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4 unusual facts about Honjo


Bakeneko

During the Meiji period (1868-1912), in 1909 (Meiji 42), in Honjo of Tokyo, there were articles written about cats that broke into a dance in tenement houses, published in newspapers such as the Sports Hochi, the Yorozu Chōhō, and the Yamato Shimbun.

Chikuhoku, Nagano

The village was incorporated on October 11, 2005 by a merger of three villages, namely Honjō, Sakakita, and Sakai.

Tanuki-bayashi

In the Edo period, in Honjo, Sumida, Tokyo, they are also called baka-bayashi (馬鹿囃子), and as a ghost story that takes place in Honjo, they are counted as one of the Seven Mysteries of Honjo.

Yaho Kitabatake

With Fukada, she returned to Tokyo in 1929, living at first in Abiko, Chiba followed by Honjo in Tokyo.


Honjō Athletic Stadium

Together with Sayagatani stadium in Tobata ward, Honjo stadium hosted the All Japan rugby clubs championship on January 13 and 14, 2008.

Honjō Station

Kinshichō Station - formerly (between 1894 and 1915) called Honjo Station (本所駅)

Kodama

Kodama Station, a train station located in Honjō, Saitama, Japan.

Ōishi Yoshio

In January 1703 (by the old Japanese calendar, the 12th month, 14th day) he, with 46 other Akō ronin, attacked Kira at his residence in the Honjo neighborhood of Edo.


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