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}}Template:Main other Template:Nihongo is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households,<ref>Hamamatsu City official statistics Template:In lang</ref> making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of Template:Convert over the total urban area of Template:Convert.

OverviewEdit

Hamamatsu is a member of the World Health Organization's Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC).<ref>Alliance for Healthy Cities official home page</ref>

HistoryEdit

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Prehistoric agesEdit

The area now comprising Hamamatsu has been settled since prehistoric times, with numerous remains from the Jōmon period and Kofun period having been discovered within the present city limits, including the Shijimizuka site shell mound and the Akamonue Kofun ancient tomb.

Ancient agesEdit

In the Nara period, it became the capital of Tōtōmi Province.

Feudal periodEdit

During the Sengoku period, Hamamatsu Castle was the home of future shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Early modern agesEdit

Hamamatsu flourished during the Edo period under a succession of daimyō rulers as a castle town, and as a post town on the Tōkaidō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto.

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    Hamamatsu-juku

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    Hamamatsu-juku

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    Maisaka-juku

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    Maisaka-juku

Late modern agesEdit

After the Meiji Restoration, Hamamatsu became a short-lived prefecture from 1871 to 1876, after which it was united with Shizuoka Prefecture. Hamamatsu Station opened on the Tōkaidō Main Line in 1889.

The same year, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system, Hamamatsu became a town.

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    Hirokoji Street in the 1930s

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    Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha headquarter & factory (1935)

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    Bombing of Hamamatsu in World War II (1945)

Contemporary agesEdit

  • 1948: Hamamatsu Incident, ethnic rioting of Zainichi Korean residents.
  • 1951: The villages of Aratsu, Goto, and Kawarin merge with Hamamatsu
  • 1954: Eight villages in Hamana District merge with Hamamatsu
  • 1955: The village of Miyakoda merges with Hamamatsu
  • 1957: The village of Irino merges with Hamamatsu
  • 1960: The village of Seto merges with Hamamatsu
  • 1961: The village of Shinohara merges with Hamamatsu
  • 1965: The village of Shonai merges with Hamamatsu
  • May 1, 1990: Hamamatsu Arena opened
  • January 1, 1991: The village of Kami in Hamana District merges with Hamamatsu.
  • April 1, 1991: The first Hamamatsu International Piano Competition was held.
  • May 1, 1994: Act City Tower opened.
  • October 1, 1995: Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments opened.
  • April 1, 1996: Hamamatsu is designated a core city by the central government.
  • June 1, 1996: Hamamatsu City Fruit Park opened.
  • April 1, 1997: Hamamatsu is designated as an Omnibus Town.
  • April 1, 1998: Act City Musical School opened.
  • April 3, 2000: Shizuoka University of Art and Culture opened.
  • July 1, 2001: The city's 90th anniversary is commemorated
  • August 1, 2002: Launched the conference on Pan-Hamanako Designated City Simulation.
  • April 1, 2003: Shizuoka New Kawafuji National High School Competition was held.
  • June 1, 2003: Launched Tenryūgawa-Hamanako Region Merger Conference.
  • April 8 – October 11, 2004: Pacific Flora 2004 (Shizuoka International Garden and Horticulture Exhibition) was held at Hamanako Garden Park.
  • July 1, 2005: Hamamatsu absorbed the cities of Hamakita and Tenryū; the town of Haruno (from Shūchi District), the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi (all from Inasa District), the towns of Misakubo and Sakuma, the village of Tatsuyama (all from Iwata District), and the towns of Maisaka and Yūtō (both from Hamana District) were merged into Hamamatsu.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Inasa District and Iwata District were both dissolved as a result of this merger. Therefore, there are no more villages left in Shizuoka Prefecture.

