Hino (日野郡,Hino-gun) is adistrict located inTottori Prefecture,Japan.

As of 2012, the district has an estimatedpopulation of 12,036 and adensity of 20.1 persons per km². The total area is 599.55 square kilometres (231.49 sq mi).^[1][2]

Hino District has been settled since ancient times. The area is especially rich in remains from the lateKofun period (250 – 538) AD. Hino District belonged toHōki Province, a formerold province ofJapan that covered the western part of present-day Tottori Prefecture. The district is described in theIzumo Fudoki, a detailed 8th-century record of the culture and geography ofIzumo Province. TheWamyō Ruijushō, a 10th-centuryJapanese dictionary, records that the district consisted of six villages by the time of theHeian period (794 – 1185). From the middle of theKamakura period to the end of theNanboku-chō period, from roughly the 13th to 14th centuries, the district was controlled by theHino andKamonamochi clans.^[1][2]

Various clans took control of the district in theSengoku period (1467 – 1573), but the area was ultimately unified under theIkeda clan, who ruled fromTottori Castle in present-dayTottori City. At the beginning of theEdo period (1603 – 1868) the district had 173 villages; by the end of the period, they numbered 165. Hino District was noted for the production ofiron,steel, andtobacco in the Edo period. In 1858 Hino was separated into two districts, but records from the period indicate the borders of the area were, in general, poorly defined. Under the administrative reforms of theMeiji period (1868 – 1912) Hino District was re-established, and in 1889 consisted of 29 villages. Through various mergers the district now consists of only three municipalities.^[1][2]

Hino District stretches from roughlyMount Sentsū to the upper and middle reaches of theHino River. The small plains in the valleys around the Hino River have been developed forrice production.^[1]

• On January 1, 2005 the town ofMizokuchi merged with the town ofKishimoto, fromSaihaku District, to form the new town ofHōki, inSaihaku District.

• Hino
• Kōfu
• Nichinan

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