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.
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.
Coordinates: 35°42′24″N 139°45′36″E / 35.706728°N 139.759891°E / 35.706728; 139.759891
Downwards, downwards
Life's spiraling descent
Downwards, downwards
Life's spiraling descent
All love is lost
Premature and unreasoning
Premature and unreasoning
Perversely chained without any values
Perversely chained without any values
Wretched, degraded
Wretched, degraded
Take it all on the chin
To forever hold my peace
To forever hold my peace
The reins turned noose, pull taunt as I fall
The reins turned noose, pull taunt as I fall
The figment is more painful than fact
And I'm the one to hang
Just for being me, for being me
The murky clouds wash, solace comforts not
And I'm the one to hang
Just for being me, just for being me
Black numbing blanket smothers attrition