What is the definition of a 街開き?


What is a 街開き? I know that 街 can mean "town" and 開き means "opening", so it
means something like "town opening", but what is it exactly?

Neither jisho.org nor weblio had an entry.




街開き is not very common, but it's actually _town opening_. It's used when a
newly developed town (or district, or large apartment building) is made
available to the public use. It also refers to an opening ceremony.

See:

  * [「開成町みなみ」街開き式](http://kanagawa.itot.jp/kaisei/231)
  * [変わる東京。今後注目したい新しい「街開き」](https://www.athome.co.jp/contents/trend/071/)
  * [分譲住宅地でなぜ「街びらき」イベントが行われたのか](https://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/455869/)

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**EDIT** While 街開き is not common, it's instantly understandable to native
speakers because we have similar ～開き words:

  * [海開き](http://jisho.org/word/%E6%B5%B7%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D)
  * [プール開き](http://jisho.org/word/%E3%83%97%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D)
  * [山開き](http://jisho.org/word/%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D)




街開き is not very common, but it's actually _town opening_. It's used when a
newly developed town (or district, or large apartment building) is made
available to the public use. It also refers to an opening ceremony.

See:

  * [「開成町みなみ」街開き式](http://kanagawa.itot.jp/kaisei/231)
  * [変わる東京。今後注目したい新しい「街開き」](https://www.athome.co.jp/contents/trend/071/)
  * [分譲住宅地でなぜ「街びらき」イベントが行われたのか](https://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/455869/)

* * *

**EDIT** While 街開き is not common, it's instantly understandable to native
speakers because we have similar ～開き words:

  * [海開き](http://jisho.org/word/%E6%B5%B7%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D)
  * [プール開き](http://jisho.org/word/%E3%83%97%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D)
  * [山開き](http://jisho.org/word/%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D)

