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Hongō (本郷) is a district of Tokyo located in Bunkyō-ku (Bunkyo Ward), due north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and west of Ueno. Hongō was a ward of the former city of Tokyo until 1947, when it merged with another ward, Koishikawa, to form the modern Bunkyō.
Map of Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Hongō is home to the University of Tokyo, Juntendo and Toyo Gakuen Universities. There are many schools and universities in this ward and it has been regarded as a school zone since Meiji era. Hongō-sanchōme Station (Marunouchi Line and Toei Oedo Line) is in the center of this Ward, which is main station of this ward.
This was where Yaoya Oshichi, a greengrocer's daughter who was burned at the stake for arson in 1683, lived.
References
Hongō, Tokyo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA