Akiruno

Akiruno is a city in the western part of the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan, lying in the foothills of the Okutama Mountains roughly forty to fifty kilometres from central Tokyo. The Aki River and the Hirai River run through it, and the city measures about eighteen kilometres from east to west. Its mountain scenery, hiking and biking routes and the alkaline hot spring at Seoto-no-yo draw visitors from the capital. Settled in the old Musashi Province, it was shaped by the merger of the city of Akigawa with the neighbouring town of Itsukaichi on 1 September 1995. A recent estimate gave it about 80,000 residents on roughly 73 square kilometres.