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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

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

Local officials in Hamamatsu said that it will be stored "for a certain period of time" then "disposed of".

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023

The 23-year-old also had a ready-made storyline, as his mother, the former Nobue Saito, is from the coastal town of Hamamatsu, about 150 miles southwest of Tokyo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

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 F. (Frank) Brinkley

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