Location: Hamamatsu
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Hamamatsu (浜松市, Hamamatsu-shi, lit. "Coast Pine Tree") is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
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1. Hamamatsu City History Museum
2. Hamamatsu City Regional Heritage Center
3. Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments
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4.0 based on 282 reviews
Opened in April 1995, it is the only large-scale public musical instrument museum in Japan. It has 3,300 musical instruments and 1,500 permanent exhibits from all over the world. Concept of introducing world's musical instruments is by “see, feel, and touch” the exhibits. The collection and businesses are highly regarded as the world's first musical instrument museum. Day off: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month (or the following day if it is a national holiday, no day off in August), Year-end and New Year holidays.
Reviewed By Silverlady2017 - Leeds, United Kingdom
It is a veritable wonderland of musical instruments from many parts of the world and helpful friendly staff. The displays are well labeled and the English leaflet and audio guide was very helpful. Some of the museum is hands on. You can listen to some of the instruments on headphones as you walk around. There is a bit of history about the development of some of the instruments. There is quite a large collection of European keyboard instruments from familiar pianos to less well known ones like a spinet and related instruments like a dulcimer. Really well worth a visit of 3 to 4 hours for music enthusiasts.
4. Railway History Museum
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4.0 based on 22 reviews
It is the turntable and railroad history hall in the Tenryuhutamata station yard of Tenryu Hamanako Railway. There is tour which can inspect the figure which the turntable of active service rotates from commencement-of-business that time. Since it holds every day, please come by all means.
