Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

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**Hamamatsu City**
**浜松市**
Hamamatsu City's location in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Shizuoka prefecture
Physical characteristics
Area	1,511.17 km²
Population (as of October 2006)
Total	807,073
Density	534.07/km²
Location	34°42′N 137°43′E
Symbols
Image:HamamatsuCitySeal.png Symbol of Hamamatsu City
Hamamatsu City Hall
Mayor	Yasuyuki Kitawaki
Address	〒430-8652 Hamamatsu-shi, Motoshiro-chō 103-2
Phone number	+81-53-457-2111
Official website: Hamamatsu City

Coordinates: 34°42′N 137°43′E

Hamamatsu (浜松市) is a city located in western Shizuoka, Japan. It is the largest city in Shizuoka. Following the recent merger trends in Japan known as Heisei's big mergers, the city merged with surrounding 11 cities and towns on July 1 2005. It will become a city designated by government ordinance on April 1 2007.

1 History
2 Industry
- 2.1 Companies headquartered in Hamamatsu
- 2.2 Companies founded in Hamamatsu
3 Transportation
4 Radio stations
5 Colleges and universities
6 Sister cities
7 External links

[edit] History

Apr 1, 1989 - Shizuoka Prefectural Office at Hamamatsu opened.
May 1, 1990 - Hamamatsu Arena opened.
January 1, 1991- Merged the village of Kami in Hamana District.
April 1, 1991 - The first Hamamatsu International Piano Competition was held.
May 1, 1994 - Act City Hamamatsu opened.
October 1, 1995 - Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments opened.
April 1, 1996 - Designated as a Core City.
June 1, 1996 - Hamamatsu City Fruit Park opened.
January 1, 1997 - Started separated collection of garbage in residential areas.
April 1, 1997 - 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 - Commemorated the city's 90th anniversary.
August 1, 2002 - Launched the conference on Pan-Hamanako Designated City Simulation.
April 1, 2003 - Shizuoka New Kawafuji National Highschool 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 - Merged Hamakita and Tenryū; Inasa, Hosoe, and Mikkabi in Inasa District; Yuto and Maisaka in Hamana District; Sakuma, Misakubo, and Tatsuyama in Iwata District; and Haruno in Shuchi District.

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[edit] Industry

Hamamatsu has been famous as an industrial city, especially for musical instruments and motorcycles. It also had been known for fabric industry, but most companies and factories went out of business in the 90s.

[edit] Companies headquartered in Hamamatsu

[edit] Companies founded in Hamamatsu

Honda Motor Co.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Railways

Image:Hamamatsu from above.jpg

Hamamatsu is a station on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Tōkaidō Main Line. As of 2005, this station is served by a small selection of Hikari services and all passing Kodama services. Hamamatsu is approximately halfway along the Tōkaidō line, as the journey time to both Tokyo and Shin-Osaka is approximately one and half hours with Hikari, and two hours with Kodama.

Tōkaidō Main Line stops at the following stations: