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Shitamachi (下町, literally "low city") is the traditional name for the area of Tokyo going from Taitō to Chiyoda and Chuō, the physically low part of the city next to, and particularly east of, the Sumida river. The term is used in phrases such as shitamachi kotoba (下町言葉, working-class accent), shitamachifū (下町風, downtown style), and shitamachi jōcho (下町情緒, friendly atmosphere of working-class neighborhoods).

See also

• Yamanote

References

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• Low City, High City: Tokyo from Edo to the Earthquake: How the Shogun's Ancient Capital Became a Great Modern City, 1867-1923. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 10-ISBN 0-394-50730-4; 13-ISBN 978-0-394-50730-9 (cloth) Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1991. 10-ISBN 0-674-53939-7; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-53939-6 (paper)]
• Iwanami Kōjien (広辞苑) Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version

External links

• The Shitamachi Museum site in English
• The Shitamachi Museum site in Japanese

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