Shitamachi

Shitamachi is an area in , . Shitamachi is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shinobugaoka High School and Akihabara.

School
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.

Railway station
Photo: ヒタチギ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Station is an interchange railway station in , , Japan. It is at the center of the shopping district specializing in electronic goods.

Railway stop
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Station is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, and a railway station above ground level on the Chūō-Sōbu Line at the same site operated by the East Japan Railway Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yamagibashi and Kanda-Sakumachō.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
is a quarter.

Quarter
Sakumachō, officially , is a district of , Japan, consisting of 1- to 4-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 963.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or Akiba in slang, is 's "Electric Town" on the eastern side of the central ward. The area houses thousands of shops selling every technological gadget you can imagine, from computers to gaming consoles and vacuums to DVDs, at reasonable prices.

Shitamachi

Latitude
35.7° or 35° 42′ north
Longitude
139.78333° or 139° 47′ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XPQ2M+28
Geo­Names ID
1851754
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Shitamachi” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “下町”

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