Save Type Settlement Usage Japanese Scripts 浜松(Japanese Kanji) はままつ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ha.ma.ma.tsɯᵝ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "pine beach" in Japanese. The kanji that make up the name are 浜 (hama), meaning "beach, seashore", and 松 (matsu), meaning "pine tree". This is the name of a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.