Fudodori shopping street honmachi shibuya

is a residential district of

Shibuya Shibuya (wikt:渋谷, 渋谷wikt:区, 区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, Japan. It is bordered by: * and

Minamidai is a district of Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. As of October 2020, the population of this district is 20,698. The postal code for Minamidai is 164-0014. Geography Minamidai borders Yayoichō in the north, Honmachi to the east, Sasazuka and Hat ...

to the north *

Nishi-Shinjuku is a skyscraper business district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. This region was previously called . Nishi-Shinjuku was Tokyo's first major foray into building skyscrapers with the first appearing in the 1970s with Keio Plaza Inter-Continental. It ...

to the east *

Hatagaya is an area within Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Origins It is said the origin of the name Hatagaya, comes from the year 1082, when Minamoto no Yoshiie was returning to his home and stopped in the area and washed a white flag, put it up on a pole ...

, to the southeast * Hatsudai to the south As of October 2020, the population of this district is 27,592. The postal code for Honmachi is 151-0071.

Demography

Education

operates public elementary and junior high schools. All of Honmachi 2 through 4- chome and parts of 5 through 6-chome are zoned to Shibuya Honmachi Gakuen ( 渋谷本町学園) for elementary school. Honmachi 1-chome is zoned to Hatashiro Elementary School ( 幡代小学校). Portions of Honmachi 5 and 6-chome are zoned to Nakahata Elementary School ( 中幡小学校). All of Honmachi 1 through 4-chome and parts of 5 and 6-chome are zoned to Shibuya Honmachi Gakuen for junior high school. The remaining parts of 5 and 6-chome are zoned to Sasazuka Junior High School ( 笹塚中学校). - Has junior high school zoning

Transportation

The only subway/train station in Honmachi is

Hatsudai Station is a railway station on the Keio New Line in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. Station layout History Hatsudai Station opened on 11 June 1914. Surrounding area Hatsudai is the closest station ...

on the

Keiō New Line The is a 3.6 km link which connects Keio Corporation's Keiō Line The is a 37.9-km railway line in western Tokyo, Japan, owned by the private railway operator Keiō Corporation. It connects Shinjuku, Tokyo, with the suburban city of ...

, on the southern border of Honmachi near the

Tokyo Opera City Tower is a skyscraper located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 1996, it stands 234 metres (768 feet) high and has 54 floors. The tower is the third-tallest building in Shinjuku, Tokyo and seventh-tallest in Tokyo. The closest train stat ...

. The closest stations outside of Honmachi are: * Nishi-shinjuku-gochome Station on the

Toei Ōedo Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). It commenced full operations on December 12, 2000; using the Japanese calendar this reads "12/12/12" as the year 2000 equals Heisei 12. T ...

to the northeast. * Nakano-sakaue Station (

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The line runs in a U-shape between Ogikubo Station in Suginami and Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, with a branch line between Nakano-Sakaue Station and Hōnanchō Station. The offici ...

and

) to the north. * Hatagaya Station on the

to the southwest * Nakano-shimbashi Station on the

to the northwest. Honmachi is also served by several bus lines: *

Keio Dentetsu Bus is a core bus-operating company of the Keio Group which was established on February 1, 2002, inherited business all of the Keio Electric Railway (present Keio Corporation) automobile operation division and started business on August 1 of the sa ...

Hachiko Bus (Japanese)

Honmachi public services/attractions

* Shogonji Buddhist Temple (Japanese Wikipedia)
Honmachi Public Library (Japanese)

*

New National Theatre, Tokyo The is Japan's first and foremost national centre for the performing arts, including opera, ballet, contemporary dance and drama. It is located in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. Since 1997 more than 650 productions were staged. There are about 300 ...

References

Neighborhoods of Tokyo Shibuya {{tokyo-geo-stub