shopping street; shopping district
Refers to a street or area with a concentration of shops, often a covered arcade or a traditional local shopping area.
I like shopping in the shopping street on weekends.
この商店街には古い店がたくさん並んでいる。
Many old shops line this shopping district.
I like walking through the shopping street on my days off.
Every weekend, I do my shopping at the nearby shopping street.
On festival days, the shopping street gets very crowded and lively.
The shopping street in this town has been popular for a long time.
官庁街 is a district of government offices, while 商店街 is a shopping street lined with stores, so the two -街 words describe very different kinds of areas.
商店街 is a traditional shopping street lined with independent stores outdoors, unlike the single indoor building of a ショッピングモール.