Hinode 日の出町 | |
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 Hinode Town Hall | |
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 Location of Hinode in Tokyo | |
  Hinode | |
| Coordinates:35°44′31.6″N139°15′16.5″E / 35.742111°N 139.254583°E /35.742111; 139.254583 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| District | Nishitama |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.07 km2 (10.84 sq mi) |
| Population (April 2021) | |
• Total | 16,563 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Symbols | |
| • Tree | Abies firma |
| • Flower | Wisteria floribunda,sakura |
| • Bird | Japanese bush warbler |
| Phone number | 042-597-0511 |
| Address | 2780 Hirai, Hinode-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 190-0192 |
| Website | Official website |
Hinode (日の出町,Hinode-machi) is atown located in the western portion ofTokyo Prefecture,Japan. As of 1 April 2021[update], the town had an estimatedpopulation of 16,563, and apopulation density of 590 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the town is 28.07 square kilometres (10.84 sq mi).
Hinode is located in the foothills of the Okutama Mountains of western Tokyo. The highest point is Mount Hinode at 902 m. The Hirai and Ōguno Rivers drain the town.
Hinode has ahumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hinode is 12.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2998 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.7 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Hinode has remained relatively constant over the past 30 years.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1920 | 5,651 | — |
| 1930 | 6,659 | +17.8% |
| 1940 | 6,673 | +0.2% |
| 1950 | 8,436 | +26.4% |
| 1960 | 8,047 | −4.6% |
| 1970 | 8,835 | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 13,854 | +56.8% |
| 1990 | 16,444 | +18.7% |
| 2000 | 16,631 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 16,650 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 16,958 | +1.8% |
The area of present-day Hinode was part of ancientMusashi Province. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part ofNishitama District inKanagawa Prefecture. The villages of Hirai and Ōguno were created on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Nishitama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. The village of Hinode was formed in 1955 by the merger of Hirai and Ōguno. Hinode was elevated to town status on June 1, 1974.
FormerPrime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone had a cottage,Hinode Sansō in Hinode. In 1983, while he was in office, Nakasone invited US presidentRonald Reagan there, and held US-Japan summit in an informal atmosphere to establish friendly personal relations. After his resignation as prime minister, Nakasone also former South Korean president,Chun Doo-hwan, former Soviet general secretaryMikhail Gorbachev and many other foreign VIPs, including several US ambassadors at the cottage. Nakasone donated the cottage to the town of Hinode in 2006, and it is now maintained as a public park.
Hinode has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral town council of 14 members. Hinode, collectively with the municipalities of Akiruno, Fussa, Hamura, Mizuho, Hinohara and Okutama, contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part ofTokyo 25th district of thelower house of theDiet of Japan.
Forestry andtimber production are important industries.Cryptomeria andhinoki are economically important. Hinode produces 200,000coffins annually, ranking first in Japan.
Hinode has three public elementary schools (Hirai, Honjuku, and Ōguno) and two public junior high schools (Hirai and Ōguno), operated by the town government.[4]
Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education operates high schools in nearby communities. The town itself does not have a high school.
Asia University has a subsidiary campus located in the town.
Ken-Ō Expressway - Hinode Interchange
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