Shitamachi does not equal downtown
I came across this article when I was searching for info on Kujo. Ah! it is now clear why my students used to get confused when they came across the word downtown. (click on the word downtown for the English definition). In Japanese there is a word “shitamachi” (下町)which if literally translated […]
Posted on May 14th, 2005 by Ian Cheung
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