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Hachioji City
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Hachioji City is a core city (a mid-sized city with expanded powers) with the largest population in the Tama area of Tokyo. It has Mt. Takao, which has one of the largest numbers of climbers in Japan. Once called "Soto" (the city of mulberries), it was a town of silk textiles, and it is also a college town with many universities.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
LandmarkMt. Takaomountain in Tokyo, Japan
CastleHachioji Castlebuilding in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
MuseumTokyo Fuji Art MuseumArt museum in Tokyo, Japan
CastleTakiyama Castlebuilding in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Buddhist templeTakao-san Yakuo-in TempleBuddhist temple in on the mountain side of Mount Takao in Hachioji, Tokyo.jpg?width=240)
Historic siteKobotoke Barrierhistoric site in Tokyo, Japan
Shopping centerMitsui Outlet Park Tama Minami-Osawa
Shopping centerHachioji Octore
Shopping centerGreen Walk Tama
Buddhist templeKojo-ji Templetemple in Hachiōji, Tokyo
Buddhist templeShinsho-in Templetemple in Hachiōji, Tokyo
CastleHirayama-joshi Park
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Hachioji-takiyamaroadside station in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Tokyo
- Chiyoda City, Tokyo
- Chuo City, Tokyo
- Minato City
- Shinjuku City
- Bunkyo City
- Taito City
- Sumida City
- Koto City
- Shinagawa City
- Meguro City
- Ota City, Tokyo
- Setagaya City
- Shibuya City
- Nakano City, Tokyo
- Suginami City
- Toshima City, Tokyo
- Kita City
- Arakawa City
- Itabashi City
- Nerima City
- Adachi City
- Katsushika City
- Edogawa City
- Tachikawa City
- Musashino City
- Mitaka City
- Ome City
- Fuchu City, Tokyo
- Akishima City
- Chofu City
- Machida City
- Koganei City
- Kodaira City
- Hino City, Tokyo
- Higashimurayama City
- Kokubunji City
- Kunitachi City
- Fussa City
- Komae City
- Higashiyamato City
- Kiyose City
- Higashikurume City
- Musashimurayama City
- Tama City
- Inagi City
- Hamura City
- Akiruno City
- Nishitokyo City
- Mizuho Town, Tokyo
- Hinode Town
- Hinohara Village
- Okutama Town
- Oshima Town
- Toshima Village, Tokyo
- Niijima Village
- Kozushima Village
- Miyake Village, Tokyo
- Mikurajima Village
- Hachijo Town
- Aogashima Village
- Ogasawara Village
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