Hamamatsu [city] - Hamamatsu

Japanese: 浜松[市] - はままつ

A city in the southwest of Shizuoka Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1911. The Tenryu River and Lake Hamana are its east-west borders, and it occupies most of the Mikatahara Plateau and the coastal plain overlooking the Enshu Nada Sea. The city center developed as a post town on the Tokaido and as a castle town for Hamamatsu Castle, and became the prefecture's largest commercial and industrial city. It is connected to the Tokaido Main Line, Shinkansen, Iida Line, Tenryu Hamanako Railway, and Tomei Expressway, and is the starting point of the Enshu Railway. Following a merger, the city area is the second largest in Japan after Takayama City. It was once a major producer of cotton textiles, but since the mid-Meiji period it has been known for the manufacture of musical instruments such as pianos, and in addition to the manufacture of automobile and motorcycle parts, it was designated as the mother city of the Hamamatsu Regional Technopolis in 1992. General machinery, metal products, and electrical equipment industries have developed, and the city's manufacturing shipment value for manufactured goods reached 2.5168 trillion yen (2003), ranking first in the prefecture. Rural areas produce mandarin oranges, watermelons, cucumbers, melons, etc., but part-time work is common. Most of the northern part is mountain forest, where forestry is practiced. The city is home to the Shijimizuka shell mound from the Jomon period, the Iba ruins from the Yayoi to Heian periods, Kanzanji, and the Hamamatsu Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The kite-flying festival in May is famous. In July 2005, Tenryu City, Hamakita City, Haruno Town in Shuchi County, Sakuma Town, Misakubo Town, and Tatsuyama Village in Iwata County, Maisaka Town, Yutome Town in Hamana County, Hosoe Town, Inasa Town, and Mikkabi Town in Inasa County were incorporated. In April 2007, it became a city designated by government ordinance. It has seven wards: Naka Ward, Minami Ward, Higashi Ward, Hamakita Ward, Nishi Ward, Kita Ward, and Tenryu Ward. The area is 1,558.06 ^km2 . 800,866 (2010).
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Japanese:

静岡県南西部の市。1911年市制。天竜川と浜名湖を東西の境とし，三方原(みかたはら)台地の大部分と遠州灘に臨む海岸平野を占める。中心市街は東海道の宿場町，浜松城の城下町として発展，県最大の商工業都市となった。東海道本線・新幹線，飯田線，天竜浜名湖鉄道，東名高速道路が通じ，遠州鉄道の起点をなす。合併に伴い，市域は高山市に次いで全国２位の広さ。かつては綿織物が盛んであったが，明治中期からピアノ等の楽器製造で知られ，自動車・オートバイ部品の製造のほか1992年浜松地域テクノポリスの母都市に指定され，一般機器，金属製品，電気機器工業が発展して市の製造品出荷額は２兆5168億円（2003）を上げ，県内１位である。農村部はミカン，スイカ，キュウリ，メロン等を産するが，兼業化が顕著。北部は大半が山林で，林業が行われる。縄文(じょうもん)期の蜆塚(しじみづか)貝塚，弥生〜平安期の伊場遺跡，舘山寺(かんざんじ)，航空自衛隊浜松基地がある。５月の凧(たこ)揚げ祭は有名。2005年７月天竜市，浜北市，周智郡春野町，磐田郡佐久間町，水窪町，龍山村，浜名郡舞阪町，雄踏町，引佐郡細江町，引佐町，三ヶ日町を編入。2007年４月，政令指定都市に移行。中区，南区，東区，浜北区，西区，北区，天竜区の７区がある。1558.06km²。80万866人（2010）。
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