Honchō (本町) is a district of Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. The current administrative names are Honcho 1-chome to Honcho 6-chome. As of October 2020, the population of this district is 29,587. The postal code for Honchō is 164-0012.
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Geography
Honchō borders Chūō in the north, Nishi-Shinjuku to the east, Yayoichō to the south, and Wada to the west.
Education
Nakano City Board of Education (中野区教育委員会) operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Schools in Honcho:
Nakano City Daini (No. 2) Junior High School (中野区立第二中学校)
Nakano City Hongō Elementary School (中野区立中野本郷小学校)
Honcho 1-3 chome are zoned to Nakano No. 1 Elementary School (中野第一小学校). 4-6 chome are zoned to Hongō Elementary. All parts of Nakano are zoned to No. 2 Junior High.
Tokyo Polytechnic University’s (東京工芸大学) headquarters and Faculty of Arts are located in the Honchō district.
Sights
Jōgan-ji (Nakano, Tokyo) (成願寺), filming location of the 2003 film Lost in Translation