Hamamatsu
city in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Hamamatsu is a city designated by government ordinance[1]. Hamamatsu draws 6,013 Wikipedia views per month (city designated by government ordinance category, ranking #12 of 20).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shizuoka Prefecture[4]
- Country: Japan[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Enshū Sea[6], Lake Hamana[7], Tenryū River[8]
- Head of government: Yusuke Nakano[9]
- Continent: Asia[10]
- Instance of: big city[11], city of Japan[12], core city of Japan[13], city for international conferences and tourism[14], business cluster[15], administrative territorial entity[16]
- Capital: Naka-ku[17]
- Shares border with: Tenryū-mura[18], Iida[19], Toyone[20], Tōei-chō[21], Shinshiro[22], Toyohashi[23], Kawanehon[24], Mori[25], Shimada[26], Kosai[27], Iwata[28]
- Anthem: municipal anthem of Hamamatsu[29]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Naka-ku[30], Higashi-ku[31], Nishi-ku[32], Minami-ku[33], Kita-ku[34], Hamakita Ward[35], Tenryū-ku[36], Hamana-ku[37], Chūō Ward[38]
- Twinned administrative body: Campo Grande[39], Warsaw[40], Camas[41], Chehalis[42], Porterville[43], Rochester[44], Manaus[45], Shenyang[46], Hangzhou[47], Bologna[48], Bandung[49], Sapporo[50]
- Legislative body: Hamamatsu City Council[51]
- Postal code: 430-0946[52]
- Part of: San-En-Nanshin[53], Hamamatsu metropolitan area[54], Shizuoka–Hamamatsu Major Metropolitan Area[55]
- Commons category: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka[56]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[57]
- Inception: April 1, 1889[58], July 1, 1911[59]
- Located in/on physical feature: Mikatahara[60]
- Significant event: Bombing of Hamamatsu in World War II[61]
- Mascot: Daimyo of Success, Ieyasu Kun[62]
- Official website: https://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/[63], https://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/hamaeng/[64]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Hamamatsu include Hamamatsu Station[65], a railway station[66], in Japan[67], founded in 1888[68] and Hamamatsuchō[69], a chōchō[70], in Japan[71].
Why It Matters
Hamamatsu has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[72] Hamamatsu is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[73]
Entities named for Hamamatsu include Hamamatsu Station[65], a railway station[66], in Japan[67], founded in 1888[68] and Hamamatsuchō[69], a chōchō[70], in Japan[71].