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{{nihongo|'''Yamanote'''|山の手||literally "hand of the mountain"}}, is the traditional name for the affluent, upper-class areas of ] west of the Imperial Palace, especially ] and ]. The area's name, which in Japanese means "hand of the mountain", comes from the fact that it lies on the slopes of the ] ending after ] and the ]. Both the ] and ] (or ]) take their name from the region because they cross it. In addition, the term {{nihongo|''yamanote kotoba''|山の手言葉}} meaning "the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo" takes its name from the region. "''Yamanote''" in modern Japanese refers to any hilly residential region of a city or its ] region, in comparison to "'']''" which is generally the ] region. |
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{{nihongo|'''Yamanote'''|山の手||literally "towards the mountain"}}, is the traditional name for the affluent, upper-class areas of ] west of the Imperial Palace, especially ] and ]. The area's name, which in Japanese means "towards the mountain", comes from the fact that it lies on the slopes of the ] ending after ] and the ]. Both the ] and ] (or ]) take their name from the region because they cross it. In addition, the term {{nihongo|''yamanote kotoba''|山の手言葉}} meaning "the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo" takes its name from the region. |
