and the both sides of Chengtu Rd. Most people understood Hsimenting to mean the bustling shopping area filled with all sorts of stores. The range of Hsimenting included the former Suehiro-cho, Kotobuki-cho, Hama-cho, Izumi-cho, and Tsukiji-cho. These five districts were grouped by the Japanese as a Hsimen Association.
根據日據時期的台北市街圖顯示，當時西門町的範圍，只限於現今從中華路到康定路的成都路兩側街廓；一般人則以西門町作為西門商業鬧區的代稱，範圍包括當時的末廣町、壽町、濱町、泉町和築地町，這五町的日本人還組織了一個「西門會」。