地ち方ほう都と市し

noun

regional city; provincial town

Refers to a city or town outside the major metropolitan areas (Tokyo, Osaka, etc.), often with a more local character and smaller scale.

• 地ち方ほう都と市しでは、車くるまがないと生せい活かつしにくい。

  In regional cities, it's hard to get by without a car.

• 彼かれは東とう京きょうを離はなれて地ち方ほう都と市しに移い住じゅうした。

  He left Tokyo and moved to a provincial town.