Hamamatsu styles itself Japan's city of music. There are even locally-manufactured pianos in the shinkansen station to prove it. Hamamatsu is home to a number major musical instrument manufacturers, ...

Visitors take a look at the roughly six-meter-tall Evangelion Unit 01 statue at the Hamamatsu city hall in Shizuoka Prefecture on April 20, 2025. (Kyodo) SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A roughly six ...