 On the other hand, the Fukuoka area was home to many samurai, and its name has been used since Kuroda Nagamasa, the first "daimyō" of Chikuzen Province, named it after his birthplace in Okayama Prefecture and the "old Fukuoka" is the main shopping area, now called Tenjin.When Hakata and Fukuoka decided to merge, a meeting was held to decide the name for the new city.Hakata was initially chosen, but a group of samurai crashed the meeting and forced those present to choose Fukuoka as the name for the merged city.