Honjo-Waseda

Weekday departures: 50/day · Sat & holiday departures: 47/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:25 / 23:27

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (6)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 17 April 2026.

• Joetsu Shinkansen: Takasaki ⇄ Kumagaya

Honjō-Waseda Station was built at the local community's request, and the entire construction cost outside of land acquisition — roughly ¥11.5 billion — was met by Saitama Prefecture, the City of Honjō and surrounding bodies and by donations from the public. Of the donations, ¥700 million came from Waseda University. JR East, Saitama Prefecture and Honjō City signed an agreement on the new station on 16 December 1998; ground was broken on 1 August 2001, and the station opened on the Jōetsu Shinkansen on 13 March 2004. From 10 December 2005 all regular Jōetsu Shinkansen Tanigawa services began stopping here. Touch-de-Go Shinkansen service became available in April 2018, and Shinkansen e-Ticket service in March 2020. The name Honjō-Waseda was selected from a public competition.

The fare distance is borrowed from Honjō Station on the Takasaki Line, roughly 2 km away, and Suica commuter tickets allow holders to treat Honjō Station as if it were Honjō-Waseda when selecting their route.