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located in the western portion of the

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. , the city had an estimated

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of 187,048, and a

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of 6,800 persons per km². The total area of the city was .

History

The area of present-day Hino was part of ancient

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. During the

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, the village of Hino developed as a post station on the

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. In the post-

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cadastral reform of 1871, Hino-juku became part of

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. 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 under the modern municipalities system. 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.

Geography

Hino is in

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. The city has three geographical regions. The western part is called the Hino plateau, approximately 100 meters above

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. The southern part is

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, between 150 and 200 meters above sea level. The eastern part of the city is an

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of the

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Surrounding municipalities

* Akishima *

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* Tama

Climate

Hino has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hino is 13.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.9 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Hino increased rapidly in the late 20th century and has continued to grow at a slower pace since.

Government

Hino has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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city council of 24 members. Hino contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tokyo 21st district of the

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of the

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Politics

2005 Hino mayoral election Hino, Tokyo held a mayoral election on April 17, 2005. Incumbent mayor Baba Hiromichi won the election. Candidates * Baba Hiromichi, incumbent Independent mayor supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan, New Komeito ...

Economy

Hino is largely a regional commercial center and

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for central Tokyo. Hino is the hometown of Orient Watch Co., Ltd. established in 1950 by Shogoro Yoshida.Orient Watch History
, . Retrieved 3 October 2014 On December 22, 2008, operations of

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's Tokyo sales office began at Seiko Epson's Hino Office. Previously operations were at the

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. Hino also houses the headquarters of

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, a

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company producing

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s (British and Irish: articulated lorries), box trucks and buses.

Education

Universities

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– Hino campus *

Meisei University is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. The school's two campuses are in Hino (along with the headquarters) and Ōme. It also offers correspondence courses which it introduced in 1967. History The university developed from the Meisei Gakuen I ...

Jissen Women's University is a Japanese private women's college with its headquarters in 4-1-1 Ōsakaue, Hino, Tokyo, Japan. The school was founded by poet and educator Utako Shimoda in 1899. It was chartered as a university in 1949. Its University abbreviations are ...

Sugino Fashion College is a private college headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. History The founder SUGINO Yoshiko (1892-1978) established a vocational school "Dressmaker School" in 1926. Then she established "Sugino Women's College" in 1964. The college was r ...

– Hino campus

Primary and secondary

There are three metropolitan high schools operated by the

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. * * * Hino has 17 municipal elementary schools and eight public junior high schools operated by the Hino City Board of Education. Municipal junior high schools: * Hino No. 1 (日野第一中学校) * Hino No. 2 ( 日野第二中学校) * Hino No. 3 (日野第三中学校) * Hino No. 4 ( 日野第四中学校) * Hirayama (平山中学校) * Misawa ( 三沢中学校) * Nanao (七生中学校) * Ohsakaue ( 大坂上中学校) Municipal elementary schools: * Asahigaoka (旭が丘小学校) * Hino No. 1 (日野第一小学校) * Hino No. 3 (日野第三小学校) * Hino No. 4 (日野第四小学校) * Hino No. 5 (日野第五小学校) * Hino No. 6 (日野第六小学校) * Hino No. 7 (日野第七小学校) * Hino No. 8 (日野第八小学校) * Hirayama (平山小学校) * Juntoku (潤徳小学校) * Minamidaira (南平小学校) * Nakada (仲田小学校) * Nanaomidori ( 七生緑小学校) * Takiai (滝合小学校) * Tokoji (東光寺小学校) * Toyoda (豊田小学校) * Yumeagaoka (夢が丘小学校)

Transportation

Railway

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–

Chūō Main Line The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faste ...

* -

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Keio Corporation is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan and the central firm of the that is involved in transport, retailer, retail, real estate and other industries. The Keio railway network connects western suburbs of Tokyo (Chōfu, Tokyo, Chōfu, Fuc ...

–

Keiō Line The is a railway line in western Tokyo, Japan, owned by the private railway operator Keiō Corporation. It connects Shinjuku, Tokyo, with the suburban city of Hachiōji. The Keiō Line is part of a network with interchanges and through run ...

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–

Keiō Dōbutsuen Line The is a railway line in Hino, Tokyo, Japan, owned by the Keio Corporation, which connects Takahatafudō Station, Takahatafudō on the Keiō Line, Keiō Main Line and Tama-Dōbutsukōen Station, Tama-Dōbutsukōen (for Tama Zoo and the Keio Rai ...

* - 12px Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail -

Tama Toshi Monorail Line The , also referred to as the Tama Monorail, is a monorail system in Western Tokyo. Operated by the Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, monorail line carries passengers between the suburban cities of Higashiyamato and ...

* - - - -

Highway

Chūō Expressway The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by NEXCO Central. Naming Officially the expressway is designated as the Chūō Expressway Nishinomiya Route (from Takaido Interchange to Komaki Junction), the Chūō Expressway N ...

* (Hino Bypass)

Local attractions

Tama Zoological Park The is a zoo, owned by the government of Tokyo Metropolis, and located in Hino, Tokyo, Japan. The Tama Zoo was opened on May 5, 1958, originally as a of the Ueno Zoo. The zoo aims to use its large site – 52 ha, compared to the 14.3 ha of the Ue ...

Sister cities

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, United States, since February 2004 * Shiwa,

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Notable people

* Saki Baba, golfer *

Inoue Genzaburō was born in Hino, Tokyo. He was the captain of the sixth unit of the Shinsengumi which were a special police force for the Tokugawa regime. Inoue was the oldest unit captain of the Shinsengumi. Like his older brother, Inoue Matsugoro, Inoue Ge ...

, Bakumatsu period samurai *

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, soccer player *

Hideaki Kikuchi is a Japanese musician. Born in Hino, Tokyo, he was raised in Hachiōji. He is best known as lead guitarist of the rock band The Yellow Monkey. Career Hideaki "Emma" Kikuchi graduated from Nihon University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Depart ...

, guitarist *

Yuzo Koshiro is a Japanese composer and sound programmer. He is often regarded as one of the most influential innovators in chiptune and video game music, producing music in a number of genres including rock, jazz, symphonic, and various electronic genres s ...

, composer *

Masatoshi Mashima is a Japanese guitarist who has performed with Japanese rock bands such as The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows and The Cro-Magnons.

, guitarist * Shunsuke Sasaki, baseball player *

Hiroaki Shukuzawa was a Japanese rugby union player and coach, who coached the Japan national rugby union team between 1989 and 1991. As a player, he was capped three times by Japan as a scrum-half, and he also advised the Japan Rugby Football Union. He also h ...

, rugby union player and coach *

Shikao Suga is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter from Tokyo known for writing the theme songs for several anime, movies and commercial ads. His name in kanji is . He uses katakana as his professional name. Prior to career Suga went to in Suginami, ...

, musician and singer-songwriter *

Hijikata Toshizō was a Japanese swordsman of the ''Bakumatsu'' period and of the ''Shinsengumi''. As Vice-Commander, he served the Tokugawa Shogunate and co-led his group in its resistance against the imperial rule brought about by the Meiji Restoration. He ...

, Bakumatsu period samurai *

Yuriko Yamamoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator from Hino, Tokyo. She is represented by Aoni Production. Her debut role was the title character in '' Hello! Sandybell'' in 1981. She has voiced many major roles in 1980s such as Minerv ...

, voice actress * Kōtarō Yoshida, actor

In popular culture

The manga and anime series

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takes place in a fictional Hino City, at the same geographic location.

References

External links

Hino City Official Website
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