Hachiōji (八王子市 Hachioji-shi) is in the western part of Tokyo.

Understand

Hachioji gained city status on September 1st, 1917. The population in 2010 was about 550,000 people.

Get in

By air

If coming from Narita Airport, take the JR Narita Express to Tokyo station, and change for the Chuo Line for service to Hachioji (about 2 1/4 hours, ¥3670). It is a real climb all the way up to the Chuo platforms, but since Chuo line trains start at Tokyo station, odds are you will probably find a seat. The alternative is to continue on the Narita Express to Shinjuku and from there board the Chuo Line, or the less-expensive Keio Line.

If you have a Japan Rail Pass, and if the timing is right, you may be able to reserve a seat on a Kaiji or Azusa train from Shinjuku and have a more comfortable journey to Hachioji.

The Narita Express runs directly from Narita Airport to Hachioji twice in the evening (leaving Narita 19:45 and 20:44), and there are two trains from Hachioji to Narita in the morning (5:19, 5:55).

Six daily airport limousine buses run from Narita to both the JR and Keio Hachioji train stations in about 2 hours, 40 minutes (¥3700).

From Haneda Airport, the easiest way to Hachioji by train is to take the Keikyu Line to Shinagawa, from where you can take the JR Yamanote Line in either direction, to either Tokyo or Shinjuku station, to pick up the Chuo Line for Hachioji. It costs ¥1180 no matter which way you go; allow about 1 3/4 hours. Slightly faster, but requiring an extra transfer, is to travel via Yokohama.

Six daily limousine buses go from Haneda to the JR and Keio Hachioji train stations in about 1 1/2 to 2 hours (¥1700).

By train

The two main railways serving Hachioji are the JR and the private Keio railway, both of which run directly to Tokyo. The two stations, Hachioji (for the JR) and Keio Hachioji, are separated by a 10 minute walk.

The cheapest trip between Tokyo and Hachioji is on the Keio railway, taking about 50 minutes on the fastest service at a cost of only ¥350. The JR Chuo Line travels to Mitaka from both Tokyo Station (¥780) and Shinjuku (¥460). The faster Chūō Special Rapid (中央特快 Chūō-tokkai) trains run from Shinjuku to Hachioji in 35 minutes, compared to regular rapid trains which take 50–60 minutes.

JR Hachioji is also a primary stop for Azusa (あずさ) limited express trains between Tokyo and Matsumoto, and Kaiji (かいじ) limited express trains between Tokyo, Otsuki and Kofu. These trains require a surcharge on top of the regular train fare. Japan Rail Pass holders can travel on these trains for free; lucky rail pass travelers can hop onto a Kaiji or Azusa unreserved seat car in Shinjuku and get to Hachioji in as little as 30 minutes.

By car

Chou Express onramp and exit From Akirunoshi through the number 16 road to Hachioji.

By bus

Overnight buses run into and out of Keio Hachioji station. Services run from Kyoto (Tama Bus/Keihan Bus; ¥7950 one way; ¥14310 round-trip), Osaka (Tama Bus/Kintetsu Bus; ¥8250 one way; ¥14770 round-trip) and Kanazawa (Tama Bus/Hokuriku Railroad; ¥8250 one way; ¥14850 round-trip)

Get around

By Train:

• East Japan Railway Company (JR East):
  • Chuo Line: Toyoda, Hachiōji, Nishi-Hachiōji, & Takao statiions.
  • Yokohama Line: Katakura & Hachiōji-Minamino stations.
  • Hachiko Line: Kita-Hachiōji & Komiya stations.

Keio-Horinouchi Station

• Keiō Corporation
  • Keiō Line: Naganuma, Kitano, & Keio-Hachioji stations.
  • Keiō Takao Line: Keio-Katakura, Yamad, Mejirodai, Hazama, Takao, & Takaosanguchi stations.
  • Keiō Sagamihara Line: Keiō-Horinouchi & minami-Osawa stations.

Other Modes Of Transportation

• City Buses adhere to regularly-scheduled operation from all train stations in Hachiōji, and seve even the furthest out-lying areas.
• Taxi.
• Rental car.

See

Looking at the mountain range near Mt. Takao from the Keio Line.

• Sagami Lake. A popular spot to see summer fireworks. 

• Imperial Mausoleum (多摩御陵). The burial site of the Shōwa Emperor Hirohito and his predecessor, the Taishō Emperor Yoshihito. 

• Movie theater, 13-4,Yokoyama-cho (10 min. from the Hachioji Station north exit.), ☏ +81 42-622-0116. 

• Tric Art Museum (1 minute from Takao Mountain Station.). This is an interesting museum. There are many unique arts and photographs. 

