posted on October 30, 2014
This place is written as [函館市北方民族資料館] in Japanese.
The Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples (函館市北方民族資料館) is situated in the Bay Area, adjacent to the Soma Company Building. It houses collections donated by Osamu Baba and Sakuemon Kodama, renowned authorities in anthropology, archaeology, and folklore. Their extensive collections are highly regarded both domestically and internationally, focusing on the studies of northern peoples.
Access
- Take a tram to Suehiro-cho(末広町) and 1 min walk.
Open
- April to Octover 9:00 – 19:00
- November to March 9:00 – 17:00
Close
- Dec, 31 to January, 3
Admission Fee
- Adult: ¥300 (group: ¥240)
- Student/Child: ¥150(group: ¥120)
*Group admission fees apply to groups of 15 persons or more. When visiting on school field trips, even individual students can utilize group admission fees.
Discount ticket available for visiting more than two museums including these museum below:
- The Former British Consulate(旧英国領事館)
- Hakodate City Museum of Literature(函館市文学館)
- Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples(函館市北方民族資料館)
- Visit Two museums available Adult: ¥500 Sturent: ¥250
- Visit Three museums available Adult: ¥720 Sturent: ¥360
Facility
- Old documents from Hakodate museum — collected by Kaitakushi, Colonization Commission and volunteers in the Maiji era.
- Baba collection — Studies of Karafuto, Chishima and Hokkaido around 1935. Ainu documents are designated as National important tangible folk-cultural property in 1959.
- Kodama collection — The base studies about Ainu culture. He dedicate to collect Ainu documents and items by his own funds.
Neighborhood
- The Former Soma Residence (旧相馬邸)
- The Former Public Hall of Hakodate Ward(旧函館区公会堂)
- The Former Branch Office of Hokkaido Government
- Motomachi Roman Catholic Church
- Hakodate Orthodox Church
- Hakodate Episcopal Church of Japan
- Foreigners’ Cemetery
- The Former Russian Consulate
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- Hakodate Episcopal Church of Japan (函館聖ヨハネ教会)
- The Former British Consulate(旧英国領事館)
- The Former Soma Residence (旧相馬邸)
- Soma Company Building(相馬株式会社)
- The Former Hakodate Branch Office of Hokkaido Government / Museum of Photography / Tourist Information
- The Former Public Hall of Hakodate Ward(旧函館区公会堂)
- Foreigners’ Cemetery in Hakodate (外人墓地)
- Koryu-ji Temple(高龍寺) in Hakodate
- Hakodate Bay Area: Kanamori Soko(金森倉庫/Kanamori Warehouse)
- Hakodate Magistrate’s Office (函館奉行所/Hakodate Bugyosho)
- Market in Early Morning: Hakodate Asaichi(函館朝市)
- Hakodate Goryokaku(函館五稜郭): Historical place and Outstanding Shape
- Mt.Hakodate-yama (函館山)
- The Most Northan Castle in Japan, Matsumae-jo/Matsumae Castle(松前城)
