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13201 ／はちおうじし

Hachioji City

Original stones, reused where possible.

Hachioji Castle Ruins, Goshuden

Photo by Mocchy (Public domain)

01 ／ Old road

The silk merchant Yoemon was calledYarimizu's stone-wall magnate.

Old road in Hachioji City — Photo by tx-re (Public domain)

One of the roads that carried export raw silk in large amounts after Yokohama opened in 1859, it is a city-designated historic site of about 1.5 km. A hall once stood at the pass's highest point; the site is now Otsukayama Park. The city says the stone wall of merchant Yagishita Yoemon's residence site, facing the street, is magnificent.

City historic site, about 1.5 km
Yokohama opened in 1859
Yagishita Yoemon residence site is a Japan Heritage component

02 ／ Checkpoint site

A Koshu Kaido checkpoint, says its designationcommentary, was moved here in the Tenna era.

Kobotoke Checkpoint Ruins became a national historic site on 18 January 1928. The city calls it the checkpoint the shogunate regarded as most important on the Koshu Kaido, and says the tekata-ishi and tezuki-ishi stones remain. The designation commentary says it was moved here from nearby in the Tenna era, with stone walls north of the road.

National historic site (18 Jan 1928)
Tekata-ishi and tezuki-ishi stones remain, per the city
Designated area 1,531 m²

03 ／ Folk performing arts

A three-person puppet style becameone person seated in a box.

Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo was devised in the late Edo period by the first Nishikawa Koryu. He reworked the bunraku-style three-person puppetry into one-person puppetry, seated in a box holding a wheel called the rokuro-guruma, so the puppet performs with its feet directly on the stage. It became a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property on 23 March 2022.

National designation (23 Mar 2022)
Three-person style reworked into one-person
Devised by the first Nishikawa Koryu

Hachioji 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

29 minutes to Shinjuku by JR limited express.

about 580,000 people
30 min to a city centre

JR Chuo Line limited express trains stop at Hachioji Station. The fastest daily service takes 29 minutes from Shinjuku and 47 from Tokyo (October 2026 timetable; a limited express ticket is required). To City Hall, buses leave from Stop 8 at the north exit of JR Hachioji Station, among others.

People living here: 579,355people
Area: 186.38km²
Households: 267,020households
Rent (average for rentals): 59,280yen
Healthcare: 35 hospitals ／ 392 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —94 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Hachioji City in Japan35.666°N 139.316°E

to TokyoJR limited express47min
to ShinjukuJR limited express29min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（八王子駅中央本線・中央線快速大月・甲府方面、平日・土曜休日）の列車ページ約300本から、東京・新宿の発→八王子の着を数えた（docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py を作業用に改造） (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Hachioji City

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

North to south

13.4km

Tokyo: Akiruno City, Machida City, Hino City, Tama City, Akishima City, Hinohara Village, Fussa City
Kanagawa Prefecture: Sagamihara City

Hachioji City isthis kind of town.

01The Goshuden area of Hachioji Castle Ruins, a national historic site, had its stone walls and paths restored in 1990, reusing as far as possible the original stonework confirmed by excavation
02The Kinu-no-Michi is a city historic site, one of the roads that carried export raw silk after Yokohama opened. Yagishita Yoemon was called Yarimizu's stone-wall magnate
03Kobotoke Checkpoint Ruins is a national historic site, which the city describes as the Koshu Kaido's most important checkpoint. Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo became a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2022

See the town as it is now.

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hachioji City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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