Hino

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 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 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

Akishima

Fuchū

Hachiōji

Kunitachi

Tachikawa

Tama

Climate

Hino has a humid subtropical climate (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 unicameral 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 lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Politics

2005 Hino mayoral election

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

There are three metropolitan high schools operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.

Hino High School

Hinodai High School

Minamidaira High School

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)

Transportation

Railway

JR East – JR East – Chūō Main Line

Hino - Toyoda

Keio Corporation - Keio Corporation – Keiō Line

Mogusaen - Takahatafudō - Minamidaira - Hirayamajōshi-kōen

Keio Corporation - Keio Corporation – Keiō Dōbutsuen Line

Takahatafudō - Tama-Dōbutsukōen

Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail - Tama Toshi Monorail Line

Kōshū-Kaidō - Manganji - Takahatafudō - Hodokubo - Tama-Dōbutsukōen

Highway

Chūō Expressway

National Route 20 (Hino Bypass)

Local attractions

Tama Zoological Park

Sister cities

Redlands, California, United States, since February 2004

Shiwa, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, since January 2017

Notable people

Saki Baba, golfer

Inoue Genzaburō, Bakumatsu period samurai

Tomonobu Hiroi, soccer player

Hideaki Kikuchi, guitarist

Yuzo Koshiro, composer

Masatoshi Mashima, guitarist

Shunsuke Sasaki, baseball player

Hiroaki Shukuzawa, rugby union player and coach

Shikao Suga, musician and singer-songwriter

Hijikata Toshizō, Bakumatsu period samurai

Satoshi Uematsu, perpetrator in the Sagamihara stabbings

Yuriko Yamamoto, voice actress

Kōtarō Yoshida, actor

In popular culture

The manga and anime series My Deer Friend Nokotan takes place in a fictional Hino City, at the same geographic location.