Nestled between Nagoya and Shizuoka on Japan's southern coast, Hamamatsu has a legacy of creativity. Explore the history of music-making in Japan's only public musical instrument museum before indulging in some gyoza dumplings. Your kids will love the city's fruit theme park with 15 varieties of fruit you can pick year-round. See the city and the coast from the top of the Act Tower and delight your taste buds with the local specialty, grilled eel. Find out how soy sauce is made in a historic wooden building, then sip on matcha and savor each unique variety. Visit the reconstructed Hamamatsu Castle for beautiful backdrops and a unique collection of artifacts from the shogun era.