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Hamamatsu Castle

浜松城

A hirayama-style castle where Tokugawa Ieyasu established his headquarters and lived for 17 years, now featuring a concrete donjon with museum and Edo model.

Updated 2026/07/12
Hamamatsu Castle
Hamamatsu Castle © Saigen Jiro, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opening hours
Mon–Sun08:30–16:30
Holidays08:30–16:30
Admission
Standard
Adult¥200
Links
Official websiteJapanese
Access
Motoshirocho, Hamamatsu-Shi Chuo-Ku, Shizuoka 〒 430-0946

Hamamatsu Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle replica. Its exact origin is unknown, but a fort was built by Imagawa Sadatsuke of the Enshu Imagawa clan east of the current castle around 1504-1520. In 1570, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved his headquarters to Hamamatsu as the new lord of the land and built a new castle on the fort's site, living there for 17 years. During the Meiji Restoration, some castle parts were destroyed and outer baileys sold. The central part was preserved as a park by the city of Hamamatsu after World War II. In 1958, a three-story concrete donjon with an observatory was built atop the original stone palisade. The donjon houses a museum with armor, Tokugawa clan relics, and a model of the city during the Edo period

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