city, eastern Tokyo to (metropolis), east-central Honshu, Japan. It is located on the Tama River on the railway linking Tachikawa and Hachiōji. Hino was a post town and ferry station during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867). The city is now part of the Keihin Industrial Region, producing automobiles, electrical machinery, and precision instruments. It also serves as a residential suburb of the Tokyo and Yokohama metropolitan area and contains the Tama Zoological Park and Takahata Temple. Pop. (2005 prelim.) 176,490.