San'ya
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- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Arakawa
- Image
- Namidabashi Intersection.JPG
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- Summary
- Simple-lodging establishments
- History
- Transportation
- "Sanya" written around Tokyo
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is an area in the Taitō and Arakawa wards of Tokyo, located south of the Namidabashi intersection, around the Yoshino-dori. A neighborhood named "San'ya" existed until 1966, but the area was renamed and split between several neighborhoods.
It is a region with a distinct culture, an area of crowded, cheap rooming houses where day laborers and jōhatsu live.