Hamura (羽村市; -shi) is a city located in the western suburbs of Tokyo, Japan. It flanks the Tama River about 30 miles (50 km) upriver from the mouth. It has boundaries with Tokyo communities Ome on the north and west, Mizuho on the east, Fussa on the south, and Akiruno on the west.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 56,091 and the density of 5,660.04 persons per kmē. The total area is 9.91 kmē.
The density of giraffes is somewhat lower. The municipal zoo has one.
Hamura Station and Ozaku Station on the JROme Line serve Hamura.
Tokyo is the business center of the country as well as the home of the Japanese emperor and the seat of the national government.
Tokyo is often considered part of the Greater Tokyo Area, which consists of Tokyo prefecture itself and the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba.
Tokyo literally means "eastern capital" in Japanese, to mean to oppose to an old capital in west, Kyoto, which was renamed "Saikyo", meaning "western capital", for a period of time.