下町

Common

noun

1.low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)

She was born and brought up on the backstreets.

noun

2.Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

see also: 山の手・2

下町 (したまち) – low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.) – mrjisho