CityscapesEdit

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    Hamamatsu Castle

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    City views from Hamamatsu Castle

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    CBD of Hamamatsu

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    Part of Hamamatsu Skyline

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    Skyline of Hamamatsu

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    Yūrakugai

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    Night view of Hamamatsu

GeographyEdit

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Lake Hamana
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Ryugashido Cave
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Lake Sanaru
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View of Mt. Fuji from Hamamatsu
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Tenryū River

Hamamatsu is Template:Convert southwest of Tokyo.<ref name=FukueForeigners>Fukue, Natsuko. "Nonprofit brings together foreign, Japanese residents in Hamamatsu" (Archive). The Japan Times. March 13, 2010. Retrieved on October 12, 2015.</ref>

Hamamatsu consists of a flat plain and the Mikatahara Plateau in the south, and a mountainous area in the north. It is roughly bordered by Lake Hamana to the west, the Tenryū River to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

ClimateEdit

The climate in southern Hamamatsu has a humid subtropical climate with cool to mild winters with little snowfall; however, it is windy in winter because of the dry monsoon called Enshū no Karakaze, which is unique to the region. The climate in northern Hamamatsu is much harsher because of foehn winds. Summer is hot with the highest temperature often exceeds 35 degrees in the Tenryu-ku area, while it snows in winter.

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DemographicsEdit

Per Japanese census data,<ref>Hamamatsu population statistics</ref> the population of Hamamatsu has been increasing over the past 70 years. Template:Historical populations

Foreign populationEdit

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Super Mercado Takara, a Brazilian supermarket

Template:See also Template:See also Hamamatsu has a significant non-Japanese population. The population of Nikkei foreigners, especially Brazilians, increased after a 1990 change in Japanese immigration law allowed them to work in Japan. At one point, Hamamatsu had the largest Brazilian Nikkei population of any Japanese city.<ref name="Sugino">Sugino, Toshiko (National Defense Academy of Japan). "Linguistic Challenges and Possibilities of Immigrants In Case of Nikkei Brazilians in Japan" (Country Note on Topics for Breakout Session 4) (Archive). Centre for Education Research and Innovation (CERI), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development See list of reports. p. 1/8. Retrieved on October 12, 2015.</ref> Many foreigners work in the manufacturing sector, taking temporary jobs in Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha plants.<ref name=FukueForeigners/> Template:As of the number of non-Japanese in Hamamatsu was 33,332.<ref name=Aparecidap217>Aparecida, Tsutsumi Angela (Burajiru Fureai Kai). "The Contradiction Between "Being and Seeming" Reinforces Low Academic Performance " (Archive). US-China Education Review B 2 (2012) p. 217-223. CITED: p. 217.</ref> Portuguese signage can be seen throughout the city, and many businesses catering to Brazilians display Brazilian flags. The city also hosts a Brazilian school.<ref name="Sugino"/> However, Natsuko Fukue of The Japan Times wrote in 2010 that many foreign children have difficulty integrating to society in Hamamatsu because "Japanese and foreign communities live largely separate from one another."<ref name=FukueForeigners/>

The foreign population dropped significantly in the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2008, with the Hamamatsu city government offering aid for some foreign nationals to return to their home countries.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The foreign population was estimated as 25,084 as of August 1, 2019, per official city statistics.<ref>Hamamatsu City official statistics Template:In lang</ref>

Neighboring municipalitiesEdit

Template:Flagicon Aichi Prefecture
Template:Flagicon Nagano Prefecture
Template:Flagicon Shizuoka Prefecture

GovernmentEdit

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Downtown of Hamamatsu city (near city hall)

Hamamatsu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 46 members. The city contributes 15 members to the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly.

