Shitaya (下谷) is the name of a neighborhood in Taito, Tokyo, and a former ward (下谷区 Shitaya-ku) in the now-defunct Tokyo City.[1] The former ward encompassed 15 neighborhoods in the western half of the modern Taito ward, including Ueno, Yanaka and Akihabara.
The area currently referred to as Shitaya is a long, narrow strip stretching from northeast of Ueno Park to south of Minowa Station.