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This article is about the geographical area called Yamanote. For the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) commuter line, see Yamanote Line.
The traditional name for the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace, especially Bunkyō-ku-ku and Shinjuku-ku.[1][2]. The name, which in Japanese means an elevated ground or plateau[3] is due to the fact that it lies on the slopes of the Musashino Plateau, which is a relief that, from inner Honshu goes down towards the sea, so that even Edo Castle and the Imperial Palace rest on it[4]. Both the the Yamanote Line and Yamate Dori (or Kampachi) take their name from the region, which they cross[5].