WardsEdit

Hamamatsu is administratively divided into three wards:

Name Area (km2) Population (Oct 2023) Pop Density
Template:Nihongo 268.45 608,145
Template:Nihongo 345.77 155,996
Template:Nihongo 943.84 24,515

ReorganizationEdit

On 1 January 2024, the number of wards was reduced from seven to three as part of a municipal reorganization. Naka-ku, Higashi-ku, Nishi-ku, Minami-ku and Kita-ku were merged into a new Chūō-ku, Hamakita-ku and Kita-ku were merged to form Hamana-ku, while Tenryu-ku will remain unchanged. The reorganization was initially approved by a referendum held on April 7, 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

EconomyEdit

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A map showing Hamamatsu Metropolitan Employment Area.
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Eel, for which Hamamatsu is famous
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Entetsu Department Store

Hamamatsu has been famous as an industrial city, especially for musical instruments and motorcycles. It also has been known for fabric industry, but most of those companies and factories went out of business in the 1990s. As of 2010, Greater Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu Metropolitan Employment Area, has a GDP of US$54.3 billion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Conversion rates – Exchange rates – OECD Data</ref> 2014 Hamamatsu's GDP per capita(PPP) was US$41,470.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Companies headquartered in HamamatsuEdit

Companies founded in HamamatsuEdit

MediaEdit

Radio stationsEdit

  • FM Haro! (JOZZ6AB FM, 76.1 MHz)
  • K-MIX (JOKU FM, 78.4 MHz)
  • NHK FM (JOPK FM, 82.1 MHz)
  • SBS Radio (1404 kHz / 94.7 MHz)
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TransportationEdit

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Hamamatsu Air Base
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Hamamatsu Station exterior
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Shin-Hamamatsu Station
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Enshu Railway Linemap
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JR Hamamatsu workshop in 2008

AirwaysEdit

AirportEdit

There are no commercial airports in Hamamatsu. However, Shizuoka Airport (Template:Coord) is the closest, located Template:Convert from Hamamatsu Station, between Makinohara and Shimada.

Chūbu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture, located about Template:Convert<ref>From Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Hamamatsu station (Template:Coord) (surveying http://vldb.gsi.go.jp/sokuchi/surveycalc/bl2stf.html Template:Webarchive Template:In lang)</ref> west of the city, is the second closest.

RailwaysEdit

High-Speed RailEdit

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Conventional LinesEdit

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Tenryū Hamanako Railroad

RoadsEdit

ExpresswaysEdit

HiwaysEdit

BypassesEdit

  • Hamamatsu Bypass
  • Hamana Bypass

Japan National HighwaysEdit

EducationEdit

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Shizuoka University Hamamatsu Campus
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Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
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Hamamatsu Municipal Senior High School

Colleges and universitiesEdit

Primary and secondary schoolsEdit

Template:Expand section Senior high schools operated by Shizuoka Prefecture:

There is one senior high school operated by the city government: Hamamatsu Municipal Senior High School

Elementary and junior high schools are operated by the city government. Template:As of, the city had 117 public elementary schools and 52 public junior high schools.<ref name=Aparecidap218>Aparecida, Tsutsumi Angela (Burajiru Fureai Kai). "The Contradiction Between "Being and Seeming" Reinforces Low Academic Performance" (Archive). US-China Education Review B 2 (2012) p. 217-223. CITED: p. 218.</ref>

Multicultural educationEdit

The city has the following Brazilian international schools:

It has one combined Peruvian school (ペルー学校) and Brazilian primary school, Mundo de Alegría.<ref name=Brazilschools/><ref>"Ubicación y Acceso." Mundo de Alegría. Retrieved on October 24, 2015. "〒431–0102 Shizuoka-ken Hamamatsu-shi　Nishi-ku Yuto-cho Ubumi 9611-1" – Japanese address: "住所 〒431-0102 静岡県　浜松市　西区　雄踏町　宇布見　9611-1"</ref>

The city formerly hosted other Brazilian schools, Colégio Pitágoras Brasil and Escola Cantinho Feliz.<ref>"Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão" (Archive). Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. February 7, 2008. Retrieved on October 13, 2015.</ref>

