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Hachiōji (八王子市, Hachiōji-shi) is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 561,344, and a population density of 3,000 persons per km 2. [1] The total area of the city is 186.38 km 2 (71.96 sq mi).
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Hachijō (八丈町, Hachijō-machi) is a town located in Hachijō...
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Hachiōji City Hall. Hachiōji (八王子市, Hachiōji-shi) is a Japanese city in Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tokyo-to) on the island of Honshu. [1] It is about 40 kilometers west of the center of the 23 special wards of Tokyo. The city is the 8th biggest city around the Tokyo metropolitan area. It is the 24th largest city in Japan.
Hachiōji is the second largest city in the metropolis, after Tokyo. It was a castle town in the Middle Ages and prospered as a market and post town during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867). Hachiōji has long been well known as a silk-weaving centre.
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Musashi Imperial Graveyard (武蔵陵墓地, Musashi ryōbochi) is a mausoleum complex of the Japanese Emperors in Nagabusa-machi, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. Located within a forest in the western suburbs of Tokyo and named for the ancient Musashi Province , the site contains the mausolea of Emperor Taishō and Emperor Shōwa , as well as those ...
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Hachioji ( 八王子市 Hachiōji-shi) is in the western part of Tokyo, with a population of about 550,000 people (2010). Home to Mount Takao which surprised the locals by suddenly getting 3 stars on the Guide Michelin in 2007. Understand. Hachioji gained city status on September 1st, 1917. Tourist information sites.
