Hino, Tokyo

Hino 日野ひの市し
City
Hino City Hall
Flag Seal
Location of Hino in Tokyo Metropolis
Hino
Coordinates: 35°40′16.6″N 139°23′42.5″E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo Metropolis
Government
• Mayor	Fuyuhiko Otsubo (since April 2013)
Area
• Total	27.55 km2 (10.64 sq mi)
Population  (February 2016)
• Total	185,133
• Density	6,720/km2 (17,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City symbols
• Tree	Live oak
• Flower	Chrysanthemum
• Bird	Common kingfisher
Phone number	042-585-1111
Address	1-12-1 Shimmei, Hino-shi, Tokyo-to 191-8686
Website	www.city.hino.lg.jp

Hino (日野ひの市し, Hino-shi) is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 February 2016, the city had an estimated population of 185,133, and a population density of 6720 persons per km². Its total area is 27.55 square kilometres (10.64 sq mi).

Geography

Hino is in Western Tokyo. The city has three geographical regions. The western part is called the Hino plateau, approximately 100 meters above sea level. The southern part is Tama Hills, between 150 and 200 meters above sea level. The eastern part of the city is an alluvial plain of the Tama River.

Surrounding municipalities

• Tokyo Metropolis
  • Fuchū
  • Kunitachi
  • Tachikawa
  • Akishima
  • Hachiōji
  • Tama

History

The area of present-day Hino was part of ancient Musashi Province. During the Edo period, the village of Hino developed as a post station on the Kōshū Kaidō.

In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of 1871, Hino-juku became part of Kanagawa Prefecture. In the reorganization of districts in 1889, Hino-juku came under the jurisdiction of Minamitama District. The entire district was transferred to the control of Tokyo Prefecture on April 1, 1893, at which time Hino-juku was proclaimed Hino Town. The area of the town expanded through annexation of neighboring villages in 1901 and 1958. On November 3, 1963, Hino was elevated to city status.

Economy

Hino is largely a regional commercial center and bedroom community for central Tokyo.

Hino is the hometown of Orient Watch Co., Ltd. established in 1950 by Shogoro Yoshida.

On December 22, 2008, operations of Seiko Epson's Tokyo sales office began at Seiko Epson's Hino Office. Previously operations were at the World Trade Center in Minato, Tokyo.

Hino also houses the headquarters of Hino Motors, a Toyota Group company producing semi-trailer trucks (British and Irish: articulated lorries), box trucks and buses.

Education

Universities

• Tokyo Metropolitan University – Hino campus
• Meisei University
• Jissen Women's University
• Sugino Fashion College – Hino campus

Primary and secondary

Hino has 17 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the Hino City Board of Education, and three public high schools operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

Transportation

A Tama Toshi Monorail Line train carrying advertising for Tama Zoo

Railway

• JR East – Chūō Main Line
  • Hino - Toyoda
• Keio Corporation – Keiō Line
  • Mogusaen - Takahatafudō - Minamidaira - Hirayamajōshi-kōen
• Keio Corporation – Keiō Dōbutsuen Line
  • Takahatafudō - Tama-Dōbutsukōen
• Tama Toshi Monorail Line
  • Kōshū-Kaidō - Manganji - Takahatafudō - Hodokubo - Tama-Dōbutsukōen

Highway

• Chūō Expressway
• National Route 20 (Hino Bypass)

Politics

• 2005 Hino mayoral election

Local attractions

• Tama Zoological Park

Sister cities

• Redlands, California, United States, from February 2004
• Shiwa, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, from January 2017

Notable people from Hino

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Statue of Hijikata Toshizo at Takahata Fudo temple

• Hijikata Toshizō, Bakumatsu period samurai
• Tomonobu Hiroi, Professional soccer player
• Inoue Genzaburō, Bakumatsu period samurai
• Yuzo Koshiro, composer
• Yuriko Yamamoto, voice actress

External links

• Hino City Official Website (in Japanese)