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taigaa001 Says: Maisaka is best known as the 30th stop at Old Tokaido Road. It is located at the west of Hamamatsu station. Maisaka area has nice pine avenue as well as Waki-Honjin house(the secondary lodging for feudal lords). Its coastal area is nice as well, the beach area is popular...
taigaa001 Says: Hamakita-ku is one of the wards of metropolitan Hamamatsu, formerly Hamakita City. Hamakita is a nice suburban area of Hamamatsu and has some historical sites such as Gansuiji Temple, Fudoji Temple and nice parks such as Shizuoka Prefectural Forest Park(Hamakita Forest Park)...
taigaa001 Says: Ryotanji Temple in Kita-ku is perhaps the most popular temple in Hamamatsu. It is one of the Five Major Temples in Northside of Lake Hamana. The temple is best known by its zen meditation garden, which is said to have been directed by Enshu Kobori (recently it's been...
taigaa001 Says: Most of the Hamamatsu temples with excellent gardens are located in the mountainous area and to get there you need to either ride a bus, taxi, or rent a car. Jissoji temple in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu is located north of Kanasashi station of Tenryu Hamanako Line and only 10...
Japanese Gardens In Hamamatsu: Overview
taigaa001 Says: Most of excellent Japanese gardens in Hamamatsu belong to Buddhist temples. Particularly Japanese gardens of following temples are noteworthy.Photo #1 Jissoji Temple: Recently uncovered garden with excellent rock formation.Photo #2 Ryotanji Temple: Often highly rated in the...
taigaa001 Says: Built in 1986, this science museum is mainly for educating children but adults can also enjoy there. It has a lot of touch-and-play exhibits so all you have to do is play with the exhibits. You may not understand what the Japanese instruction says. But that's also thrilling....
The Replica Statue of Szymanowski's Chopin
taigaa001 Says: At the top of the hill called "Chopin Hill", a part of Act City Open Space, stands the 2/3 scale replica statue of Frederic Chopin by Waclaw Szymanowski presented from Warsaw in 1994 to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Sister Cities in Music and Culture in 1990....
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Surabaya: Indonesian Food at Surabaya
DirtyRudy Says: Spicy, delicious dishes and the ethnic ambience makes this restaurant attractive for those who prefer a taste for Southeast Asian food. Located downstairs of Sago department store, this restaurant offers a variety of Indonesian cuisine. Try the really spicy ones! I tried...
The Lock Up: The Lock Up - Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go
DirtyRudy Says: Thieves! Murderer!That's what they shout when you enter "The Lock Up". The entrance to this Izakaya-type restaurant is pretty cool. You've gotta stick your hand in a guillotine to make the doors open for this restaurant. Then, you have to go through all the doors to find...
taigaa001 Says: Kururu is a bus service traveling around downtown Hamamatsu area. It costs only 100 yen and need to pre-pay before getting onboard the bus. It has three loops such as Nishi-loop, Higashi-loop and Minami-loop. It runs from 10 a.m. to around 6:30 p.m.
Enshu Tetsudo Nishikajima Line
taigaa001 Says: Entetsu Line in short. This railway, 17.8 kilometers in length, starts from Shinhamamatsu station three minutes walk from the north exit of JR Hamamatsu station. At Nishikajima station the end of the line, you can change trains to Enshu Hamanako Line and there are some bus...
Kojitsu Sanso: Popular Hiking Gear Shop in Japan
taigaa001 Says: Kojitsu Sanso in May One is one of the most popular places to buy hiking gears in Hamamatsu. The staffs are made up of experieced hikers and the shoppers often seek advices on what to wear on particular mountains area on given season. Should you need some gears to add during...
ABC-Mart: Reasonably-Priced Shoes
taigaa001 Says: ABC-Mart is one of the largest footwear chains in Japan. The popularity of the chain stores comes from its reasonably priced brand shoes. It also deals with some casual wears. In Hamamatsu there are three shops including that in Sun Street Hamakita in Hamakita-ku. The two...
Sun Street Hamakita: A huge shopping complex
taigaa001 Says: Sun Street Hamakita is a large-scale shopping complex in Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu. It also has a day-trip spa, cinema complex, a food court. But what draws huge number of shoppers is wide variety of brand and outlet-style shops. It also has some chain stores such as ABC-mart,...
taigaa001 Says: Zaza City is one of the most popular shopping complex around Hamamatsu station. It consists of Zaza West and Zaza Central. These two buildings are connected by the passage on the second, fifth and underground floor. Popular shops in Zaza City include:Uniqlo, ToyzRus, Haikara...
Yajimaya Book Store: Where To Buy Books and Magazines In English?
taigaa001 Says: When you stay or live in Japan for a long time you may miss written materials in English. Yajimaya Book Store in May-One station building is one of the few places to buy the books in English in Hamamatsu. Yajimaya has the largest numbers of English books or magazines in...
May One: Hamamatsu Station Building
taigaa001 Says: May-one, the station building of Hamamatsu, is a department store built in 1988. The name May-one comes from its opening day of May 1, 1988. The complex consists of the Main Buiding, Ekimachi East, Ekimachi West and Bic Camera the electronic retail chain shop located under...
taigaa001 Says: The shrine built in 1872 in the area formerly a part of Ryotanji temple serves as the imperial grave for Prince Munenaga, the eighth son of Emperor Godaigo and is best known as the chief compiler of Shinyo Wakashu (the Waka Collection of New Leaves). It is said that Ii...
taigaa001 Says: The birthplace well of Tomoyasu Ii is located close to the Ryotanji Temple known by its beautiful Japanese garden. Tomoyasu Ii, who was adopted son of Tomosuke Fujiwara, one of the decendants of Fujiwara Hokke family, was said to have been born beside the well close to the...
Hamamatsu Tourist Information Center
taigaa001 Says: Hamamatsu Tourist Information Center is located right ahead of Shinkansen exit of Hamamatsu station near the south exit of the station. There are four useful English language guidebooks on Hamamatsu destinations. PORTABLE GUIDEBOOK: general guidebooks on entire Hamamtsu...
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Located about halfway between Tokyo and Osaka on the southern coast of Japan, Hamamatsu is a popular tourist destination surrounded by a variety of natural features including coastal sand dunes and......
Welcome to my home-town Hamamatsu city!
You might not know about Hamamatsu-city. But how about YAMAHA,SUZUKI,and HONDA?? These famous companies established here in Hamamatsu.The motorcycle and automobile industry are very important in...
Touring Hamamatsu and its Suburbs
The top photo is taken at Ryotenji Temple, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu. It's only twenty kilometers north of central Hamamatsu. Ryotanji is best known by its beautiful zen-style garden but the temple has a lot...
Hamamatsu is located along the coast, roughly halfway between Tokyo and Osaka. Nagoya is the closest major city. Via the Shinkansen (bullet train), it takes 45 minutes to reach Nagoya; about 90...
I enjoy Hamamatsu tremendously. But I can't say that it would make much of a destination. However, if you happen to be coming for some reason, you can see a typical medium sized city. And it's a hard...
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