noun
shopping street; shopping district
Refers to a street or area lined with shops, similar to 商店街 but with a more modern, often tourist-oriented feel. The cross-reference to 商店街 suggests a close relationship, though ショッピング街 may imply a more contemporary or Western-style shopping area.
See also: 商店街
週末はショッピング街で買い物を楽しんだ。
I enjoyed shopping in the shopping district on the weekend.
商店街 is the traditional term for a local shopping arcade or district, often with a covered walkway and a mix of small independent shops. ショッピング街 is a more modern, sometimes larger-scale or tourist-oriented shopping area, and may not have the same traditional community feel.
Compound of ショッピング (shopping, from English) and 街 (がい, 'street' or 'district'). A modern wasei-eigo construction.