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13228 ／あきるのし

Akiruno City

A 14th-century manor site by the shrine.

Ninomiya Shrine, a manor site

01 ／ Ajiro Benten-yama terraces

Rice terraces that Tokyo was thought to lackturned up in a valley in Ajiro.

The city board of education's booklet Kyodo Arekore No. 19 (2008) reports terraced paddies in Ajiro, in a Tokyo where terraces were counted as zero. An aerial photo from 1974 shows 16 flat plots that appear to be paddies or former paddies.

16 flat plots (1974 aerial photo)
Slope of 1 in 20 or steeper
Only the A group farmed in 2005

02 ／ Maedakochi Site

From a house of the Incipient Jomon,about 8,000 salmonid jaw teeth were unearthed.

A Tokyo-designated historic site. Digs from 1976 to 1984 on a terrace between the Aki and Hirai rivers found two Incipient Jomon (about 13,000 years ago) dwellings. One held bear and other animal bones and about 8,000 salmonid jaw teeth, the metropolis explains.

Tokyo Historic Site, Feb. 22, 1988
Incipient Jomon (about 13,000 years ago)
About 8,000 jaw teeth

03 ／ Kotoku-ji's Tarayo

Scratch a leaf and it turns black,said to last even after it falls.

Tokyo says the tarayo (lusterleaf holly) behind the main hall of Kotoku-ji is the largest in the metropolis. Its thick, leathery leaves turn black when scratched with a nail tip and last even after falling, and are likened to the Indian palm leaves that carried sutras.

Tokyo Natural Monument, Nov. 3, 1952
Largest tarayo in Tokyo, per the metropolis

Akiruno City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot June–November 2019)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Change to the Itsukaichi Line at Haijima for Akigawa.

about 80,000 people

The city's site guides visitors from Shinjuku Station by the Chuo Line to Tachikawa Station, then via Haijima Station on the Itsukaichi Line to Akigawa Station. From Hachioji Station, take the Hachiko Line to Haijima Station and change to the Itsukaichi Line.

People living here: 79,292people
Area: 73.47km²
Households: 31,887households
Rent (average for rentals): 59,246yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 48 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —15 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities.

Akiruno City in Japan35.729°N 139.294°E

Territory of Akiruno City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

10.1km

Hachioji City, Hinode Town, Hinohara Village, Ome City, Fussa City, Hamura City, Okutama Town

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Akiruno City isthis kind of town.

01Ninomiya Shrine and Castle Site is a Tokyo-designated historic site. A 1983 survey found a 14th-century manor of a local lord on the terrace east of the shrine, and the metropolis raises the possibility it was the Oishi family's castle. The main hall and its inner shrine are city-designated
02In Ajiro, terraces that Tokyo was thought to lack were reported in a city board of education booklet. The Maedakochi Site in Nobe is a Tokyo historic site where Incipient Jomon dwellings of about 13,000 years ago were found
03The tarayo at Kotoku-ji is a Tokyo Natural Monument, said to be the largest in the metropolis, whose scratched leaves turn black. The city calls the roughly 20 km from Akiruno into Hinohara the Akigawa Valley

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Akiruno City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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