Inside Ryugashi-do cavern north of Hamamatsu — 400m of walkable limestone passage, a 30m underground waterfall, Japan’s first cave-themed museum, and a rescue-bat show. How to combine with Ryotanji and Lake Hamana.
Shizuoka
Travel guide to Shizuoka prefecture — Mt Fuji, Hamamatsu, festivals.
Shizuoka’s summer festival calendar — Mt Fuji opening, Atami fireworks, the Shimizu Minato Matsuri with its 20,000-dancer Kappore parade and 10,000-shell fireworks, Fukuroi Enshu Hanabi, Izu Obon, and more.
Shizuoka’s spring festival calendar runs from early-February Kawazu cherries on Izu through the Tokugawa pageantry of Shizuoka Matsuri and finishes at Shimoda’s May Black Ship Festival. A full-season guide.
Inside Act City Hamamatsu — Shizuoka’s tallest building, designed as a harmonica to honour the city’s musical-instrument industry. Observation deck with Mt Fuji views, the Museum of Musical Instruments, and the Yamaha / Roland / Kawai heritage behind it all.