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Hamamatsu

American  
[hah-mah-mah-tsoo] / ˈhɑ mɑˈmɑ tsʊ /

noun

  1. a city on S central Honshu, in central Japan.


Hamamatsu British  
/ ˌhæməˈmætsuː /

noun

  1. a city in central Japan, in S central Honshu: cotton textiles and musical instruments. Pop: 573 504 (2002 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The hottest place was Hamamatsu in the central Shizuoka region at 41.1C.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

"I told him he was acquitted, and he was silent," Hideko Hakamata, his 91-year-old sister, tells the BBC at her home in Hamamatsu, Japan.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2024

A mysterious metal ball spotted on a beach in Hamamatsu City this week prompted local police to scramble the bomb squad.

From New York Times Feb. 24, 2023

Rivers swelled in Shizuoka’s Hamamatsu city, where video shared on social media showed cars wading through watery streets.

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2022

In March, 1584, he set out from Hamamatsu and joined Nobukatsu at Kiyosu, in Owari.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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