West Court Meinohama

West Court Meinohama (ウエストコート姪浜) is a power-center-style shopping center located at 1-7-1 Uchihama, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It sits on a site of roughly 10,000 tsubo (about 33,000 square meters) with a sales-floor area of about 6,000 tsubo (roughly 20,000 square meters) and more than 50 specialty stores. Its core tenants are the MrMax Meinohama store and the Sunny Meinohama store. Locally the facility is affectionately known by the nickname "Ueko" (ウエコー). The center opened in 1996 as the flagship large-scale commercial facility of the Meinohama land readjustment project, a major redevelopment in Nishi-ku that used the former site of Fukuoka Municipal Fukuoka Women's High School, among other parcels. Its predecessor on the site was a golf driving range called Seibu Sports Garden, and a batting center of the same name still operates within the facility today. West Court Meinohama is positioned as a daily-life shopping and dining destination where everyday necessities are available, and it also offers indoor sports facilities. It is well connected: about a four-minute walk (roughly 300 m) from Meinohama Station on the Fukuoka City Subway, one minute on foot from the Nishitetsu Bus "Uchihama West Court Higashi" stop, and about 500 m from the Meinohama ramp of the Fukuoka Urban Expressway. Parking for roughly 500 cars is provided, with three vehicle entrances. In urban-planning terms, the area is covered by the "Meinohama Station South District Plan," and West Court Meinohama lies within a "roadside service zone" intended for buildings suited to a main-road location, with additional restrictions beyond the Second-Class Residential District zoning. The center serves the western Fukuoka City population cluster around Meinohama, an area known for good transport and living convenience and high residential popularity within Fukuoka City.

West Court Meinohama opened in 1996 as the centerpiece large-scale commercial facility of the Meinohama land readjustment project, a major redevelopment in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka City. The project assembled land including the former site of Fukuoka Municipal Fukuoka Women's High School into a single parcel for the shopping center. The site's predecessor was a golf driving range called Seibu Sports Garden; a batting center bearing the same name continues to operate inside the facility, preserving a link to the location's earlier use. Since opening, the center has been supported by local customers and has become known by the nickname "Ueko" (ウエコー). It is a power-center-style shopping center with core tenants MrMax Meinohama and Sunny Meinohama, alongside more than 50 specialty stores. Over the years it has hosted a changing roster of tenants, and some tenants that once existed have since left. In urban-planning terms, the eastern part of Uchihama 1-chome near Meinohama Station, together with the adjacent Meinohama Station South district, is covered by the "Meinohama Station South District Plan" over an area of about 53.8 hectares. West Court Meinohama lies within a "roadside service zone" intended to guide buildings suited to a main-road location, and additional building restrictions apply beyond the Second-Class Residential District zoning in order to promote the creation of a local core. The center remains active, hosting community events such as the "Meinohama Marche" handmade market and seasonal campaigns, and it continues to recruit staff and seek new tenants.

• 1996

  West Court Meinohama opens as the flagship commercial facility of the Meinohama land readjustment project.

• The site's predecessor, the Seibu Sports Garden golf driving range, is replaced by the shopping center; a same-named batting center remains in the facility.

• The center becomes locally known by the nickname "Ueko."

A daily-life power-center shopping center serving the western Fukuoka City area, combining everyday shopping, dining, and indoor sports under the local nickname "Ueko."

• MrMax Meinohama store

• Sunny Meinohama store

• Seibu Sports Garden batting center

• French Closet Meinohama store

• Kanko Shop Meinohama Ishii

• Kyudai Shingaku Zemi

• Jazzercise Nishi-Fukuoka

• MIKI Fanit

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