sponsors of rikishi or their stables
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
town girl; girl raised in a town
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
port city; harbor city; harbour city
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
nightlife districts; drinking districts
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
(Edo-period) town magistrate
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
inn town; post town; post-station town
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
back street; back alley; slums
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
basic Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)
town originally built around a temple or shrine
group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex
martial arts school situated in a town
hot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town
senior town administrator (Edo period)
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period)
street with houses lined up only on one side
town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
public bath located in a city or town
assisting town official (Edo period)
Machimura Faction (of the LDP)
street festival; street fair
important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders
tori-no-machi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)