The city has also established a special district for the concentration of optical technology industries. Various research facilities in this district, such as Hamamatsu Photonics, Shizuoka University and Hamamatsu University of Medicine, are important for the advancement of high-caliber research; contributions by Hamamatsu Photonics, for example, were crucial to Dr. Koshiba’s Nobel-Prize-winning work.
The city has gained much attention with its successful cluster policies, having achieved a number of innovations over the years. There is no limit to the possibilities of the future.