Historical Interest

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Hakodate

Foreigners' Cemetery at the foot of Mt.Hakodate

Foreigners’ Cemetery at the foot of Mt.Hakodate

October 28th, 2014

When Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry of the U.S. Navy visited Japan in 1854, two sailors were buried here, marking the ...

The Former British Consulate next to Hakodate Motomachi Park

The Former British Consulate next to Hakodate Motomachi Park

October 27th, 2014

The Former British Consulate (旧英国領事館) is located at the foot of Mt. Hakodate, on the left side of Motoi Saka ...

Hakodate Orthodox Church(函館ハリストス正教会)

Hakodate Orthodox Church(函館ハリストス正教会)

September 04th, 2014

Hakodate Orthodox Church is the first one of the Orthodox Church in Japan founded in 1859 by the Russian Consulate. ...

Hakodate Bay Area: Kanamori Soko(金森倉庫/Kanamori Warehouse)

Hakodate Bay Area: Kanamori Soko(金森倉庫/Kanamori Warehouse)

September 04th, 2014

After Asaichi, you would go to Kanamori warehouses where there are many shops such as accessaries, interiors, sweets, cafes, souvenirs ...

Hakodate Magistrate's Office (函館奉行所/Hakodate Bugyosho)

Hakodate Magistrate’s Office (函館奉行所/Hakodate Bugyosho)

September 04th, 2014

Hakodate Bugyosho(函館奉行所) refers to Hakodate Magistrate’s Office, which was settled by the Edo Shogunate in 1864, when Goryokaku was built ...

Hakodate Goryokaku(函館五稜郭): Historical place and Outstanding Shape

Hakodate Goryokaku(函館五稜郭): Historical place and Outstanding Shape

September 02nd, 2014

Goryokaku is one of the most important historical place in the Meiji era. Boshin War and Hakodate War took place ...

Matsumae and Esashi