Museums and galleries in Hamamatsu

Museums and galleries in Hamamatsu

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   Akino Fuku Art Museum

   秋野不矩美術館

   This museum is housed in an interesting building made mostly from local cedar and other products. The permanent collection has many pieces by the late artist Akino Fuku, as well as other pieces.

   Tue-Sun 09:30-17:00·Adults ¥300, students ¥150

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   Hamamatsu Castle

   浜松城, Hamamatsu-jou

   Hamamatsu Castle was built by Ieyasu Tokugawa, who is considered perhaps the greatest shogun and one of the three people most important to the unification of Japan. His rule marks the beginning of the Edo Period. Tokugawa lived here from 1571 to 1588. After the Edo Period, the castle was destroyed, and was restored to the original specifications in 1958. The foundation, which is original, is unique because it uses unhewn stones carefully selected and fitted to lean inward. There is a small museum inside the castle, which costs ¥200 to enter, and which houses some Tokugawa armor and relics, a preserved well moved from elsewhere on the grounds as well as a miniature model of how the city might have looked 400 years ago.

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   Hamamatsu City Museum

   浜松市博物館, Hamamatsu-shi Hakubutsukan

   This museum, which is on the grounds of a pleasant park, is dedicated to the history of Hamamatsu and the surrounding area. Exhibits include locally-found pre-historic fossils, ancient pottery, old maps, and farming and domestic implements up through the Edo era. Also on the grounds are some shell mounds, evidence of pre-historic human life in the area. A reconstruction of a Jomon village has been installed among the mounds, giving the visitor an idea of what life was like here three to four thousand years ago. The name of the park and also the neighborhood, Shijimizuka, means "shell mound".

   Tue-Sun 09:00-17:00

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   Hamamatsu Festival Hall

   浜松まつり会館, Hamamatsu Matsuri Kaikan

   This museum gives visitors a taste of the famous Hamamatsu Festival year round, with its huge kites, festival clothing, lanterns, and banners. Videos show how the kites are made, flown and fought.

   Daily 09:00-16:30·¥400

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   Hamamatsu JASDF Air Park

   航空自衛隊 浜松広報館, Koukuu Jieitai Hamamatsu Kouhoukan

   This museum displays many aircraft used or in former use by JASDF, and many other aviation-related items. It also has a flight simulator and a theater which runs informative documentaries every 30 minutes (Japanese only).

   Tue-Sun 09:00-16:00·Free

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   Hamamatsu Municipal Museum of Art

   浜松市美術館, Hamamatsu-shi Bijutsukan

   Just one stop up the road from city hall is Hamamatsu's art museum. Exhibits vary.

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   Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments

   浜松市楽器博物館, Hamamatsu-shi Gakki Hakubutsukan

   This museum, just northeast of Act City Tower, houses a collection of over 2,000 kinds of ethnic instruments from around the world. Each instrument has a display attached, with headphones so you can listen to the sound of the instrument. The museum also has a hands-on room, where you can play many types of instruments; drums, xylophones, sitars and native Japanese instruments. This is a child friendly museum.

   09:00-17:00, closed on the second Wed of each month·¥400, high school students half-price, children free

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   Hamamatsu Science Museum

   浜松科学館, Hamamatsu Kagakukan

   A range of interactive exhibits divided into five zones: nature, space, sound, light, and electricity. The third floor holds a planetarium.

   Daily 09:30-18:00 during summer holidays (Jul 21 to Aug 31) and 09:30-17:00 (the rest of the year)·Museum only:Adults ¥500, ages 15-18 ¥350, children free; With planetarium:Adults ¥900, ages 15-18 ¥500, children ¥100

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   Lake Hamana Music Box Museum

   浜名湖オルゴールミュージアム, Hamanako Orugoru Myujiamu

   The collection includes dozens of self-playing orgels and music boxes from around the world. Performances begin hourly at 20 after the hour, and there is also a special hands-on exhibit. The view of Lake Hamana from outside the museum is spectacular as well.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Hamamatsu (CC BY-SA 4.0).