Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments (Naka-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
Overview (History, Features, and Appeal) The Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments is a specialized museum that collects musical instruments from around the world. It was established to take advantage of Hamamatsu's historical background as a "town of musical instruments." The museum's collection includes everything from Western instruments to Asian and African folk instruments, keyboard instruments, and automatic musical instruments.