Thursday, August 24, 2006

Hamamatsu City

Hamamatsu is an interesting city with many places to visit.It is located in the southern part of Japan and it is located near to the coast line. It is one of the biggest cities in Japan.
Extreme temperatures prevail here, the winters are very cold and the summers are very hot. This place is inhabited by a lot of tourists and foreigners. A lot of other nationals also stay here. You can find any kind of food you may want. There are some Indian restaurants also, but my favorite is the Mac Donald’s because the burgers available here are one of the best and is the cheapest food available here. Indians, easily harmonize with these people. The Localities are very helpful, But without knowing Japanese, one may find it is difficult to survive here, because people here don’t speak English. You can find many public telephone booths here, so you need not to worry to make calls to your home, but it is costly. You can get brastel / zamzam international calling cards in any of the departmental stores, you can use those cards to make international calls. I felt that the zam zam card was much cheaper and better than brastal card.
I found, people here giving more importance to their food and entertainment, one could find many computer game shops and a lot of restaurants in most areas. In restaurants, their presentation of food is really good. Usually, people here use chopsticks to eat. Eating with chopsticks is tough, but believe me once you learn the method you will find it interesting and benefiting. All available types of food will be displayed outside the restaurant. So if you are not able to read and understand the menu, you can choose any by seeing the displayed menu outside. This place is inhabited with a lot shopping malls and shoppers this place throng day and night. If you feel that it is costly to buy gifts, you can find many 100 yen shops, in which you could get most items and gifts for 100 yen.
This city is connected by one of the fastest means of transport the bullet train. There are two railway stations, one is for bullet trains called as shinkansen which connects different cities in Japan and the other one is JR station which connects the local places. Buses are also available as an alternative. If you want to go to Tokyo, take shinkansen which takes around one and half hours to reach Tokyo. For stay, you can go for the Weekly mansions or apartments or hotels (not good for long term). Weekly mansions are costlier than Apartments, but it has more facilities like TV, cot, DVD/CD player, furniture’s, refrigerator and gas connection to cook. But in apartments, I don’t think you will get all these.
It is a very good place to work or visit. Don’t forget to visit Hamamatsu Flower Park and zoo and the lake near the zoo. The nearest airport from Hamamatsu is Nagoya. I am having a lot of fun here and making the most of the free time available. Enjoy maadi.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good tips for anyone who wants to visit Hamamatsu in future! Keep up this good work and continue blogging regularly :)

Anonymous said...

Cool man. Ulagam suttralam vaanga program partha mari irundhudhu. Nice ones to read da. Keep blogging good stuff in Japan. Nice to read them.

கார்த்திக் பிரபு said...

hi da happy to see you here..when did u go there..wat trainig da..if u have time do read my blog..