Location List

The building was reconstructed based on photographs and excavation surveys to its original purely Japanese-style Taisho Period (1912-1926) appearance using a Shoin-zukuri style and thatched roof.

The residence, today a city-designated traditional structure, opened to the public in June 2010 as a museum that exhibits the traditional furniture and artwork of the Soma family.

The endearing wooden one-story building has pink exterior walls, while the interior of the cafe has planking from floor to ceiling and many antique furnishings, exuding a warm retro-inspired ambience.

The arched entrance and stately columns of the 3-story building are particularly unique, while the library uses stained glass and lily of the valley-inspired decorations throughout its design.

Opened in 2007, the Hakodate Community Design Center reuses a 1923-era building that once housed the former Hakodate branch of the Marui Imai clothing store.

The Motomachi Water Distribution Plant is open to city residents and tourists alike and has a water fountain pond, walking paths and offers views of downtown.

Old Iai Girls' School Missionary Residence was built in 1908 at the time the main school building was moved to house visiting missionaries.

The Old Hakodate Public Hall, designated a national important cultural property, is a Western-style wooden building dating from the Meiji Period (1868-1912).

The Hakodate Municipal Sumiyoshi-cho Cemetery is located between Sumiyoshi-cho and Cape Tachimachi.

The Hakodate Foreign General Cemetery is the tranquil final resting place for many foreigners who died in Hakodate, including two United States marines from Admiral Perry's fleet.

The Old Kanemori Store was first built in 1880.

First opened in 1879 as the Hakodate Provisionary Museum, the Old Hakodate Museum represents Japan's oldest existing museum.

The Hakodate Historical Museum of Photography occupies a Western-style building that once served as the offices of the Hokkaido Government Hakodate Branch Office from 1909 to 1950.

The Hakodate Botanical Garden's greenhouse utilizes thermal heat from the Yunokawa hot spring to grow and maintain its 3000-tree garden representing 300 varieties.

Mashumaru was the name of the ferry once operated by the former Japan National Railways connecting Aomori and Hakodate.

Once at the top of the 134-step stone staircase extending from the entrance, visitors are greeted by the traditional architecture of the shrine and Mount Hakodate, with its unique seasonal flair.

Today, remains of stone foundations and brick buildings can be found preserved largely intact throughout the mountain,

The city of Hakodate designated the site a tangible cultural property in 1979, with the building remodeled shortly thereafter to accommodate the general public.

Visitors to the Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido, which opened in September 1986

Mizunashi Hot Spring is a free open-air hot spring bath located on the shoreline of Cape Esan.

Yachigashira Public Hot Spring is a community bathhouse that taps a hot spring located at the foot of Mount Hakodate which is enriched with iron creating a brownish-red hue.

Taisho-yu Public Bath, located halfway up the hill of Funamizaka Avenue, was constructed in 1927.

Named after its address in the former Daikoku-cho area, Daikoku-yu Public Bath has been open to bathers since the end of the Meiji Period (1868-1912).

Iai Kindergarten was established in 1895 as an attached kindergarten to Iai Girls School. The kindergarten burned down in 1907, but was later rebuilt in its current form in 1913.