01 ／ Fossil
On 20 August 1961 a primary school teacher and his young son found the tip of a fossil on the Tama River bank. Excavation began on 28 August, and the fossil was restored over a year in a school's spare classroom. A 2018 paper recognized it as a new species of the gray whale genus, and the city has designated it a natural monument.
02 ／ Precinct
Dainichido is said by temple tradition to date from 952, and in 1732 it was moved to the top of the stone steps. Tokyo describes the precinct, with its guardian Hiyoshi Shrine, as one of the few places in the city to keep the old form of a Tendai temple, and has designated it along with the Haijima wisteria in its grounds.
03 ／ Festival
At Hiyoshi Shrine's annual festival, young men carry a mikoshi of sakaki branches on a wooden frame into the night streets after the first drum at midnight. Back at the shrine before dawn, they fight over the twigs until the tree is bare. A picture scroll from 1767 already shows its original form.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
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））
Living here
From Akishima Station, trains running through from the Chuo Line take at fastest 36 minutes to Shinjuku and 52 minutes to Tokyo. The city was formed in 1954 by the merger of Showa Town and Haijima Village, becoming the seventh city in Tokyo. Its water comes from deep groundwater drawn from layers more than 70 m down. City Hall is a 15-minute walk from the south exit of Akishima Station.
+2.2% since 2015
107,292 → 113,949
17.06km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
6.2 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR東日本「駅の時刻表」（2026年10月号のデータ）の東京駅・中央線快速（下り）の列車ページ全件（平日の表・土曜・休日の表）から、東京・新宿の発→昭島の着を列車ごとに数えた。東京→昭島は平日の最速52分（青梅特快、11:34発 12:26着ほか）・土曜・休日の最速48分（13:38発 14:26着）で、遅いほう（平日）の52分。新宿→昭島は平日36分・土曜・休日34分で、遅いほうの36分。いずれも青梅特快（中央線快速が青梅線へ直通。昭島に停まる）。mode は種別を付けず『JR中央線快速・青梅線』。『平日運転』『土曜・休日運転』の表示で、特定日・運転日注意の注記のある列車は含まない (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
3.9km
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