Hinohara, Tokyo
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is a municipality in Nishitama District
Nishitama, Tokyo
is a district in Tokyo, Japan. It comprises the following three towns and a village:*Hinohara*Hinode*Mizuho*OkutamaHistorically, the cities of Ōme, Fussa, Hamura, and Akiruno were part of Nishitama District but these are now cities and currently broke off from the District after they gained city...

, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is the only administrative unit left in the non-insular area of Tokyo that is still classified as a village
Villages of Japan
A is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....

. Hinohara has population of 3,043 (as of January 1, 2006), an area of 105.42 km², and a population density of 28.9/km².

Geography

Hinohara lies in the mountainous upper reaches of the Akigawa, a tributary of the Tama River
Tama River
The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government....

. The highest point is the summit of Mount Mitō at 1528 m. 93% of its area is forest.

The name Hinohara means the field or forest of Chamaecyparis obtusa
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Chamaecyparis obtusa is a species of cypress native to central Japan.It is a slow-growing tree which grows to 35 m tall with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter. The bark is dark red-brown...

. Formerly the trees were cut down to build wooden structures in Edo
Edo
, also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868...

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Motoshuku, at the confluence of the north and south branches of the Akigawa, is the center of the village and is where the village offices are located.

Mountains in Hinohara include Shōtō (990 m), Ichimichi (795 m), Kariyose (687 m), Usuki (842), and Ōdake (1267 m).

Communities surrounding Hinohara are: to the east, Hachiōji
Hachioji, Tokyo
is a city located in Tokyo, Japan, about 40 kilometers west of the center of the special wards of Tokyo.As of January 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 551,901 and a population density of 2,962.27/km². The total area is 186.31 km². It is the eighth largest city in the...

 and Akiruno
Akiruno, Tokyo
is a city located in the western end of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 80,621 and a population density of 1,100 persons per km². The total area was 73.34 km².-Geography:...

 and, to the north, (Okutama
Okutama, Tokyo
is a town in Nishitama District, Tokyo. As of August 1, 2007, the town had a population of 6712 people, of which 3280 were men and 3432 were women. With an area of 225.63 km², it is the largest community in Tokyo. Mount Kumotori, Tokyo's highest peak at 2017 m, divides Okutama from the...

) in Tokyo; to the west, Fujino
Fujino, Kanagawa
was a town located in Tsukui District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.On March 11, 2007 Fujino, along with the town of Shiroyama, also from Tsukui District, was merged into the expanded city of Sagamihara, and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality....

 in Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

; and to the south, Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Kōfu.-Pre-history to the 14th century:People have been living in the Yamanashi area for about 30,000 years...

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Education

The village has one elementary school and one junior high school.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board manages the individual school systems within the metropolis. The board also directly manages all of the public high schools in Tokyo...

 operates Mizuho High School http://www.mizuho-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ in nearby Mizuho
Mizuho, Tokyo
is a town in Nishitama District, Tokyo, Japan. It was established on November 10, 1940, resulting from the merger of four villages and acquired additional land in 1958....

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The school district
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 operates the following high schools in Akiruno
Akiruno, Tokyo
is a city located in the western end of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 80,621 and a population density of 1,100 persons per km². The total area was 73.34 km².-Geography:...

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The school district operates the following high schools in Ōme
Ome, Tokyo
is a city located in Tokyo, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 139,932 and a density of 1,355.14 persons per km². The total area is 103.26 km².The characters 青梅 literally mean blue ume, or Japanese apricot....

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Transportation

Tokyo Routes 33, 205, and 206 carry vehicular traffic. Scheduled bus service is available from Musashi-Itsukaichi Station on the JR East
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

 Itsukaichi Line
Itsukaichi Line
The is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company in Tokyo, Japan. It links Musashi-Itsukaichi Station in the city of Akiruno with Haijima Station in the city of Akishima...

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