--- title: "Hongō – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Hongō, Japan: Hongō (本郷) is a district of Tokyo located in Bunkyō, due north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and west of Ueno. Nearby: University of Tokyo…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hongo" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hongo.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Yasuda_Auditorium.jpg" --- Neighborhood in Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo · Japan · Chiba # Hongō Hongō (本郷) is a district of Tokyo located in Bunkyō, due north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and west of Ueno. ![Hongō](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Yasuda_Auditorium.jpg) Hongō · Wikimedia Commons The place Hongō (本郷) is a district of Tokyo located in Bunkyō, due north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and west of Ueno. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%C5%8D%2C_Tokyo), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Hongō 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era institutions, its direct precursors include the Tenmongata, founded in 1684, and the Shōheizaka Institute. 800 m · national university in Tokyo, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tokyo) 2. National Diet Library The National Diet Library is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the National Diet of Japan in researching matters of public policy. 3.5 km · national library in Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet_Library) 3. Waseda University Waseda University, abbreviated as Waseda or Sōdai, is a private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the eighth and eleventh prime minister of Japan, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. 3.7 km · private university in Tokyo, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waseda_University) 4. Tokyo Stock Exchange The Tokyo Stock Exchange, abbreviated as Tosho or TSE/TYO, is a stock exchange located in Tokyo, Japan. The exchange is owned by Japan Exchange Group, a holding company that it also lists, and operated by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of JPX. JPX was formed from the merger of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. 3.2 km · stock market based in Tokyo · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange) 5. Tokyo National Museum The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. 2 km · art museum in Tokyo, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_National_Museum) 6. Yasukuni Shrine Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954. 2.1 km · Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine) 7. Edo Castle Edo Castle is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is therefore also known as Chiyoda Castle. 2.1 km · castle in Tokyo, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_Castle) 8. Nippon Budōkan The Nippon Budokan, often shortened to simply the Budokan, is an indoor arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. 1.7 km · indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Budokan) 9. Ueno Imperial Grant Park Ueno Park is a spacious public park in the Ueno district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. The park was established in 1873 on lands formerly belonging to the temple of Kan'ei-ji. 1.2 km · park in Tokyo, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ueno_Park) 10. House of Councillors to the Emperor The Senate, formerly and commonly known as the House of Councillors in English, is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. 3.6 km · upper house of Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_(Japan%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Hongō **Airports:** Tokyo Haneda (HND), 18 km · Narita (NRT), 57 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 79 km\ **Stations:** Tokyo Station, 2.9 km · Ueno Station, 1.7 km · Akihabara Station, 1.5 km · Asakusa Station, 3.5 km · Ōtemachi Station, 2.5 km\ - Narita → Hongō 41 km · quickest by road, 52 min · ¥540–740 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/narita-to-hongo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Narita&to=Hong%C5%8D) - Omitama → Hongō 93 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · ¥1,320–1,800 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/omitama-to-hongo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Omitama&to=Hong%C5%8D) - Makinohara / Shimada → Hongō 53 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · ¥910–1,250 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/makinohara-shimada-to-hongo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makinohara+%2F+Shimada&to=Hong%C5%8D) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Hong%C5%8D) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Hongō Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hongō. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Go next The street markets and museums of Ueno are directly west of Asakusa, while Sumida of Skytree and sumo fame is immediately across the river. - Go next Asakusa is a large Tokyo hub of the private Tobu railway, and you can be transported to a different world in two hours: Ashikaga Kinugawa — a hot-spring resort fallen on hard times Nikko — with its national parks and opulent shrines Tatebayashi Tochigi — A worthwhile day trip from Tokyo for its preserved architecture and old shops. From [Wikivoyage: Tokyo/Asakusa](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tokyo%2FAsakusa), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Muuido and the Incheon islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/muuido) KR 9 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,206 km 2. [Sakhalin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sakhalin) RU 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 1,285 km 3. [Zamami and the Kerama Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zamami) JP 12 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,586 km 4. [Taketomi and the Yaeyama islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketomi) JP 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,964 km 5. [Matsu Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/matsu) TW 9 ways of moving, 34 sources 2,159 km If you know how people move in Hongō – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Chongo&title=Hong%C5%8D&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fhongo), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Hongō Hongō is 5 km from [Shinjuku](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/shinjuku), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Chiyoda](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chiyoda) special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan 1.5 km - [Taitō-ku](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taito-ku) special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan 1.9 km - [Bunkyō-ku](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bunkyo-ku) special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan 700 m - [Sumida](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sumida) special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan 3.8 km - [Akihabara](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/akihabara) Neighborhood/district of Chiyoda ward, Tokyo 1.5 km - [Arakawa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/arakawa) special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan 3.9 km [The place page for Hongō](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/hongo) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Japan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-JP) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hongo, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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