As of May 1, 2009, the municipal elementary and junior high schools had 1,638 non-Japanese students.<ref>Kitawaki, Yasuyuki (北脇保之) (Former mayor of Hamamatsu, Director of the Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education and Research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (CEMMER, 東京外国語大学多言語・多文化教育研究センター)). "A Japanese approach to municipal diversity management: The case of Hamamatsu City" (Archive). Managing Diversity: Stronger Communities, Better Cities. Information about the book (Archive). At the Council of Europe website. Retrieved on October 12, 2015. PDF p. 7-8/13.</ref> Template:As of, there were 932 Brazilians enrolled in Hamamatsu's municipal elementary and junior high schools: 646 Brazilians were enrolled in 61 public elementary schools, and 286 Brazilians were enrolled in 38 public junior high schools.<ref name=Aparecidap218/>

Within public schools Brazilian students have the same academic programs and take the same classes as Japanese nationals.<ref name=Aparecidap218/> Special teachers and assistants work with foreign students at municipal elementary and junior high schools with significant numbers of non-Japanese enrolled.<ref name="Kitawakip8">Kitawaki, Yasuyuki (北脇保之) (Former mayor of Hamamatsu, Director of the Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education and Research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (CEMMER, 東京外国語大学多言語・多文化教育研究センター)). "A Japanese approach to municipal diversity management: The case of Hamamatsu City" (Archive). Managing Diversity: Stronger Communities, Better Cities. Information about the book (Archive). At the Council of Europe website. Retrieved on October 12, 2015. PDF p. 8/13.</ref> In particular the schools use their part-time interpreters to assist Brazilian students. The interpreters are not formal teachers, yet Tsutsumi Angela Aparecida of Hamamatsu's Burajiru Fureai Kai wrote that "[t]heir assistance has become very useful".<ref name=Aparecidap218/> Toshiko Sugino of the National Defense Academy of Japan wrote that the municipal and prefectural schools in Hamamatsu "follow traditional views of education and enforce rigid school rules" despite the reputation of open-mindedness in the residents of Hamamatsu, causing some foreigners to send their non-Japanese children to foreign private schools.<ref name=Suginop4>Sugino, Toshiko (National Defense Academy of Japan). "Linguistic Challenges and Possibilities of Immigrants In Case of Nikkei Brazilians in Japan" (Country Note on Topics for Breakout Session 4) (Archive). Centre for Education Research and Innovation (CERI), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (See list of reports). p. 4/8. Retrieved on October 12, 2015.</ref>

As of 2008, many Brazilian parents have difficulty in deciding whether to send their children to Japanese schools or Brazilian schools, and it is common for Brazilian children attending Japanese schools to switch to a Brazilian school and vice versa.<ref name=Aparecidap218/> By 2010, many Brazilian parents had lost their jobs due to an economic decline, and many were unable to afford the Brazilian school monthly tuitions of ¥30,000 to ¥40,000.<ref name=FukueForeigners/>

As of 2010, about 50% of Brazilians of high school age in Hamamatsu do not attend high school. The inability to afford high school and difficulty with Japanese resulted in lower high school attendance rates. Hamamatsu NPO Network Center has made efforts to increase school attendance.<ref name=FukueForeigners/>

In Hamamatsu volunteers and a non-profit organization have established Japanese-language classes and native language classes for foreign children.<ref name=Kitawakip8/>

