Ameya Yokocho - Ameya Yokocho

Japanese: アメ屋横丁 - あめやよこちょう

...The Ueno area, which is centered around Ueno Station and Ueno Park, where cultural facilities such as Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Library, Tokyo National Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, and Ueno Zoo are located, along with the commercial center of Okachimachi just south, maintained its position as a secondary urban center of Tokyo before the period of high economic growth, but has recently been less developed than Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Ikebukuro. It is home to Ameya Yokocho (Ame-yoko), a street that retains the vestiges of the black market after World War II and where wholesale and retail businesses selling food and miscellaneous goods are gathered. [Masai Yasuo]...

From [Yamiichi (Black Market)]

…Some of the merchants in the black market banded together to raise funds or even lobbied local governments to set up full-scale stores. Examples include the station building in Shinbashi, Tokyo, and the building in Ameya Yokocho (commonly known as Ameyoko) in Ueno. [Kada Koji] …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ameya Yokocho" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…上野駅および東京芸術大学，上野図書館，東京国立博物館，国立西洋美術館，東京文化会館，上野動物園など文化施設の集まる上野公園を核とした上野地区は，すぐ南の御徒町（おかちまち）一帯の商業中心地とともに，高度経済成長期以前は東京の副都心としての地位を保っていたが，最近は新宿，渋谷，池袋より発達が遅れている。第2次世界大戦後の闇市のなごりをとどめ，食料品，雑貨などの卸小売商が集まるアメ屋横丁(アメ横)がある。【正井泰夫】。…