Hamamatsu

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Hamamatsu

Total population

797,033

Air quality index

43Good

Coordinates34.71°, 137.73°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Hamamatsu is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) over the total urban area of 1,558.06 km2 (601.57 sq mi). The city ranked first in the happiness index of Japan's government-designated cities, published by the Japan Research Institute, in both 2018 and 2022.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Kenki

Japanese owarai tarento

Gonzo

Japanese owarai tarento

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Tarantula

Japanese professional wrestler

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Fang Suzuki

Japanese professional wrestler

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Makino

Japanese actor and screenwriter

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Musashi Oyama

Japanese professional wrestler

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Yoshi Nanao

Japanese novelist

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Michio Mitooka

Japanese writer

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San'yūtei Enzaemon

Japanese rakugoka

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Masaya Kamimura

Japanese singer-songwriter

Nobuhiro Nakayama

Japanese jurist

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Yasuo Nakaki

Japanese political scientist

Hiroshi Nakamura

Japanese artist

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Takarako Nakamura

Japanese sprinter

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Kōsuke Nakamura

Japanese actor

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Ikuo Nakamura

Japanese teacher (1946-2010)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Shizuoka

• Iwata
  7.1 mi away · pop. 166,426
• Kosai
  11.1 mi away · pop. 58,551
• Fukuroi
  11.6 mi away · pop. 86,532
• 石津
  13.3 mi away
• 中村
  13.4 mi away
• 不人斗
  13.4 mi away
• 横砂
  13.6 mi away
• 山崎
  13.6 mi away
• 北原川
  13.8 mi away
• 小谷田
  13.8 mi away
• 上新田
  14.2 mi away
• 今沢
  14.2 mi away

Browse all places in Shizuoka →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Hamamatsu

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

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