noun
nakamise; shops lining a shrine approach
Refers specifically to the rows of small shops along the path leading to a Shinto shrine, especially famous ones like Sensō-ji in Asakusa.
浅草の仲見世通りにはたくさんの土産物屋が並んでいる。
Many souvenir shops line Nakamise-dori in Asakusa.
参道の仲見世で団子を買った。
I bought dango at the nakamise along the shrine approach.
Compound of 仲 (naka, 'relationship' or 'middle') and 見世 (mise, 'shop'). The spelling 仲見世 is conventional; the exact historical derivation is uncertain.