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Historical term

machi-yakko; vigilantes who wore flamboyant clothing and formed gangs to fight against hatamoto-yakko (Edo period)

Historical term

town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials

Historical term

Chinatown (Edo period)

Historical term

town map (Edo period); map of neighborhoods

Historical term

machigumi; self-governing organization for towns and cities (Muromachi to Meiji periods)

Historical term

Muromachi period (1336-1573)

Historical term

Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)

Dated term

town girl; girl raised in a town

palanquin

important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders

tori-no-machi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)

Proverb

if you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit

local fire brigade