Honjō, Saitama

Honjō (Japanese本 庄 市, - shi) is a city in northern Saitama Prefecture. The Waseda University maintains a campus in the city.

Geography

Honjō located south of Takasaki and west of Fukaya.

The river Tone is flowing from northwest to northeast through the city. Another river is the Kanna.

History

Honjō was a post station (宿 场 町Shukuba -machi ) of Nakasendō during the Edo period.

The city Honjō was founded on July 1, 1954.

Traffic

  • Street: Kanetsu highway
  • National road 17 to Tōkyō or Niigata
  • Nakasendō
  • JR Takasaki Line: Railway Honjō to Ueno or Takasaki
  • JR Joetsu Shinkansen: Train station Honjō - Waseda, by Tōkyō or Niigata
  • JR Nagano Shinkansen: Train station Honjō - Waseda, by Tōkyō or Nagano

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Yukiko Kada ( Governor of Shiga Prefecture Japanese )

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Saitama Prefecture Fukaya
  • Kamisato
  • Kamikawa
  • Minano
  • Nagatoro
  • Misato
  • Isesaki
  • Tamamura

Twinning

  • Japan Kazo, Japan
  • Japan Shibukawa, Japan
Cities of Japan Takasaki, Gunma Fukaya, Saitama Nagano-Shinkansen Nagano, Nagano Kamisato (Saitama) Kamikawa (Saitama) Minano (Saitama) Nagatoro (Saitama) Misato, Saitama (town) Isesaki, Gunma Kazo, Saitama Shibukawa, Gunma Asaka (Saitama) Chichibu, Saitama Fujimino, Saitama Hasuda, Saitama Hidaka (Saitama) Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Iruma, Saitama Kasukabe, Saitama Kawaguchi, Saitama Kitamoto, Saitama Koshigaya, Saitama Kuki, Saitama Kumagaya, Saitama Misato, Saitama (city) Niiza, Saitama Okegawa, Saitama Saitama, Saitama Sakado, Saitama Satte, Saitama Sayama, Saitama Shiki (Saitama) Toda (Saitama) Tokorozawa, Saitama Tsurugashima, Saitama Warabi, Saitama Yashio, Saitama Yoshikawa (Saitama) Higashichichibu (Saitama) Ogano (Saitama) Yokoze (Saitama) Hatoyama (Saitama) Kawajima (Saitama) Ogawa (Saitama) Tokigawa (Saitama) Yoshimi (Saitama) Miyoshi (Saitama) Ina (Saitama) Matsubushi (Saitama) Miyashiro (Saitama) Shiraoka (Saitama)
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