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A diary of a heretic in English

No.495　11/08/13 15:39
ｽﾁｬﾗｶ一郎 ( 50代 ♂ Oe38xe ) あ+あ-

【上ﾙ、下ﾙ、what's a secret hidden in a unique address of Kyoto?】

In general,in a guidebook,when being introduced a place of a store,for example, it's described『渋谷区○○町××ー××ー××』 like that.😃

○○ is a name of a town and×× is house number 番地.Contrary to it,in another guidebook for Kyoto is described like next.😃

『上京区△△通□□上ﾙ』

Neither a name of a town nor a house nunber are described.Some people may be taken aback, but the more they learn to know Kyoto, the more they recognize the way of describing is useful.💡

As to △△, it's a name of a street.To be exact,a place where two streets cross.😃

For example,『堀川通一条』means a place where a street of 堀川通 and 一条通 cross.😃

As for the address of Kyoto, 『上ﾙ』means being in the north.In Kyoto,going for north is expressed 『上ﾙ』,going for south is 『下ﾙ』,going for east is『東入ﾙ』and going for west is『西入ﾙ』💡

At the center of Kyoto,its streets run north,south,east and west as if they were squares of go board 碁盤の目,so its way of calling is useful.😃