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Hamamatsu In A Year

Wondering when is the best time to visit Hamamatsu? Here is an overview of the city’s seasonal highlights.

SPRING (March to May)
EAT
▶Prized fish like shirasu (white baits), bonito, and pike are available from April.
SEE
▶Cherry Blossom Viewing at either Hamamatsu Castle Park or Hamamatsu Flower Park
▶Hamamatsu Kite Festival

DO
▶Strawberry picking

SUMMER (June to August)
EAT
▶Piones, a type of large-berried, purple skinned grape variety.

SEE
▶Fireworks at the Kanzanji Hot Spring Fireworks Festival

DO
▶Takiya Ryo A fishing tradition of Lake Hamana, using spears to catch shrimp, crab and sea bream

AUTUMN (September to November)
EAT
▶Persimmons, a sweet, honeyed-tasting fruit.
SEE
▶Momiji-gari (the Japanese practice of viewing autumn colours), which can be done at various parks, shrines, and temples

DO
▶Pick oranges at orange farms in the town of Mikkabi

WINTER (December to February)
EAT
▶Oysters from Lake Hamana.

SEE
▶Seagulls at Tenhama line

DO
▶Have a soak at Kanzanji Onsen, the biggest hot spring resort in Hamamatsu

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