• Trace of Hachioji Castle. It has the hard-fought field's trace of the Warring State Period, also you can see Sagami Bay from the lookout of the mountaintop. 

• Sengen Shrine (浅間神社) (A 10-minute walk from Keio Horinouchi Station.). There are many festivals, especially the large summer festival. 

• Hokyointo (宝筐印塔). This is grave of Matsugi Shichiro (松木七郎) who was a samurai in Kamakura era. Keio horinouchi is also thestation name. Matsugi area is one of them, so this name was derived from his name. The Asama shrine has many festivals. 

Do

Top of Mt. Takao. When weather is good, Mt. Fuji is visible from the top.

• Mt. Takao. Is a 600-meter peak that is easily accessible by a combination of cable car and hiking, giving a little taste of nature in Tokyo. It is popular in the fall to see the changing color of the leaves, however springtime is also a nice time because you can see many beautiful cherry blossoms. 

Start at the Takaosan-guchi (高尾山口) station of the Keio Line (this is the last stop). Just outside of the station a large map indicates hiking trails in the area. The first part of the main trail is steep, this can be avoided with a cable car or chairlift ride (6 min./¥470, ¥900 round trip). Once you get off the cable car, there are shops selling food and souvenirs. There is also Monkey Park, where for ¥400 yen (children ¥200) you can watch a demonstration (in Japanese) and learn about Japanese Macaques in this zoo-like exhibit. There is also a beer garden which offers an all-you-can-eat-and-drink course for around ¥3000, a welcome reward on the return trip for a couple hours of hiking. From there, it is about a 50-minute walk to the top of Takaosan (高尾山頂). However, there are many lesser traveled routes also available that may take longer but are more scenic. On the main route (Path 1) there are shrines and more food vendors. The entire path is paved, although there are steep stairs in places.

At the top of the mountain there is a visitor center, restaurant, and viewing platform where Mount Fuji is visible.

Leaving from Shinjuku, board a Keio Line express or semi-express train bound for Takaosan-guchi station (47 minutes/¥470), which is the end of the line. Note that not all Shinjuku departures go to Takaosan-guchi. Some semi-express trains bound for Kitano actually switch to local trains for Takaosan-guchi, which are convenient.

• Fujimidai Park. The largest park near this station. On weekends a lot of families come to picnic and someone play catch ball. And someone come to this park with dogs. In spring, a lot of cherry blossoms blossom. It is very beautiful so this park is famous as a good park to see cherry blossoms. 

• Nagaike Park. This park is so big and it has a lot of greens. You can enjoy it and the song of birds. On weekends many people visit here. Moreover, there are Japanese rice fields (tanbo) and a water mill. There is a big pond named "nagaike" in this park. This has a sad legends that a princess who lived 100 years ago died in this pond because her husband died in war. Once there were a custom that when a husband dies, his wife dies too in Japan. 

Festivals

• Hachioji Icho Festival. There are about 770 maidenhair trees (ichou) in autumn, those colors change and it is very beautiful. 

• Hachioji Firework. It is held in Hachioji citizen ball park in the latter part of July. 

Learn

Hachiōji is home to over 20 universities and technical schools. There are 10 public senior high schools, 37 public junior high schools, many elementary schools and a fair amount of private schools and universities.

• Hakubi Kyoto Kimono Gakuin. 

• ABC Cooking Studio. 

• KAWAI Music School (カワイ音楽教室). 

Work

- Various large corporations have factories, branches, and head offices in Hachioji.

Buy

• Senseless Records. : Japanese and import punk records, CDs, and domestic/imported beer. 3 minutes from JR Hacioji Station's North Exit. 
• Used/Vitage Clothing: Scattered within 10 minutes from JR Hachioji Station's North Exit and Keio-Hachioji Station, there are about 10-15 different used clothing and vintage shops, often 1/4 the price of those found in the more popular shopping districts such as Kichijoji and Harajuku.
• SOGO: Seibu department store.
• Book Off: Used video, books, games, CDs.
• Yodobashi Camera: electronics.
• Tokyu squre. Department store/shopping mall. 
• MURASAKI SUPORTS
• Tama Green Walk（グリーンウォーク） is a shopping mall. You maybe able to buy anything you want ;-P

• K's Denki(K's電気)
• Book-off(ブックオフ): You sometimes can find good books in 100Yen corner. Please don't miss them!
• Hard-off(ハードオフ): You can dig in junk mount. They sell lots things like Game, Instruments, CD/DVD, PC and more.

Eat

There are many restaurants along the Tama Newtown street. For example, Sushi, Fast foods, Udon, and Chinese noodles. Especially, this region is famous of Chinese noodle. There are a lot of Chinese noodle shops.

