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The Japanese Village, known in Thai as Ban Yipun or Muban Yipun (หมู่บ้านญี่ปุ่น; Japanese: アユタヤ日本人町, romanized: Ayutaya Nihonjin-machi), was a historic Japanese ethnic enclave just outside the capital city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom that flourished from the 17th century to the mid-18th century, now in the area of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District.
Japantown (日本人街) is a common name for Japanese communities in cities and towns outside Japan.Alternatively, a Japantown may be called J-town, Little Tokyo or Nihonmachi (日本町), the first two being common names for Japantown, San Francisco, Japantown, San Jose and Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
The Thai populace has openly embraced Japanese products, as evidenced by the huge popularity of Japanese food, fashion, television shows, music, video games and anime. Thailand is the largest ASEAN importer of Japanese food. The number of Japanese restaurants in Thailand has risen from 1,803 in 2013 to 3,004 in 2018.
It’s five-star Thai hospitality at its finest and a steal with rooms starting from £150 a night, breakfast included (and there’s no better breakfast in the country than an Anantara buffet).
The city is located at the confluence of the Chao Phraya, Lopburi and Pa Sak rivers, and on the main north–south railway linking Chiang Mai to Bangkok. The old city is on an island formed by a bend of the Chao Phraya on the west and south sides, the Pa Sak on the east side and the Klong Muang canal on the northern side.
Chiang Mai, lovingly known as Thailand’s “second city”, is a place where contemporary culture meets ancient tradition; a low-rise, wide spanning metropolis full of medieval architecture, hip ...
How to spend a day in San Francisco’s Japantown, the poster child for the city’s post-Covid recovery. Kris Griffiths. December 15, 2023 at 8:01 AM.
Chiang Mai is the only city outside Bangkok to cover multiple districts in its urban area. Together, Bangkok and Chiang Mai are the only cities in Thailand with a population of over one million. Thailand has an urbanization rate of 52% (2021), translating to 36,217,020 people of the total population.