Location List

Surrounded by a diverse and rich natural environment, the beach's beautiful scenery has been used a number of times as a filming location for movies.

Visitors can enjoy the views facing Mount Hakodate, the unique mix of colors from the rock face of the bluffs, as well as the beautiful western sunsets facing Nanae-hama Beach and Kikonai Town.

Omori-hama Beach provides scenic vistas of the Tsugaru Straits and views as far as the Shimokita Peninsula of Aomori Prefecture on clear days.

Cape Tachimachi juts out into the Tsugaru Straits from the southeast corner of Mount Hakodate.

Saiwaizaka Avenue is the steepest sloped and reaches the highest elevation of the hills in the hilltop area at the foot of Mount Hakodate.

The hilltop area offers sweeping views of the bay area and downtown Hakodate.

The hilltop area, where the street is made with cobblestone and lined with flowerbeds and bronze statues, provides sweeping views of the Old British Consulate of Hakodate , as well as Hakodate Bay.

The trail is awash with the natural seasonal hues of cherry blossoms in the spring and Japanese maple leaves in the autumn.

Cape Esan Lighthouse Park was developed around the Cape Esan Lighthouse which marks the boundary between the Pacific Ocean and Tsugaru Straits.

The park attracts large numbers of city residents in spring for the blooming of its 130 cherry trees, and in autumn for its magnificent fall colors.

Midori-no-Shima is an 8-hectare artificial island constructed within the Port of Hakodate.

On a clear day visitors can see as far as Mt. Komagatake from the observation deck overlooking the Port of Hakodate.

The park was modeled after a purely Japanese-style garden, a rarity in Hokkaido, and contains countless species of both indigenous and foreign plants and shrubs.

Hakodate Park, encompassing 4.8 hectares of greenery, is much like other urban parks in Japan.

Goryokaku Fort, constructed in 1864 as a base of operations for the northern security force, represents Japan's first-ever Western-style fort.

The Hakodate Orthodox Church, constructed in 1858 as an attached church to the Russian Consulate, is Japan's oldest Greek Orthodox church.

The Old Russian Consulate is a Western-designed red brick building located on the steep slope of Saiwaizaka Avenue.

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The night view captured from atop the 334-meter peak has received distinction as one of the top 3 globally next to Naples and Hong Kong.