Local attractionsEdit

  • Act City Tower Observatory: Hamamatsu's only skyscraper, situated next to JR Hamamatsu Station, is a symbol of the city. It was designed to resemble a harmonica, a reminder that Hamamatsu is sometimes known as the "City of Music". The building houses shopping and a food court, the Okura Hotel, and an observatory on the 45th floor overlooking all of central Hamamatsu, even down to the sand dunes at the shore.
  • Chopin Monument This is a 1:1-scale replica of the famous Art Nouveau bronze statue of Chopin by the famed artist Wacław Szymanowski. The original is in Hamamatsu's sister city, Warsaw.　
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  • Hamamatsu Castle: Hamamatsu Castle Park stretches from the modern city hall building to the north. The castle is located on a hill in the southeast corner of the park, near city hall. It was built by Tokugawa Ieyasu. His rule marks the beginning of the Edo period. Tokugawa Ieyasu lived here from 1571 to 1588. There is a small museum inside, which houses some armor and other relics of the period, as well as a miniature model of how the city might have looked 400 years ago. North of the castle is a large park with a Japanese garden, a koi pond, a ceremonial teahouse, and some commons areas.
  • Nakatajima Sand Dunes: one of the three largest sand dune areas in Japan
  • Hamamatsu Flower Park
  • Hamamatsu Fruit Park
  • Hamamatsu Municipal Zoo
  • Iinoya-gū shrine
  • Motoshirochō Tōshō-gū shrine
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    Hamamatsu Wedding Central Park

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    Lake Hamana

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CultureEdit

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During Hamamatsu Festival

FestivalsEdit

Akiha Fire FestivalEdit

Haruno, Tenryu-ku: December

Long ago, Mount Akiha was believed to have supernatural powers to prevent fires. Bow and arrow, sword, and fire dances are performed at the Akiha Shrine. At the Akiha Temple, a firewalking ceremony is performed where both believers and spectators celebrate the festival.

Enshū DainenbutsuEdit

Saigagake Museum, Hamamatsu City: July 15

When a family commemorates the first Obon holidays after the death of a loved one, they may request that a dainenbutsu (Buddhist chanting ritual) be performed outside their house. This is one of the local performing arts of the region. The group always forms a procession in front of the house led by a person carrying a lantern and marches to the sound of flutes, Japanese drums and cymbals.

Hamamatsu Kite FestivalEdit

Naka-ku, Minami-ku, others: May

Hamamatsu Kite Festival is also called Hamamatsu Festival. Hamamatsu Kite Festival held from May 3 to May 5 each year, includes a Tako Gassen, or kite fight, and luxuriously decorated palace-like floats. The festival originated about 430 years ago, when the lord of Hamamatsu Castle celebrated the birth of his first son by flying kites. In the Meiji Era, the celebration of the birth of a first son by flying Hatsu Dako, or the first kite, became popular, and this tradition has survived in the form of Hamamatsu Kite Festival. During the nights of Hamamatsu Kite Festival, people parade downtown carrying over 70 yatai, or palace-lake floats, that are beautifully decorated while playing Japanese traditional festival music. The festival reaches its peak when groups representing the city's various districts compete by energetically marching through the downtown streets.

Hamakita Hiryu FestivalEdit

Hamakita-ku: June

This festival is held in honor of Ryujin, the god believed to be associated with the Tenryū River, and features a wide variety of events such as the Hamakita takoage (kite flying) event and the Hiryu himatsuri (flying dragon fire festival) which celebrates water, sound, and flame.

Hamamatsu International Piano CompetitionEdit

November

This festival celebrates Hamamatsu's history as a city of musical instruments and music, and brings dozens of the best young pianists from all over the world. It has been held triennially since 1991 at the Act City Concert Hall and Main Hall.

Hamakita Man'yō FestivalEdit

Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu: October

This event takes place in Man'yō-no-Mori Park to commemorate the Man'yō period and introduce its culture. As part of the festival, people reenact the ancient past by wearing traditional clothes from the Heian period and presenting Japanese poetry readings.

Inasa Puppet FestivalEdit

Inasa, Kita-ku: November

One of the few puppet festivals held in Japan, featuring 60 performances of about 30 plays by puppet masters from all over the country. The shows provide a full day of enjoyment for both children and adults.

Princess Road FestivalEdit

Hosoe, Kita-ku: April

This reenactment of a procession made by the princess in her palanquin along with her entourage of over 100 people including maids, samurai, and servants makes for a splendid scene beneath the cherry blossoms along the Toda River. In the Edo period, princesses enjoyed traveling this road which came to be known as a hime kaidō (princess road).

