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Honjo City
Saitama Prefecture · City
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Honjo City is the town of Honjo-shuku, which prospered as the largest shukuba (post town) on the Nakasendo road. It has Honjo-Waseda Station on the Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines. Heritage of the silk industry also remains, such as the Kyoshinsha model silkworm-rearing house, which helped improve sericulture techniques.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Saitama Prefecture
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