Marginalized, Rediscovered and Commodified - The Perception of Alleyways in Contemporary Tokyo

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Geographically, Edo Tokyo was divided into the hilly area of the high city (yamanote), which surrounded the Edo castle to the north, south and west consisting of mainly large wooden houses for feudal lords (daimyō) and the warrior class (samurai). Other low city areas in the northeast and east along the bay of Edo, formed the ‘island'-like living quarters of the commoners or ‘town folk’ (chōnin), as moat and canals structured the area. The ‘low city’ (shitamachi) area was famous for its vibrant urban culture, which developed mainly around the Buddhist temple Sensō-ji in Asakusa. Terms yamanote and shitamachi belong together, as they form the historical, cultural and economical division of Edo-Tokyo. Shitamachi can be translated as ‘low town or city’, back then the area of the commoners of the shogun, located northeast of the Edo Castle and west of the Sumida River (Jinnai, 1995, 108). Yamanote means literally ‘hand of the mountains’, being located on the hills of the Musashino Plateau and divided into three districts of Jōhoku (north), Jōsai (west) and Jōnan (south) of Edo Castle, being referred to as ‘High City’ (Jinnai, 1995, 11).

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