is a district of
Nakano,
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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. 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.
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
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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.
Sights
*
Jōgan-ji (Nakano, Tokyo) (成願寺), filming location of the 2003 film ''
Lost in Translation''
References
Neighborhoods of Tokyo
Nakano, Tokyo
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