The source of the Hikiji River is Izumi no Mori (literally "Forest of Springs"), a park located in near the center of the Sagamino plateau in the Kamisōyagi area of Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

The middle part of the river flows across the bottom of the valley where it is used for rice paddies and other agricultural purposes.

At the beginning of the Shōwa period, the current river channel was created through manual labor.

The Hikiji River Riverside Promenade (引地川川べり遊歩道, Hikijigawa Kawaberi Yūhodō) opened on May 6, 1983.

The installation of municipal sewer systems and volunteer efforts to clean up garbage helped to noticeably improve the water quality along the river.