ACT City

View from John's office (7th floor) toward downtown.
This view inspired my "Hamamatsu is Bridgeport CT" comment. The ACT Tower is the tallest one.

Monday was a fine, clear day. Perfect for volcano viewing. We retraced our steps from Sunday and headed downtown to go up to the 45th floor of the ACT tower. This is the tallest building in Hamamatsu,  part of a complex called ACT City housing a concert hall, ultra fancy hotel, shopping mall, and office buildings. The Museum of Musical Instruments is housed in the the building, too. Various levels have public rooftop parks and open space. And, best of all, there is an observation level at the top. I'm lousy at writing travelogues,-I'm starting to bore even myself- so I'm just going to put up a bunch of pictures with captions. For the rest of this. WikiTravel has a nice entry on Hamamatsu if you crave details. http://wikitravel.org/en/Hamamatsu

Shot up through the small tower. Wouldn't
 have known from the outside!

This is the small tower (foreground)
 from the outside as you approach it
in front of the fancy concert hall. ACT
tower is behind.

One level below street level, this plaza is the entry way to the concert hall
ACT Tower is behind John

A piano fountain in the plaza

Going up the elevator to the 45th floor
This is a view of the main train line
towards Shin- Osaka

The ocean! 

A bride having pictures
taken on the
observation level.

They even have a 'Sky Wedding'
chapel up there.  

Looking out over Central Hamamtsu.
The foothills to the Japanese Alps
are in the background.

City center

We live right there! 

If it were clear enough, you could see
Mt. Fuji

Later in the ultra fancy hotel lobby, we
 ran into the happy couple again.
That dress deserves another look.

Playing on the sculpture at the
main bus terminal. Amazing,
with this much water, no one get wet. 

Under street passage ways from ACT
plaza to main bus terminal