Honjo
Honjo is the name of a neighborhood in Sumida, Tokyo, and a former ward in the now-defunct Tokyo City. In 1947, when the 35 wards of Tokyo were reorganized into 23, it was merged with the suburban Mukojima ward to form the modern Sumida ward.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lombroso, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in Sumida-ku, Tokyo
- Also known as: “Honjo, Tokyo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tokyo Skytree and Kegon-ji Temple.
Tokyo Skytree
Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC0.
Tokyo Skytree, also written as Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation tower, located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It has been the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012, and reached its full height of 634 m in early 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the third tallest structure in the world behind Merdeka 118 and Burj Khalifa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaminarimon and Narihira.
Honjo
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Satellite Map
Discover Honjo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Honjo” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Honco”
- Basque: “Honjō”
- Belarusian: “Хондзё”
- Bulgarian: “Хонджо”
- Catalan: “Honjo”
- Chinese: “本所”
- Czech: “Hondžo”
- Dutch: “Honjo”
- Finnish: “Honjo”
- French: “Honjo”
- Irish: “Honjo”
- Italian: “Honjo”
- Japanese: “本所”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Honjo, Tokyo”
- Persian: “هونجو، توکیو”
- Russian: “Хондзё”
- Turkish: “Honjo”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Honjo-azumabashi Station and Komagata Bridge.
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