Upper Town

…The structure of having many commercial and industrial districts in the downtown area and many residential areas in the uptown area still continues to some extent today, but the character of the downtown area is gradually being lost due to the rapid changes in the lifestyle structure. The English word downtown refers to the lower part of a city, i.e., the downtown area, and is used in contrast to the uptown area, i.e., the upper town. The former means a commercial area and the latter a residential area, but the former is often used to refer to the commercial area in the city center. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Upper Town" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…下町に商工業地区が多く，山手に住宅地が多いという構造は，現在もある程度は続いているが，生活構造の急激な変化のなかで下町の気質は失われつつある。　なお，英語のダウンタウンdowntownは，都市の低い部分＝下町を指し，山手地区を指すアッパータウンupper townとの対比で使われる。前者は商業地域，後者は住宅地域を意味するが，前者にはとくに都心の商業地域をいう例がみられる。…

※「アッパータウン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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