Honjō, Saitama

Honjō-shuku (本庄宿, Honjō-shuku) was the tenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo period. It was the largest of the stations in terms of population and number of buildings. It was located in the present-day city of Honjō, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Honjō Station (本庄駅, Honjō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Honjō, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Honjō-Waseda Station (本庄早稲田駅, Honjō-Waseda-eki) is passenger Shinkansen railway station located in the city of Honjō, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Waseda University Honjo Senior High School (早稲田大学本庄高等学院, Waseda Daigaku Honjo Kōtō Gakuin) is a senior high school in Japan, located in Saitama Prefecture. It was founded in 1982 as a high school attached to Waseda University. Its motto is "independence of learning" (学問の独立, gakumon-no-dokuritsu), which is the same motto as for Waseda University.

Jobu University (上武大学, Jōbu daigaku) is a private university in Isesaki, Gunma, Japan, established in 1968. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1950. The university has a secondary campus in the city of Takasaki, Gunma.

Jimbohara Station (神保原駅, Jimbohara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kamisato, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Tokyo University of Social Welfare Junior College (東京福祉大学短期大学部, Tokyo Fukushi Daigaku Tanki Daigakubu) is a private junior college in Isesaki, Gunma, Japan. The College was opened in 2006, and is affiliated with the Tokyo University of Social Welfare.

Tamoyada dam is a gravity barrage-dam located in Saitama prefecture in Japan. The structure is used to divert water for agriculture, and to generate hydro-electricity. The catchment area of the dam is 893 km2. The dam impounds about 47ha of land when full and can store 37 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1962 and completed in 1964.

Kamisato (上里町, Kamisato-machi) is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the town had an estimated population of 30,836 in 13,055 households and a population density of 1100 persons per km². The total area of the town is 29.18 square kilometres (11.27 sq mi).

The Tajima Yahei Sericulture Farm (旧田島弥平旧宅, Tajima Yahei kyū-taku) is located in the Sakaishima neighbored of the city of Isesaki, Gunma. It was the former home of an influential silk farmer in the early Meiji period, known for writing a new sericulture theory which laid the foundations for modern sericultural production. The building has been protected as a National Historic Site since 2012. It was subsequently included as part of The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013.

Okabe Station (岡部駅, Okabe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fukaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Saitama Institute of Technology (埼玉工業大学, Saitama kōgyo daigaku) is a private university in Fukaya, Saitama, Japan, established in 1976. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1903.