. It runs from the Wakiyamaguchi crossing down to the entrance of Seaside Momochi Seaside Park, passing the Fukuoka City Museum. The city's page also lists a commemorative stone, statues and guide signs along the route.
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Why the Street Has This Name
Fukuoka City says Machiko Hasegawa spent her childhood and the wartime and postwar years in Fukuoka. The Sazae-san comic strip began running in 1946 in a Fukuoka local paper, the Yukan Fukunichi. The street was named on May 27, 2012. The city says the name goes back to about 1945, when she came up with the names of Sazae, Katsuo and Wakame while walking along the Momochi shoreline. In 1992 she became the first manga artist to receive Japan's People's Honor Award.
Monuments, Statues and Annual Events
The city's page describes monuments along the route. A commemorative stone for the place where Sazae-san was conceived stands at Isono Square, near the middle of the street. A statue titled "Machiko-sensei and Sazae-san" was donated in 2017, and an unveiling of statues of Sazae, Katsuo and Wakame is listed in 2021. Guide signs were put up in 2015, along with a ceramic Sazae-san plate at Nishijin Station.
The week around May 27 is "Sazae-san Street Week," with events run together with shopping streets and businesses. The 2026 edition ran from May 25 to May 31. A walking rally is also held, and the city's topics page recruited participants for a 2025 rally on November 1.
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