Hon-komagome Station
N13 · Namboku Line · Bunkyo
Hon-komagome Station (本駒込)
Hon-komagome and Komagome, one stop apart, were a single Edo-period village before it was split in two; the upper half ended up in Toshima and kept the name Komagome, the lower half ended up in Bunkyo and became Hon-Komagome. The station on the Namboku Line opened on 26 March 1996 as N13, with its island platform on the third basement level and the gates two floors above.
Building it meant a cut 268 m long, up to 14 m wide and 21 m deep through a built-up part of Bunkyo. One entrance was incorporated into an office block put up in 1991, and the land for the lift entrance came from the ward, taken from a primary school site. Since 13 March 2015 the platforms have had their own departure melodies rather than the tune once shared by every station on the line. With 21,690 entries and exits a day in the 2025 survey it is among the least used stations Tokyo Metro operates, which has more to do with how many other stations are within walking distance than with the neighbourhood being empty.
Finding Hon-komagome on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Hon-komagome
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Hon-komagome
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| NNambokuN13 towards Akabane-iwabuchi | 05:12 – 00:25 | 05:12 – 00:25 to Komagome |
| NNambokuN13 towards Meguro | 05:02 to Shirokane-takanawa – 00:26 to Ichigaya | 05:02 to Shirokane-takanawa – 00:12 |
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| NNamboku | 18 trains/hour (about one every 3.3 min) | 12 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Transfers and connections
Only the Namboku Line stops here, and no other railway serves this station, so there is nothing to transfer to inside the station.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NNamboku | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 |
- Namboku Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Tokyo Metro: the “1-route” (step-free street-gate-platform path by elevator, slope, stair lift or wheelchair escalator) is complete at all 180 stations; a separate list shows stations with an elevator-only 1-route.
What is near Hon-komagome Station?
Temples are the striking thing here: Tenei-ji about 60 m from an exit, Zuitaiji roughly 90 m, Tokushou-ji and Eishoin around 110 m, and a dozen more within 400 m, among them Daienji and Kaizoji. Toyo University’s Hakusan campus is about 310 m away and the Inoue Enryo Memorial Museum some 370 m, so students make up much of the morning traffic. Hakusan Shrine and Komagome Gakuen are both among the places the station serves, and Hakusan on the Mita Line is roughly 250 m away as the crow flies, with no transfer between the two.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Tenei-ji 天榮寺 | 60 m | about 1 min |
| Zuitaiji Temple 瑞泰寺 | 90 m | about 2 min |
| Tokushou-ji Temple 徳性寺 | 110 m | about 2 min |
| Eishoin Temple 栄松院 | 110 m | about 2 min |
| Chosen-ji Temple 潮泉寺 | 130 m | about 2 min |
| Ryukoh-ji Temple 龍光寺 | 140 m | about 2 min |
| Johsen-ji 定泉寺 | 170 m | about 3 min |
| Johtoku-ji 常徳寺 | 210 m | about 3 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.