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Sights in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
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ぬくもりの森
Nukumori Forest
A quiet forest near Lake Hamana whose rounded buildings suggest a medieval European village, with select shops, cafes, and restaurants.
井伊谷城跡
Iinoya Castle Ruins
Ii family Sengoku castle on a 115-meter hill, now Shiroyama Park overlooking Iinoya and Lake Hamana.
明善記念館
Meizen Memorial Museum
Memorial museum on Hamamatsu entrepreneur Kinpara Meizen, showing his Tenryu River flood control and tree-planting work through relics and documents.
西来院
Seirai In
Founded in 1428, this temple holds the mausoleum of Tsukiyama-dono, Tokugawa Ieyasu's wife, who was later killed on his orders.
蜆塚遺跡
Shijimizuka Site
A late-to-final Jomon village from about 3,000-4,000 years ago, with five reconstructed houses, a preserved shell layer, and relocated old homes.
引間城跡（浜松元城町東照宮）
Hikima Castle Ruins (Hamamatsu Motoshirocho Toshogu)
A Sengoku stronghold on the present Hamamatsu Castle site, taken by Ieyasu in 1568 and now home to Motoshirocho Toshogu.
静岡大学 高柳記念未来技術創造館
Shizuoka University Takayanagi Memorial Future Technology Creation Hall
Memorial hall exhibiting materials on Kenjiro Takayanagi, who in 1926 first displayed a character on a cathode-ray tube.
浜松八幡宮
Hamamatsu Hachimangu Shrine
Ancient shrine linked to Ieyasu's victory prayers, preserving a thousand-year camphor tree designated a city natural monument.
椿姫観音
Tsubakihime Kannon
Memorial to Lady Otazu, Hikima Castle's lord who died fighting Tokugawa forces, now marked by camellias and Tsubakihime Kannon.
本田宗一郎ものづくり伝承館
Soichiro Honda Craftsmanship Heritage Hall
Memorial hall honoring Tenryu-born Soichiro Honda, exhibiting early products he made and valuable materials.
天竜二俣駅
Tenryu-Futamata Station
Headquarters station of the Tenryu Hamanako Railway, preserving a turntable and roundhouse registered as national tangible cultural properties.
高根城址
Takane Castle Ruins
Mountain castle ruins at 420 meters, later a Takeda base, with bailey, turret, and gate restored based on excavations.
頭陀寺城跡・松下屋敷跡
Zudaji Castle Ruins and Matsushita Residence Site
Old temple and former Matsushita residence where young Hideyoshi reportedly served and Ii Naomasa first entered Ieyasu's service.
細江神社
Hosoe Shrine
Shrine said to ward off earthquakes, begun in 1510 after a tsunami, holding a July boat ritual on Lake Hamana.
三方原古戦場碑
Mikatagahara Old Battlefield Monument
Monument to the 1572 battle where young Tokugawa Ieyasu suffered his only and greatest defeat to Takeda Shingen.
浜松市美術館
Hamamatsu City Art Museum
This art museum centers on Oriental arts and crafts, especially 18th- and 19th-century glass paintings, folk pictures, ukiyo-e, ceramics, and Buddhas.
蜂前神社
Hachimae Shrine
An ancient shrine in Hoda near Mikatagahara stands where Takeda forces supposedly ambushed Tokugawa troops and once held Ii Naotora's signed document.
井伊直親の墓
Grave of Ii Naochika
Ii Naochika, betrothed of Ii Naotora and father of Ii Naomasa, was murdered at 27 in 1562; Ii Naosuke donated the lantern before the grave.
猪鼻湖
Inohana Lake
This quiet branch lake connects to Lake Hamana via the Seto channel, with mandarin slopes and pleasure boats from Seto to Kanzanji Onsen.
礫島
Tsubute Island
This small pine-covered island of about 20 ares in Lake Hamana is said to have formed from a stone thrown by the giant Daidaraboshi.
中村家住宅
Nakamura Family Residence
In 1574 Ieyasu's concubine Oman bore Yuki Hideyasu in this Minamoto-line warrior residence, where the placenta mound still remains.
大草山昇竜しだれ梅園
Okusayama Shoryu Weeping Plum Garden
About 300 weeping plums, including trees over 100 years old, are trained here like dragons rising to heaven, a nationally rare style.
大草山
Mount Okusa
This 113-meter scenic spot overlooking Lake Hamana is reached from Kanzanji Onsen by the Kanzanji Ropeway, Japan's only over-lake ropeway.
弁天島海浜公園海水浴場
Bentenjima Seaside Park Beach
Near Imagireguchi, where Lake Hamana meets the sea, this shallow beach has clear water, roofed wooden porches, and views of a red torii.
徳川秀忠公誕生の井戸
Well of Tokugawa Hidetada's Birth
A well created from the legend that nearby well water was used for Tokugawa Hidetada's first bath at birth.
犀ヶ崖古戦場
Saigagake Historic Battlefield
Cliff where Ieyasu's night raid across a cloth bridge in the Battle of Mikatagahara sent many Takeda troops falling.
