The Juramashi district of Otosan Uchi was the single largest district in the city, a conglomerate of architecture and ideas. Upper Juramashi was largly residential and was considered the more wealthy of the two. Lower Juramashi contained the lower caste housing, geisha and tea houses. The district took its name from Shiba Juramashi a former-governor who had ruled it over a decade. After him the governors rarely lasted longer than one year in this area.