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After the Meiji Restoration, Hamamatsu became a short-lived prefecture from 1871 to 1876, after which it was united with Shizuoka Prefecture. Hamamatsu Station opened on the Tōkaidō Main Line in 1889. The same year, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system, Hamamatsu became a town.
Oct 19, 2024 · Hamamatsu, city, southwestern Shizuoka ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. It lies on the Pacific Ocean coast at the mouth of the Tenryū River, roughly midway between Tokyo and Kyōto. Hamamatsu was a post station on the Tōkaidō (“Eastern Sea Road”)—the main historic land route between Edo.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 19, 2023 · During the Edo Period (1603 – 1867), Hamamatsu was one of several post towns along the Tokaido road connecting the eastern and western regions of Japan, where it flourished as an important transportation hub.
The domain had a population of 3324 samurai in 776 households at the start of the Meiji period. The domain maintained its primary residence (kamiyashiki) in Edo at Toranomon until the An'ei (1772–1781) period, and at Nihonbashi-Hamacho until the Meiji period [1]
Mar 27, 2023 · Tokugawa Ieyasu spent much of his early adult life at Hamamatsu Castle, built in 1570 to defend against the mighty army of legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. It was from this castle where Tokugawa’s skills as a warlord were honed and tested by the strength of Takeda’s forces, perhaps paving the way for him to become Shogun years later.
- Todd Fong
As of the 1st of April 2021 , Hamamatsu has 25,593 Foreign Residents living there, the 89 highest in the country. The most recently updated figures for foreign residents can be viewed on this page.
Apr 13, 2021 · Stretching from the mountains in the north to the shores of the Pacific Ocean, Hamamatsu, the largest city in Shizuoka, has a long and storied history as both an industrial center and former home of Japan's most famous warlord.
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