In the bracing winter air, just before sunrise, the cluster of city-center buildings slowly begin to take on a warm red hue.
Moving one's gaze to the Eastern sky as it gradually grows brighter, today once again the brilliant golden orb of the morning sun appears right between the tall, modern ACT Tower and historic Hamamatsu Castle. This beautiful juxtaposition of past and present is a proud symbol of our City.

| Hamamatsu population: | 818,089 |
| Foreign resident population: | 25,392
(Population figures are as of January 2012) |
Home page: http://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/hamaEng/
E-mail: kokusai@city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp