Traditional Hamamatsu Festival 2025 May 3rd - 5th 2025 Past Event A parade of floats from the districts of Hamamatsu
Festivals Hamamatsu Kite Flying Festival 2025 May 3rd - 5th 2025 Past Event A festival during Golden week where kites are flown to celebrate the birth of a son.
Culture Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2025 Saturday - May 31st A festival held in honor of the dragon god of the Tenryu River, in Hamakita in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. The culmination..
Culture Japanese Musical Instruments Elena Lisina A description of popular traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen, taiko, shakuhachi, koto and biwa. The sound of the..
Historical Hamamatsu Castle Katrina Webber Reconstructed Hamamatsu Castle serves as a tribute to the seventeen years Tokugawa Ieyasu spent in the area. The grounds are also..
Culture Princess Road Procession 2026 Late Mar This parade takes place in Kiga, Hamamatsu the first Saturday and Sunday of April. See the re-enacted procession of an Edo-era princess..
Culture Kanzanji Temple Lester Goh Kanzanji Temple is famed for its enchantingly expansive grounds, a 16-meter tall Kannon Bodhisattva statue and the Ana-Daishi cave,..
Culture Hamamatsu City Exploration Rey Waters Hamamatsu City has something for everyone, from music, to shrines and temples, an abundance of museums, a castle, theme restaurants,..