23 Sights in Hamamatsu, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Hamamatsu, Japan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 23 sights are available in Hamamatsu, Japan.

Sightseeing Tours in Hamamatsu

1. Shijimizuka Ruins

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Shijimizuka Ruins

The Shijimizuka ruins is an archaeological site containing a late to final Jōmon period settlement trace and shell middens, located in what is now Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The settlement was inhabited from approximately 2000 BC to 1000 BC. In 1959, the site was designated a National Historic Site and expanded and opened to the public as an archaeological park in 1984. A number of pit dwellings have been reconstructed. The site also preserves a late-19th-century farmhouse.

Wikipedia: Shijimizuka site (EN)

2. Ryotan-ji Temple

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Ryōtan-ji (龍潭寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. located in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Kokūzō Bosatsu. The temple, including its famed Japanese garden is not open to the general public.

Wikipedia: Ryōtan-ji (Hamamatsu) (EN)

3. Nakatajima Dunes

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Nakatajima Sand Dunes are located at the southern part of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture at the Pacific Ocean coast of Japan. The sand dune area measures approximately 0.6 km from north to south and 4.0 km from east to west. It is considered one of Japan's three largest sand dune areas along with the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori Prefecture and Kujyūkurihama in Chiba Prefecture.

Wikipedia: Nakatajima Sand Dunes (EN)

4. 花川運動公園

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花川運動公園

Hanakawa Sports Park is an athletic park located along the Hanagawa River (Hanakawa Town, Nishioka Town), Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It covers an area of 16.56 hectares. NEW on October 26, 2003!! It was used as the main venue for the tennis competition of the Waka Fuji Kokutai. It was held on October 26, 2003 in the presence of the Emperor and Empress.

Wikipedia: 花川運動公園 (JA)

5. 岩水寺

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Iwasuiji Temple is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Hamana Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Ryugu. The main honzon is Emperor Saga, the medicine man of the healing of illness. The main Buddha of the Bodhisattva Anjizo (Important Cultural Property of Japan) is known for its prayers for safe birth and child-giving.

Wikipedia: 岩水寺 (JA)

6. 三岳城跡

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MitakeCastle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka in the Tōkai region of Japan. It was a fortress of the local Ii clan, which later rose to prominence under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1944.

Wikipedia: Mitake Castle (EN)

7. 山住神社

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Yamazumi Shrine is a shrine located in Mt. Yamazumi, Mizukubo-cho, Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The former company name was a prefectural company. It enshrines the spirit of the god of Oyamagijin, who is said to be the guardian of Japan. There are worshippers from neighboring areas across the prefectural border.

Wikipedia: 山住神社 (JA)

8. 冨春院

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Nagamatsuyama 冨春院は、Shizuoka 県浜Matsu-shi Chuo-ku, Kosawa Wado Townにある臨済宗方広寺派の寺。 The mountain number is "Nagamatsu Mountain". The deity "Longevity of the Bodhisattva". Yuanjiang 49 薬师霊场の第番の札所。 Hamamatsu Seven Blessings God Shou Lao Zun Tian の霊场.

Wikipedia: 冨春院 (浜松市) (JA)

9. Hamamatsu City History Museum

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Hamamatsu City Museum is a municipal museum located in Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It introduces historical materials from the Hamamatsu area from primitive times to modern times, and is adjacent to the Kuzuka Site (a national historic site), a shell mound from the Jomon period.

Wikipedia: 浜松市博物館 (JA), Website

10. 舞坂宿 本陣跡

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舞坂宿 本陣跡

Maisaka-juku was the thirtieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the western portion of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. During the Edo period, the area was part of Tōtōmi Province. The kanji for the post station were originally written 舞坂 (Maisaka).

Wikipedia: Maisaka-juku (EN)

11. 浜松城

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Hamamatsu Castle is a replica hirayama-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō who ruled over Hamamatsu Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. It is also called Shusse Castle .

Wikipedia: Hamamatsu Castle (EN)

12. 伊場遺跡

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The Iba Ruins or Iba Ruins are a complex of ruins from the Yayoi period to the Heian period located in Iba, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a low-lying wetland site located on a row of sand dunes formed in the Enshu Nada coastal lowland west of Hamamatsu Station.

Wikipedia: 伊場遺跡 (JA)

13. 竜ヶ岩洞

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竜ヶ岩洞 投稿者自身による著作物 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Ryugaiwa Cave is a limestone cave located in the fields of Hikisamachi, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It was discovered in 1981 by two cave enthusiasts with the permission of the landowner, Sadao Toda, and has been open to the public since 1983.

Wikipedia: 竜ヶ岩洞 (JA)

14. Kumano Shrine

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Kumano Shrine (Kumano Jinja) is a shrine located in Takatsuka-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The former company name is Gosha. It is known by the common name of Takatsuka Kumano Shrine, which bears the name of the place.

Wikipedia: 高塚熊野神社 (JA)

15. Ashigami Jinja

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Ashigami Shrine (Ashigami Jinja) is a shrine that sits in the Okuryo House of Mizukubo-cho, Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Known as the rare "god of feet", there are worshippers from all over the country to pray for a healthy leg.

Wikipedia: 足神神社 (JA)

16. 浜松市楽器博物館

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浜松市楽器博物館

The Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments is a museum in Hamamatsu, Japan. It is the first public museum about musical instruments in Japan. The museum contains collections of different types of instruments from various parts of the world.

Wikipedia: Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments (EN)

17. Hamamatsu Zoological Gardens

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Hamamatsu Zoological Gardens

Hamamatsu City Zoo is a municipal zoo located in Tateyamaji-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is located to the north of Hamamatsu City Flower Park, and the two are combined to form the Kanzanji Comprehensive Park.

Wikipedia: 浜松市動物園 (JA), Website

18. 清瀧寺

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Seiryūji Temple is the last temple of the Jodo Sōchion-in Temple in Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Shinkang. The name of the hospital is Chang'an Temple. The honzon is Amitabha.

Wikipedia: 清瀧寺 (浜松市) (JA)

19. Iinoyagu Shrine

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Iinoya-gū is a Shinto shrine in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1872, and its main festival is held annually on September 22. It is one of the Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration.

Wikipedia: Iinoya-gū (EN)

20. 木下惠介記念館

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Keisuke Kinoshita Memorial Hall is a memorial hall located in Sakaemachi, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Keisuke Kinoshita is a film director from Hamamatsu City, so it is installed in Hamamatsu City.

Wikipedia: 木下惠介記念館 (JA)

21. 庚申寺

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Koshinji Temple is a temple of the Rinzai sect of the Sōhōkōji sect located in Miyaguchi, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Kongo. The main Buddha is Buddha.

Wikipedia: 庚申寺 (JA)

22. 波小僧

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Namikozo is a specter that has been handed down in Totomi Province (western Shizuoka Prefecture). It is counted as one of the Enshu Seven wonders. It is sometimes written as Nani-kozo (the same reading).

Wikipedia: 波小僧 (JA)

23. 重要文化財 中村家住宅

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Nakamura Family Residence is a historical building (private house) located in Yuto-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It has been designated as an important cultural property of Japan.

Wikipedia: 中村家住宅 (静岡県) (JA), Website

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