Hino

Sister cities

• Neustadt an der Aisch

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. Tokyo Metropolis *Akishima *Fuchū *Hachiōji *Kunitachi *Tachikawa *Tama 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.

Most-observed species

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

  Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves
  13,803
• Brown-eared Bulbul

  Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves
  12,255
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,851
• Cinereous Tit

  Parus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
  8,288
• White-cheeked Starling

  Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck, 1835) · Aves
  7,703
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,412
• Oriental Turtle-Dove

  Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  7,389
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,182

Most recent

• M 5.7 — 2026-06-26
  7 km N of Oshino, Japan
• M 4.5 — 2026-06-26
  5 km NE of Noda, Japan
• M 5.5 — 2026-06-16
  4 km NW of Noda, Japan
• M 3.7 — 2026-05-29
  4 km ESE of Mobara, Japan
• M 4 — 2026-05-24
  3 km W of Fussa, Japan
• M 4.3 — 2026-05-12
  6 km SW of Oyama, Japan