was a town located in Shà «chi District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Haruno was founded as a town on September 30, 1956.
As of June 1, 2005, the town had an estimated population of 5,953 and a density of 23.6 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area was 252.17 km<sup>2</sup>. Mount Akiba was located within the town limits.
On July 1, 2005, Haruno, along with the cities of Tenryà « and Hamakita, the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi (all from Inasa District), the towns of Misakubo and Sakuma, the village of Tatsuyama (all from Iwata District), and the towns of Maisaka and Yà «tà  (both from Hamana District), was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu, and is now part of Tenryà «-ku, Hamamatsu.