--- entity_id: city:jp:geonames:2127588 entity_type: city name: "Honchō" country_code: JP country: Japan slug: honcho canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/honcho/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/jp/honcho.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/jp/honcho.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/jp/honcho snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 generated_at: 2026-09-12 last_verified: 2026-09-06 fact_count: 8 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 1 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/honcho/ citation_title: "Honchō (CITY), Japan: jobs, climate" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_version: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-12 citation_build_date: 2026-09-12 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Honchō Honchō is a city in Japan, and the figures below are its published values. The city faced an unemployment rate of 1.86% at the end of 2020. ## Mobility Honchō's nearest airport was OBO, 37 km away and offered 1 direct destinations. ## Climate Honchō's monthly mean temperatures were −7.8°C in January and 17.8°C in July. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Population | `population_total` | 3,999 people | city | 2026-08-05 | 2026-08-05 | fresh | verified | [1] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 1.86 % | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [2] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 2.94 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 14.58 · Apr 22.29 · May 32.37 · Jun 29.41 · Jul 32.39 · Aug 34.02 · Sep 31.22 · Oct 22.24 · Nov 17.69 · Dec 9.83 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -20.45 · Feb -22.12 · Mar -20.09 · Apr -7.12 · May -3.82 · Jun 2.15 · Jul 6.97 · Aug 8.28 · Sep 3.04 · Oct -2.72 · Nov -9.79 · Dec -18.65 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan -7.85 · Feb -7.38 · Mar -2.16 · Apr 3.72 · May 9.4 · Jun 13.93 · Jul 17.77 · Aug 19.48 · Sep 16.09 · Oct 9.57 · Nov 2.73 · Dec -4.46 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 1 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [4] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 37 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [5] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | OBO | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [5] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Language courses and integration - [Japanese Language Education Program for Foreigners Living in Japan](https://www.bunka.go.jp/english/policy/japanese_language/education/) — State Language Course · Agency for Cultural Affairs · Japanese · checked 2026-08-10 These are country-level programmes, not proof of a course location in this city. ## Public employment service - [Hello Work](https://www.hellowork.mhlw.go.jp/) — Job Search This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Honchō when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.mhlw.go.jp/general/seido/dl/english.pdf) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Japan country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/japan/). ## International community Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions. ### Citizenship - Total: 4,387 (100.0%) - Foreigner: 34 (0.8%) - Republic of Korea: 3 (0.1%) - People's Republic of China: 6 (0.1%) - Republic of the Philippines: 1 (0.0%) - Kingdom of Thailand: 0 (0.0%) - Republic of Indonesia: 1 (0.0%) - Socialist Republic of Viet Nam: 22 (0.5%) - India: 0 (0.0%) - Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal: 0 (0.0%) - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 0 (0.0%) - United States of America: 1 (0.0%) - Federative Republic of Brazil: 0 (0.0%) - Republic of Peru: 0 (0.0%) - Others: 0 (0.0%) - Japanese: 4,353 (99.2%) - Nationality not reported: 0 (0.0%) - Population universe: Persons in the official 2020 Population Census Basic Complete Tabulation on Population and Households; sex-total population by source-native nationality category. - Period: 2020 - Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/dbview?sid=0003445244 ## Sources 1. Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications — Official source — https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000040479049 2. Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (e-Stat) — Official source — https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032201175 3. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center — Official source — https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/climatology/point?parameters=T2M%2CT2M_MAX%2CT2M_MIN&community=SB&longitude=143.653490&latitude=42.810940&format=JSON 4. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 5. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Honchō (CITY), Japan: jobs, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/honcho/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_honcho-city-japan-jobs-climate_519d8fc5dc8a, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Honchō (CITY), Japan: jobs, climate}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-12}, version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/honcho/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Honchō (CITY), Japan: jobs, climate](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/honcho/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/honcho/ - Title: Honchō (CITY), Japan: jobs, climate - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Version: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Retrieved: 2026-09-12 - Built: 2026-09-12 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/honcho/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/jp/honcho.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/jp/honcho.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/jp/honcho - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json