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Yamanote (山の手, literally "towards the mountain"), is the traditional name for the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace, especially Bunkyo and Shinjuku. The area's name, which in Japanese means "towards the mountain", comes from the fact that it lies on the slopes of the Musashino Terrace ending after Edo Castle and the Tokyo Imperial Palace. The modern Japanese word yamanote kotoba (山の手言葉) meaning "the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo", takes its name from the region.

Today, the Yamanote Line, named after the historical term, is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important commuter rail lines, servicing areas such as Shinagawa, Shibuya, Ikebukuro, Ueno, and Akihabara.

See also

• Shitamachi

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

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