Hino

Japan
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Hino, city, central Tokyo to (metropolis), east-central Honshu, Japan. It is located on the Tama River and is surrounded by other cities in the metropolis, including Fuchū (east) and Hachiōji (south and west).

Hino was a post town and ferry station during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867). The city is now part of the Keihin Industrial Zone, producing automobiles, electrical machinery, and precision instruments. It also serves as a residential suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area and contains the Tama Zoological Park and Takahata Temple. Pop. (2005) 176,490; (2010) 180,052.