is a railway station in the northeastern part of city of

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

, Japan, in area called . The station is operated by the

private railway A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector. Japan In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...

operating company . The station serves the

University of Nagano , abbreviated as , is a co-educational 4-year public university located in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. It is the newest of the ten major universities in Nagano Prefecture. The University of Nagano consists of two campuses, named for their locations, ...

(長野県立大学 Nagano Kenritsu Daigaku), Nagano Women's Junior College (長野女子短期大学 Nagano joshi tanki daigaku), Nagano School for the Deaf (長野県長野ろう学校 Naganoken Nagano rou gakkou), Nagano Prefectural, Nagano Senior High School (長野県長野高等学校 Naganoken Nagano koutou gakkou), and Nagano Girls Senior High School (長野女子高等学校 Nagano joshi koutou gakkou).

Lines

Hongō Station is a station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line. It is 2.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Nagano Station is a railway station in the city of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden). Lines Nagano Station is served by the f ...

and 30.5 kilometers from the opposite terminus at . Hongō Station is 1.1 kilometers from below , a temple originally built in the 7th Century. Between Hongo Station and Zenkōjishita Station, the train descends underground for the last 2.5 kilometers to Nagano Station. This underground section of the line was completed in 1981. Nagano Electric Railway Zenkojishita - Hongo

Nagano Electric Railway Zenkojishita - Hongo

Station layout

The station is a staffed station. The station consists of two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. There were two stairways to enter the elevated station building where the ticket gate was located. Beginning in November 2019, construction began to install the ticket gate at the ground level. Currently (January 2020), passengers enter on the ground level on the Yudanaka-bound platform. Passengers arriving at the station show their tickets. Departing passengers do not need to show their tickets. The station does not have an automatic ticket gate. A small selection of seasonal agricultural products are available for sale inside the ticket gate.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

* The station opened on 28 June 1926. * October, 1968, construction to enlarge the station began. * March 29, 1969, the current station was completed. It included a small store, "Hongo Station Department". The new station was 31 times larger than the previous station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1379 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Scheduled Bus Service

Nagaden Bus 12 which runs from Nagano Station to Mure Station on the

Kita-Shinano Line The is a railway line operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, since 14 March 2015 following the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension north of Nagano and transfer of operations ...

Iizuna, Nagano is a town located in the Kamiminochi District of norther Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,115 in 4187 households, and a population density of 150 persons per km2. the total area of the town is . Geography I ...

stops in front of the station at Hongo "Station Bus Stop".

Surrounding area

Universities and colleges

* The - a 4-year public co-educational university * The

Schools

* * *

Shrines

* , one of the seven shrines of

Zenkō-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nagano, Japan. The temple was built in the 7th century. The modern city of Nagano began as a town built around the temple. Historically, Zenkō-ji is perhaps most famous for its involvement in the b ...

, is in front of Hongō Station. Miwa Jinja Front

* , founded in 807

Businesses

* , a

supermarket A supermarket is a self-service Retail#Types of outlets, shop offering a wide variety of food, Drink, beverages and Household goods, household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earli ...

chain based in Nagano Prefecture, is located 500m to the south of the station. * is to the north of the station. * is to the north of the station. * , a Japanese

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chain, is located 1.1 kilometers southeast of the station.

Other

* is a 25-minute walk from Hongō Station, near * * is 1.4 km west of Hongō Station. * is 1.5 km west of Hongō Station. * The Nagano

Prefectural road in Japan are roads usually planned, numbered and maintained by the government of the respective prefecture (-to, -dō, -fu or -ken), independent of other prefectures – as opposed to national roads (kokudō), which in legal terms include ...

Number 399, locally called between Nagano and , , runs parallel to Hongō Station.

Gallery

References

External links

* {{Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926 Railway stations in Nagano (city) Nagano Electric Railway