The market is approximately 164,227 square feet in area, starting just behind the Yodobashi Camera building and following the Yamanote Line south until the Komuro building.
The name ameyayokocho means "candy shop alley". However in present day it is referred to simply as ameyoko (アメ横). The market is home to over one hundred and eighty one shops,[2] which sell products ranging from fresh food and fish to clothing and time pieces.
A shōtengai (商店街) is a style of Japanese commercial district running along a certain street. Shōtengai often connect to the nearest train station. Most suburbs and towns of Japan have shōtengai of varying size, and larger shōtengai may take the form of covered arcades that are blocked off to traffic. A typical shōtengai includes most of these:
- supermarkets and grocery shops
- restaurants, cafés and kissaten
- izakaya and snacks (Japanese-style pubs with mostly male clientele; usually run and/or staffed by women)
- pachinko parlors
- massage parlors
- barber shops
- game centers
- post offices
- book shops
- clothes shops
- convenience stores
- kōban, neighborhood police substations
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