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

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)

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)

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.

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Iwamizu-dera (岩水寺) is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect in Hamakita Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Ryugusan. The main son is the medicine master of Emperor Saga's illness healing. The main statue, Anjizo Bodhisattva (an important cultural property of the country), is known for praying for safe birth and bestowal of children.

Wikipedia: 岩水寺 (JA)

Hanakawa Sports Park (花川Sports Park) is an athletic park located along Hanakawa (花川町, Nishioka-cho), Naka-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The area is 16.56 hectares. NEW on October 26, 2003!! It was used as the main venue for the Wakafuji Kokutai tennis competition. It was held on October 26, 2003 with the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

Wikipedia: 花川運動公園 (JA)

Nagamatsuyama Toishun-in is a temple of the Rinzai sect located in Ozawatari-cho, Minami-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is "Nagamatsuyama". The main statue is "Life Extension Jizogan King Bodhisattva". The sixteenth temple of the Toe Forty-nine Yakushi Sacred Ground. Hamamatsu Seven Lucky Gods The sacred site of Jurosonten.

Wikipedia: 冨春院 (浜松市) (JA)

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.

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

Wikipedia: 浜松市博物館 (JA), Website

Yamazumi Shrine (山zumi Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Yamazumiyama, Mizukubo-cho, Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The former company is a prefectural company. It is the Japan general guard and has worshippers from all over the country, including Hokkaido and Kyushu.

Wikipedia: 山住神社 (JA)

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).

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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 .

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Ashigami Shrine (足神神社, Ashigami Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in the Okuryoya of Mizukubo-cho, Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Known as the rare "god of feet," worshippers come from all over the country to pray for a disease-free life and good legs.

Wikipedia: 足神神社 (JA)

Ryugaiwa Cave (竜ヶ岩洞) is a limestone cave located in Tabata, Hikisa-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was discovered in 1981 by two cave enthusiasts with the permission of landowner Sadao Toda, and has been open to the public since 1983.

Wikipedia: 竜ヶ岩洞 (JA)

The Kinoshita Keisuke Memorial Museum (kinoshita Keisuke Memorial Museum) is a memorial hall located in Sakaemachi, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Since Keisuke Kinoshita is a film director from Hamamatsu City, it is installed in the same city.

Wikipedia: 木下惠介記念館 (JA)

Kumano Shrine (熊野神社, Kumano Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Takatsuka-cho, Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The former shrine is a gōsha. It is known by the common name of Takatsuka Kumano Shrine (Takatsuka Kumano Jinja).

Wikipedia: 高塚熊野神社 (JA)

Qinglong Temple is the last temple of Zhien Courtyard of Pure Land Sect located in Tianlong District, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The mountain name is Xinkang Mountain. The hospital number is Chang'an Hospital. This deity is Amitabha Buddha.

Wikipedia: 清瀧寺 (浜松市) (JA)

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)

Kamieji Temple (鴨江寺) is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Kamie, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The detailed name is Koeyama Kamoe Temple. It is also known as Kamie Kannon.

Wikipedia: 鴨江寺 (JA)

Hamamatsu City Zoo is a municipal zoo located in Kanzanji-cho, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. To the north of Hamamatsu City Flower Park, the two are combined to form Kanzanji General Park.

Wikipedia: 浜松市動物園 (JA), Website

Daifukuji Temple (大福寺, Daifukuji) is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Ruriyama. The main statue is Yakushi Nyorai.

Wikipedia: 大福寺 (浜松市) (JA)

Nakamura Family Residence (中村家residence) is a historical building located in Yuto-cho, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is designated as an important cultural property of Japan.

Wikipedia: 中村家住宅 (静岡県) (JA), Website

Namikozo is a yokai from the western part of Tomi Province (western Shizuoka Prefecture). It is counted as one of the Seven Wonders of Enshu. It is sometimes written as 浪小僧 (the reading is the same).

Wikipedia: 波小僧 (JA)

Hamanako Garden Park (浜名湖園公園, Hamanako Garden Park) is a large-scale park operated by Shizuoka Prefecture located at 5475-1 Murakushi-cho, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 浜名湖ガーデンパーク (JA), Website