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Viewpoint
Mount Hakodate
A 334-meter hill at the tip of the Hakodate peninsula, with a ropeway to the observatory. At night, the city lights trace the isthmus between two bays — Hokkaido’s most famous view.
Hokkaido · Japan
Hakodate
In the destination Hakodate.
In the photo: Goryokaku Fort seen from above, in Hakodate.
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The city
What to expect from Hakodate.
Hakodate is the southern port city of Hokkaido, the province’s third-largest city, squeezed on an isthmus between two bays. Mount Hakodate offers the island’s most famous night view; the star-shaped Goryokaku fort preserves the history of the end of the shogunate; and the Motomachi neighborhood gathers 19th-century churches and Western houses. The morning market, next to the station, sells squid and crab early in the day.
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The local experience
What to see in Hakodate
Fortress
Goryokaku
A five-pointed star-shaped fort completed in 1864, the last stronghold of shogunate forces in the Boshin War. Today it’s a park with moats, about 1,500 cherry trees and a replica of Hakodate’s magistrate’s office.
Market
Hakodate Morning Market
A market of about 250 stalls next to Hakodate Station, open from early dawn, offering fresh squid, crab, sea urchin and salmon roe served in bowls over rice.
Historic district
Motomachi
Neighborhood on the slope of Mount Hakodate where foreigners settled after the port opened in 1859. It has slopes leading to the bay, the Orthodox church, the Catholic church, the old public hall and wooden houses in Western style.
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