Samba FestivalEdit

The Hamamatsu Samba Festival is held in the city.<ref name="Kitawakip9">Kitawaki, Yasuyuki (北脇保之) (Former mayor of Hamamatsu, Director of the Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education and Research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (CEMMER, 東京外国語大学多言語・多文化教育研究センター)). "A Japanese approach to municipal diversity management: The case of Hamamatsu City" (Archive). Managing Diversity: Stronger Communities, Better Cities. Information about the book (Archive). At the Council of Europe website. Retrieved on October 12, 2015. PDF p. 9/13.</ref>

Shoryu Weeping Ume Blossom FestivalEdit

Inasa, Kita-ku: late February to late March

In Ryusui Garden there is a stream with seven small waterfalls and about 80 weeping ume trees pruned to give the appearance of dragons riding on clouds to the heavens. There are also 200 young trees planted along the mountainside.

SportsEdit

Club Sport League Venue Established
San-en NeoPhoenix Basketball B.League Toyohashi City General Gymnasium, Hamamatsu Arena 1965
Honda FC Soccer Japan Football League (JFL) Honda Miyakoda Soccer Stadium 1971
Agleymina Hamamatsu Futsal F.League Hamamatsu Arena 1996
Breath Hamamatsu Volleyball V.League Hamamatsu Arena 2012

FootballEdit

  • Honda FC which plays Japan Football League (third division) games at their own Miyakoda Soccer Stadium. Honda competed in the Japan Soccer League's First Division from 1981 to 1991, but chose to relegate itself and not compete in the professional divisions due to parent company Honda's choice to retain team ownership. Many Hamamatsu football fans prefer to follow Júbilo Iwata, across the Tenryū River in Iwata. Júbilo maintains a club shop within Hamamatsu.
  • Volare FC Hamamatsu, an autonomous club who competed in the Tokai Regional Football League Division 2 in 2011, flouted plans to either overtake Honda FC or merge with it, but it finished last in the Tokai League and was relegated. Hamamatsu University also keeps a team in the said division, but college teams cannot be promoted to the top three tiers.

BasketballEdit

The Hamamatsu Arena was one of the host arenas of the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Hamamatsu 3x3 FIBA: Placed Second at FIBA World Tour Final in ABU Dhabi in 2016. (Bikramjit Gill, Inderbir Gill, Chiro Kheda)

Women's volleyballEdit

Hamamatsu was one of the host cities of the official 2010 Women's Volleyball World Championship.

International relationsEdit

Sister citiesEdit

Hamamatsu has ratified Music Culture Exchange Treaty with the following cities (however, of the following Rochester is the only official sister city):

City Country State Since
Porterville Template:Flagicon United States California February 16, 1981 (once a sister city of Hosoe, Hamamatsu assumed the sister city honors in 1981)
Camas Template:Flagicon United States Washington September 29. 1981 (once a sister city of Mikkabi, Hamamatsu assumed the sister city honors in 1981)
Chehalis Template:Flagicon United States Washington October 22, 1990 (once a sister city of Inasa, Hamamatsu assumed the sister city honors in 1998)
Rochester Template:Flagicon United States New York October 12, 2006 (once a sister city of Hamamatsu assumed the Music Culture Exchange Treaty honors in 1996)

Twinned citiesEdit

Hamamatsu is twinned with:

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Manaus Template:Flagicon Brazil Amazonas June 20, 2008
Taipei Template:Flagicon Taiwan Special municipality July 31, 2013
Bologna Template:Flagicon Italy Emilia-Romagna April 23, 2014
Bandung Template:Flagicon Indonesia West Java December 19, 2014

Friendship citiesEdit

City Country State Since
Shenyang Template:Flagicon China Liaoning August 28, 2010
Hangzhou Template:Flagicon China Zhejiang April 6, 2012

Notable peopleEdit

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