What does 下町 mean?
下町 is a Japanese noun meaning “old parts of town” in English. It can also be translated as “Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)” depending on context. It is written as 下町 in kanji, したまち in hiragana, and shitamachi in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
彼女は下町で生まれ育った。
She was born and brought up on the backstreets.