A northern stretch of the old Nakasendo post town, where people still visit Enkiri Enoki for a clean break, and cherry blossoms line the riverbank
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Honcho is the northernmost stretch, "Kamishuku," of Itabashi-shuku, the first post station on the Nakasendo; in the late Edo period, only south of the okido gate at the entrance to Kamishuku counted as "Edo." Honcho's Enkiri Enoki tree is said to have caused wedding processions passing beneath it to end in divorce; the current tree is a small one moved to the opposite side of the road, and people still come to pray for breaking off relationships. The south end is adjacent to the Shakujii River, and the Itabashi bridge that gave the area its name spans the river; Somei Yoshino cherry trees have been planted along the riverbank since 1934.
Nakajuku, on the opposite bank from Itabashi, is outside this neighborhood. This neighborhood comprises Honcho, Yamatocho, Miyamotocho, Shimizucho, Inaridai, and Fujimicho, plus Nishigaoka 2-chome in Kita City, with a population of about 34,000 as of 2020. Miyamotocho and Shimizucho are mainly residential, and Fujimicho is almost entirely residential apart from schools.
Medical care and pharmacies rank 201st out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, in the middle, and is the highest-ranked item for this neighborhood.
Sidewalks rank 242nd, and public transit ranks 212th, also in the middle. The Mita Line runs directly south to Meguro; the Kan-nana bus stop is about 300 meters east of the overpass, and the Oh78 bus goes direct from there to the west exit of Shinjuku Station.
Directly above the station, the Yamatocho intersection is where the Nakasendo crosses Kan-nana, and the Shuto Expressway No. 5 Ikebukuro Line runs overhead above the Nakasendo.
From our street photos, street cleanliness ranks 312th, toward the bottom, the weakest item for this neighborhood. Greenery ranks 277th, also toward the bottom.
The part of Honcho south of Kan-nana is a densely built residential area that Itabashi City has been improving since fiscal 1990; since 2013, rebuilding has had to follow setback and height rules.
Based on points taken every 40 meters within the neighborhood from the Geospatial Information Authority's flood maps, about 17% of points fall within areas expected to flood, mostly under 0.5 meters. The hazard map for Nishigaoka 2-chome is issued by Kita City, and the rest by Itabashi City.
From 1749, the processions of imperial women marrying shoguns took a detour built around the Yamatocho area to avoid the Enkiri Enoki tree.
A fire in 1884 burned down almost all the houses in Kamishuku. In the 1930s, a new road was laid alongside the Nakasendo, which is today's National Route 17.
The Yamatocho overpass on Kan-nana was completed in 1965, and in 1968 the subway opened a station directly beneath the intersection. The station was provisionally called "Yamatocho" during planning, but was renamed because it would otherwise connect with the Tobu Tojo Line's "Yamatocho" Station (today's Wakoshi Station).
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Hospitals with inpatient beds (2020 data), public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area, high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores. Many Tokyo junior high students attend private schools, so junior high catchments are only a guide.
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