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While Chinese (and some Koreans) formed distinctly separate neighborhoods for themselves, including, most prominently, the walled-in district of Kumemura, Japanese<ref>Though there were doubtless many people of genuine Japanese ethnicity/descent living in Naha in the 15th-17th centuries, records from that time likely include in the term ''wajin'' (倭人) people who simply adopted Japanese identities or customs, and ''[[wako|wakô]]'', maritime smugglers and raiders of a variety of ethnicities/origins who came to be known throughout East and Southeast Asia as "Japanese" (''wa'') pirates (''kô'').</ref> lived alongside Ryukyuans throughout the other four districts.<ref>Uezato. p60.</ref> The majority of Japanese coming to Ryûkyû in the 16th century are believed to have come from the [[Kansai region]], especially the port city of [[Sakai]], including many monks or lay monks associated with [[Daitokuji]]. Japanese coming to Ryûkyû in the 17th century were chiefly, as might be expected, from [[Satsuma han]].
While Chinese (and some Koreans) formed distinctly separate neighborhoods for themselves, including, most prominently, the walled-in district of Kumemura, Japanese<ref>Though there were doubtless many people of genuine Japanese ethnicity/descent living in Naha in the 15th-17th centuries, records from that time likely include in the term ''wajin'' (倭人) people who simply adopted Japanese identities or customs, and ''[[wako|wakô]]'', maritime smugglers and raiders of a variety of ethnicities/origins who came to be known throughout East and Southeast Asia as "Japanese" (''wa'') pirates (''kô'').</ref> lived alongside Ryukyuans throughout the other four districts.<ref>Uezato. p60.</ref> The majority of Japanese coming to Ryûkyû in the 16th century are believed to have come from the [[Kansai region]], especially the port city of [[Sakai]], including many monks or lay monks associated with [[Daitokuji]]. Japanese coming to Ryûkyû in the 17th century were chiefly, as might be expected, from [[Satsuma han]].
A small hill located between Wakasa and Kuninda was known as Maachû-yama 松尾山, or Matsuo. A land rezoning project, accompanied by property and tax reform, was conducted across the city from [[1899]] to [[1903]], and at that time, a collection of educational and medical facilities, and residences for public officials, were constructed at Matsuo. These compounds were all destroyed in the 1944/10/10 air raid; after the war, a new school was established on the site, along with residences for members of the Occupying forces. Today, the area is known as Matsuyama Park, and is home to the Chinese gardens Fukushûen (i.e. [[Fuzhou]] Gardens, built in 1992), and to Naha's chief [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temple]], rebuilt in Matsuyama in 2013.
::''Main article: [[Tomari]]''
::''Main article: [[Tomari]]''
