Yamanote (山の手) and Shitamachi (下町) are traditional names for two areas of Tokyo, Japan. Yamanote refers to the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west...

kotoba) and Shitamachi dialect (下町言葉, Shitamachi kotoba). The Yamanote dialect is characteristic of the old upper class from the Yamanote area. Since...

and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits the contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical...

and socio-economic differences can be heard. Traditionally, dialects in Tokyo are classified into two groups: the Yamanote dialect and the Shitamachi...

grew, two notable communities formed: the yamanote and shitamachi. Two shitamachi communities were Nihonbashi and Kyobashi. Nihonbashi's large commodities...

modern Bunkyo ward exhibits contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural division. The Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in the ward's eastern...

ward exhibits contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural divisions. The Kanda area is in the core of Shitamachi, the original commercial...

dialects West Kantō Tokyo dialect (central Tokyo) Yamanote dialect (old upper-class dialect) Shitamachi dialect or Edo dialect (old working-class dialect)...

Kyobashi ward of Tokyo City, which, together with Nihonbashi and Kanda, formed the core of Shitamachi, the original downtown center of Edo (Tokyo). Ginza was...

from the manga series Hanasakeru Seishōnen Yamanote, an area in Tokyo contrasted with Shitamachi Yamanote Line, a railway line in Japan written with the...