Sunrise [town] - Hinode

Japanese: 日の出[町] - ひので

A town in Nishitama County, bordering Ome City in the west of Tokyo. Occupying the basin of the Hirai River, a tributary of the Tama River, and the mountainous area on the eastern edge of the Kanto Mountains, the town was primarily involved in agriculture and forestry until the mid-1960s, but the population has increased as residential development has progressed on the plateau in the southeast near the Itsukaichi Line. A cement factory is located here, and the town is also famous for its long-standing production of stupas (stone tablets). The area around Mt. Hinode (902m) is a hiking spot that belongs to Chichibu Tama Kai National Park. There is a weeping oak tree (a natural monument) at Okuno Kojin Shrine. 28.07 ^km2 . 16,650 people (2010).

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Japanese:

東京都西部，青梅(おうめ)市に接する西多摩郡の町。多摩川の支流平井川流域と関東山地東縁の山地を占め，1960年代半ばまでは農林業を主としたが，五日市線に近い南東部の台地で住宅地化が進み人口が増加。セメント工場が立地，古くからの卒塔婆(そとば)の生産も有名。日の出山（902m）周辺は秩父多摩甲斐国立公園に属するハイキング地。大久野幸神神社に〈シダレアカシデ〉（天然記念物）がある。28.07km²。１万6650人（2010）。

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