9 Sights in Hakodate, Japan (with Map and Images)

Goryokaku Tower (Goryokaku Tower) is an observation tower adjacent to Goryokaku, a special historic site in Hakodate City, Hokkaido. It is a private tourist facility operated by Goryokaku Tower Co., Ltd.

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The Hakodate Seikan Ferry Memorial Museum Mashu Maru is a museum ship located in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Japan used the hull of the Tsugaru Maru-type ferry "Mashu Maru (2nd generation)" that was in service on the Seikan route of the National Railway (→ Hokkaido Railway Company), and some of the interior remains from the time of active service.

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The former Hakodate Ward Public Hall is a historic building located in Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido. In the Meiji era, it is a colonial-style Western-style building (designed by Konishi Asajiro) completed in 1910 (Meiji 43) and is designated as an important cultural property of Japan.

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The Hokkaido Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum is a memorial hall that exhibits the historical materials of Sakamoto Ryoma, a samurai of the end of the Edo period established in Hakodate City, Hokkaido, and the descendants of the Sakamoto family who went to Hokkaido.

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Jitsugyōji is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Funami-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido. After the opening of Hakodate (now Hakodate), it was also used as a temporary lodging for the Russian consulate.

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The Ōfune Site is an archaeological site consisting of a series of large shell middens and the remains of an adjacent settlement from the Jōmon period. The site is in what is now part of the city of Hakodate in Oshima Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. It has been protected by the central government as a Historic Site since 13 August 2001. The site covers an area of 71.832 square kilometers.

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Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples first opened as the Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples and Ishikawa Takuboku (函館市北方民族・石川啄木資料館) in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1989. Located in the former Bank of Japan Hakodate Branch building of 1926, after the transfer out of materials relating to the poet to the Hakodate City Museum of Literature , the museum reopened in its current guise in April 1993. It displays objects that were formerly part of the collection of the Hakodate City Museum , including materials relating to the Orok as well as 750 items used in the daily life of the Ainu that have been jointly designated an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.

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Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido opened in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1986. The collection focuses on works from southern Hokkaidō, including paintings by Kakizaki Hakyō and calligraphy by Kaneko Ōtei , and special exhibitions are also mounted.

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Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center opened in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan in 2011. It has four exhibition rooms dedicated to the Jōmon period, displaying some 1,200 pieces of earthenware and stoneware excavated in Hakodate as well as the only National Treasure in Hokkaidō, the so-called "Hollow Dogū" , excavated from the Chobonaino Site . Hands-on activities, including magatama-making and "angin -knitting", are also available. The museum is located at Michi no Eki Jōmon Roman Minamikayabe , making this the only roadside station in Japan with a museum with a National Treasure.

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