Yanawarabaxa やなわらばあ やなわらばぁ　Sennicho (千人町) 1-6-1

Lunch set 490 yen, Lunch & Dinner open 7day, (except Monday and Thursday Dinner(closed) Day by day changing different Main dish with two side dishes,fruit, Rice, Miso soup, coffee Free for refill Rice, Miso soup, coffee and Curry pick up and Take out lunch available Lunch time am 11:00 to pm 14:30 Dinner time pm 18:00 to Last order 20:30 May hand house made cake and sweets, special Dinner menus, Beer, Sake, Shochu available other drinks Owner Madam doing all single operation, You can feel Very traditional Japanese restaurant Very typical Japanese restaurant Very Fun walk 5 minutes from JR NishiHachioji station.

waketagami(分田上) tel- 0426-74-7460 This is a noodle shop. The base of this noodle is Tonkotsu that took the taste from pig's born. The noodle thicknwss is not thick. The boast of this shop is kinds of the toppings. It is interesting for example cheese, umeboshi, onsen-tamago soft-boiled egg), and so on. These are unusual toppings so you may be able to eat it in other shops.

Tukinoshizuku Japanese restaurant kind of tofu. (Asahimachi2-5 Hachioji twin tower 9F tel:042-620-3920

Tokubeis soba restaurant. (Ohwadachou 4-15-6.) tel:042･644･9098

• Mo-Mo-Paradaisu (モーモーパラダイス) (It is three minutes walk from Hachioji station), ☏ +81 42-621-2981. You can eat meats and vegetables for 1890~yen. 

Budget

Azigen(味源) 　Ra-men restaurant　5-12,Misaki-cho,Hachioji-shi,0426-27-9043, Open:Everyday, 11:00AM to 5:00AM (About 5min from north exit of Hachiouji station)

Mid-range

Torattoria Campagna Italy restaurant 1-5,Misaki-cho,Hachioji-shi,0426-27-1201,

Open: Tu to Sun,11:30AM to 14:30PM, 17:30PM to 21:30PM, Close:Mon

Splurge

• Ukai Toriyama, ☏ +81 42-661-0739. (うかい鳥山), Minami Asakawa 3426 (near Takaosanguchi Station). The highlight of many travelers' visits to Japan, and is a favorite destination for many Japanese to take their guests from overseas. The food doesn't challenge the non-Japanese palate too much — mostly chicken and sashimi, and to order you just pick one of three dinner sets. The great thing about this restaurant is the ambience. The restaurant comprises a number of traditional cottages situated within a beautifully maintained garden. Prices for lunch and dinner are not outrageous, you will probably spend between ¥5,000 and ¥10,000. Of course, you will run up a bill if you drink plenty - be careful! Reservations are required. 
  • Tips: If you're coming from Tokyo, give yourself ample time to get there (especially if you might get confused by the trains). The restaurant is a short drive from the station, so plan to pay for a taxi each way as well. It's good to arrive early — give yourself time to walk around the garden. If possible, go in a group of at least four people. The restaurant is open for lunch, but if you go for dinner, you can enjoy the lanterns lighting the grounds.

Drink

• Sherlock Holmes Pub, Misaki-cho 4-1 (2 minutes from the station north exit, on the pedestrian arcade to the left), ☏ +81 426-27-4869. For once, a pub in Tokyo that's English, not Irish. 

• Bane Bagus, 12-15 Higashi-cho, ☏ +81 426-46-9631. 6PM-5AM daily. This is a darts bar. 

Sleep

Budget

There are many love hotels close to JR/Keio hachioji Stations, and can even be found in less populated and mountainous areas. Normally love hotels operate on an hourly/bi-hourly system, but are also known to have a cheaper overnight charge. If you want to walk around west side of Tokyo area like Hachiouji, Machida and some of mountain ridged area, it had better to use accommodation facilities at Tama Center Station or at Tachikawa Station.

Mid-range

• Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji 14-1,Asahi-cho,hachioji-shi,0426-56-3111,

Single rooms ¥13,382.

• HOTEL GRAN SPA. 2-1, Naka-machi, Hachioji-shi, 042-648-5111, Single rooms ¥10,500. It is set up as an to the spa, Yasuragi-no Yu. The spa has a hot-spring, restaurants, Karaoke rooms, an amusement space, rock bathing, Internet cafe, exercise rooms, etc.

Connect

• 1 aprecio (A short walk NW from JR Hachioji Station.), ☏ +81 426-20-5171. 24h. An internet cafe. You can use computers, read books and you can play darts and billiards. A drink bar is included. Night pack ¥1500. 

Go next

You'll feel closer to nature when you visit to Ngaike Koen Park and Renshoji Koen Park.

Routes through Hachioji

Nagoya ← Otsuki ←	W  E	→ Tachikawa → Tokyo
Nagoya ← Otsuki ←	W  E	→ Tokyo

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