神田

Kanda (神田, lit. 'god's field' — originally rice paddies dedicated to a Shinto shrine) is a district in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward famous for two things: 神田神保町 (Kanda-Jinbōchō), the world's largest used-book quarter with ~150 secondhand bookshops, and 神田明神 (Kanda Myōjin), one of Tokyo's oldest shrines. The reading 'Shéntián' is the Mandarin reading of the kanji — Japanese pronounce it 'Kanda.'

Used in Chinese for both the Tokyo place name and the Japanese surname (e.g. 神田正典 Kanda Masanori, business writer; 神田沙也加 Kanda Sayaka, actress). When referring to the place, often pairs with 旧书 (jiùshū, 'used books') in Chinese travel writing.