• Hamamatsu ranks 1st in healthy life expectancy among the 20 largest cities
• No. 1 in happiness ranking of ordinance-designated cities

　

No. 1 in healthy life expectancy

Hamamatsu City ranked first in healthy life expectancy in 2013 and 2016 among the 20 largest cities (19 ordinance-designated cities plus the Tokyo metropolitan area).

	Ｍale		Female
	Ｃity	Age	City	Age
1st	Hamamatsu	73.19	Hamamatsu	76.19
2nd	Kobe	72.54	Nagoya	75.86
3rd	Shizuoka	72.53	Sagamihara	75.35
4th	Nagoya	72.47	Fukuoka	75.22
5th	Sagamihara	72.35	Niigata	75.20

Healthy life expectancy is defined as “the period during which a person can live without health problems limiting daily life,” and differs from average life expectancy in that it does not include the “period during which a person is not healthy.

Healthy life expectancy in Hamamatsu was 73.19 years for men and 76.19 years for women in the 2016 survey.

　

Improved medical facilities

Not only are there many nationally renowned general hospitals, but also an emergency medical care system known as the Hamamatsu Method

Hamamatsu has created an emergency medical care system through collaboration between the emergency medical team and medical institutions.

The system includes a night emergency room for primary emergencies (minor illnesses that do not require hospitalization or surgery), a 1.5 emergency room where doctors are on call at home, secondary emergencies handled by seven general hospitals on a rotating basis, and tertiary emergencies handled by three hospitals’ emergency medical centers. The hospital is the first in the country to establish this system.

This emergency medical care system, which was pioneered in Japan, is known as the “Hamamatsu Method” and realizes an emergency medical care system that is available 365 days a year, without holidays.

　

Comfortable living environments

Hamamatsu has a mild climate, with almost no snow on the plains even in midwinter.

It also has the most hours of sunlight in Japan.

Hamamatsu is blessed with an abundance of nature and seafood from the sea and mountains. Perhaps the comfortable livability of Hamamatsu raises the level of healthy life expectancy.

　

Exercise in nature

In addition to the mild climate, you can easily enjoy Suruga Bay, Lake Hamana, the Tenryu Forest Road, the Kosai Mountain Range, simple mountain climbing and hiking courses, cycling courses, and even marine sports.

Why not realize a comfortable senior life where you can enjoy both hobbies and meals because of your good health?