Place names・Hokkaido

HakodateHakodate

Also known as: 函館

A port town of southern Hokkaido known for slopes and night views. It is famed for the view from Mount Hakodate, the churches and Western-style buildings of the Motomachi district, and morning-market seafood, and it was the stage of Goryokaku and the Battle of Hakodate.

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