井伊谷宮
Iinoya Shrine
Shrine to Prince Munenaga, revered as a god of learning, beside the Ii family temple Ryotanji.
気賀関所
Kiga Checkpoint
Historic facility recreating Edo-period inspections at Kiga Checkpoint on the Hime Kaido, with costume experiences.
浜松市姫街道と銅鐸の歴史民俗資料館
Hamamatsu City Hime Kaido and Dotaku Folk History Museum
Museum of Hime Kaido relics and a locally excavated Yayoi bronze bell, with a relocated birth hut outdoors.
清瀧寺
Kiyotaki Temple
Temple built by Tokugawa Ieyasu to mourn his eldest son Nobuyasu, named for a clear waterfall on the grounds.
渋川つつじ公園
Shibukawa Azalea Park
Park with about 4,000 wild Shibukawa azaleas, a prefectural natural monument, at their best from mid to late May.
浜松市秋野不矩美術館
Hamamatsu City Akino Fuku Art Museum
Wooden art museum of Akino Fuku's Japanese paintings of India, entered shoeless to sit on rattan mats.
はままつフラワーパーク
Hamamatsu Flower Park
A 300,000-square-meter botanical garden by Lake Hamana displaying 3,000 plant species throughout the year.
浜松市博物館
Hamamatsu City Museum
Museum tracing Hamamatsu history, highlighted by the only letter bearing Ii Naotora's signature.
浜松科学館 みらいーら
Hamamatsu Science Museum Miraira
A hands-on science park with five zones, over 100 exhibits, and one of the prefecture's largest planetariums.
公益財団法人 平野美術館
Hirano Art Museum
A private art museum in central Hamamatsu holding about 2,000 works, from Japanese painting to contemporary art.
浜名湖オルゴールミュージアム
Hamanako Music Box Museum
A specialist museum on Ogusayama displaying about 70 antique music boxes and automatic instruments over 100 years old.
猪鼻湖神社
Inohanako Shrine
A shrine on Shishi Rock between Lake Hamana and Lake Inohana, reached by a vermilion drum bridge.
大福寺
Daifuku Temple
An Okuhamanako temple with an Edo stroll garden, traditional natto, and nationally designated cultural properties.
摩訶耶寺
Makaya Temple
Founded in 726, this Okuhamanako temple has a rare Heian-style garden and nationally designated Buddha statues.
佐久間ダム
Sakuma Damu
A 150-meter dam on the Tenryu River, among Japan's largest, with an observation deck and a power museum.
二俣城址
Futamata Castle Ruins
Castle ruins on a Tenryu River cliff, contested by the Takeda and Tokugawa, now a quiet park with stone walls.
浜名湖体験学習施設 ウォット
Hamanako Experience Learning Facility Wotto
A hands-on aquarium where visitors can touch Lake Hamana life, with a 120-ton tank and eel feeding.
白倉峡
Shirakura Gorge
A celebrated gorge on a Tenryu River tributary, with emerald streams, cliffs, and waterfalls along a 1 km path.
浜松市動物園
Hamamatsu City Zoo
A lakeside zoo keeping about 100 or more species, including Japan's only golden lion tamarins.
Yamahai no Beshonrodo
Yamahai no Beshon Road
龍雲寺
Ryuun Tera
A historic Zen temple on the shore of Lake Sanaru, displaying a 4-by-16-meter Heart Sutra, the world's largest.
茶室 松韻亭
Shointei Teahouse
A Hamamatsu Castle Park teahouse designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, serving matcha or sencha with seasonal sweets.
浜松まつり会館
Hamamatsu Festival Hall
Exhibition hall where Hamamatsu Festival's full-size giant kites and ornate floats can be seen year-round.
浜名湖ガーデンパーク
Hamanako Garden Park
Park on a Lake Hamana peninsula, whose 50-meter tower views the lake and Mount Fuji on clear days.
浜松市楽器博物館
Hamamatsu City Museum of Musical Instruments
Japan's only public musical instrument museum, displaying about 1,500 instruments from around the world.
浜松城公園
Hamamatsu Castle Park
A green central park in downtown Hamamatsu, famous for about 270 cherry trees and a children's adventure plaza.
浜松城
Hamamatsu Castle
Where Tokugawa Ieyasu built his foothold toward unification, later nicknamed the Success Castle.
中田島砂丘
Nakatajima Sand Dunes
Called one of Japan's three great sand dunes, stretching about 4 km along Enshu-nada with wind-rippled sand.
弁天島海浜公園
Bentenjima Seaside Park
Seaside park on Lake Hamana with a red 18-meter tower, palms, and a calm AA-rated summer beach.
秋葉山本宮秋葉神社 上社
Akihasan Hongu Akiha Shrine Kamisha
Considered the head of over 400 Akiha shrines, enshrining the fire god atop 866-meter Mount Akiha.
天竜浜名湖鉄道 車両基地（転車台）
Tenryu Hamanako Railway Depot
Nationally registered 1940 railway facilities at Tenryu-Futamata Station, with a turntable still used daily.
方広寺
Hokoji Temple
Shizuoka's oldest building, a 600-year-old Rinzai head temple in Okuyama forest with 500 stone arhats.