Experience traditional Japanese culture from the spiritual to culinary in Hamamatsu City, about an hour from Tokyo or Kyoto by bullet train.

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Known for a key role in Japan's music industry, the city embraces both industry and creativity. Even beyond that, there are lots of things to do in Hamamatsu.

The capital of Shizuoka prefecture is Shizuoka shi, but the largest and the most economicaly developed city is Hamamatsu. Hamamatsu has a population of 807,199 people with the foreign population of 22,541 people and it is constantly growing. When Shizuoka prefecture is mainly famous for Mt.Fuji and productions of green tea and mikan (mandarin), the city […]

Hamamatsu is easily accessible from Tokyo and Nagoya by shinkansen. The city is full of wonderful pl ...

Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture is a land blessed with a temperate climate all year round. It is one of the sunniest cities in Japan, boasting the most number of days with sunshine. The area is blessed with nature's bounty thanks to the local climate and Lake Hamana, a brackish lake connected to the Pacific Ocean. There is a word in the Hamamatsu dialect: "Yaramaika," which means "Let's give it a try without fearing failure." This spirit is what keeps people of Hamamatsu going forward.