Hakodate, Japan Travel Blogs

... largely because I only had one day there before returning to Tokyo - an authentic whirlwind tour, Japanese style. Hakodate was one of the first ports in Japan to open to foreign trade - in 1853 under the conditions of the Treaty of Kanagawa the port was ...

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... world]s longest under water tunnel to get to Hokkaido. The scenery was awesome on the journey here. I only had one day in Hakodate but it was a pretty good town from what I saw.. There is a lovely waterfront area with a fleet of squid boats lined up. ...

... the longest underwater tunnel in Asia, being underground for over 25 km! All of this to visit the small fishing town of Hakodate, which has a population of around 200,000. Hakodate is a quiet town, with very few tourists. We climbed the local mountain ...

We are finishing up a couple of days in Hakodate, a middling-sized port city at the southeastern tip of Hokkaido, Japan's large north island. We began our stay with a visit to the large fish and produce markets. We were quite taken by the displays of ...

... "we'll have some prawns, calamari and hot chips next to the sea. Ok, throw in some crab legs and a wedge of lemon". In Hakodate, seafood means 'catch heaps of weird shit from the ocean and steam it, wrap it in seaweed or put it in soup with a boiled egg'. ...

... no subway and very steep hills. The harbour itself is newish with converted warehouses, reminds Dee of the docks in Liverpool. We ate at Hakodate Beer which was recommended, it was ok but as we both don't eat sea food it was the only place we could find. ...

... own travellers was famed for doing climatically incorrect things, so I don't know why we were so surprised. Mike headed back to Hakodate for internet and lunch before checking out Goryokaku (we weren't there to tell him it was a waste of money and to ...

... our intended visit to Hokkaido's Daisetsuzan National Park wasn't possible with the clothing we had. When we actually got to Hakodate it was a different story. "This is nothing. This is just like Melbourne", Mike said while wearing just a shirt (he was ...

... up the hills so not much steep walking for Dee today (thank god). We opted out of the cable car to the top of Mount Hakodate as it was quite expensive for a 3 minute ride so just looked at the historical buildings and the great views of sea and mountains. ...

Nous avons passes nos derniers jours sur Hokkaido et le nord du Japon dans la baie d'Hakodate. Nous avons loge dans une petite auberge tenue par un couple de 60 ans qui tient le magasin de crabes au coin de la rue ! Saito-San a fait en sorte que nous nous ...

... , sea lions, pinguin and walrus shows beside many fish we've never seen before ! Finally we reached our final destination of north Japan: Hakodate, big city in the south of Hokkaido where we could go on top of Mount Hakodate to have a view of the city by ...

Day trip to Hakodate, a ~3 hour train ride from Sapporo.

... me suis fais barrer la route par la police qui avais boucler tout un secteur. J'ai finalement fini par savoir que hakodate a une communaute russe qui date des premiers echange commerciaux a la fin des annees 1800. Donc le ministre des affaires etrangeres ...

Instead of making it to Hakodate and then onto the Snow Festival in Sapporo, Nobuko and I missed the ferry by five minutes and retired to watch an entire season of 24 (series 3) over 36 hours. Awesome.

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Hakodate

Mt Hakodate

... went for a quick walk along the Harbour and raced back to our Inn to warm-up (it was COLD!!), before heading up to Hakodate-Yama mountain for some night-time city viewing. As mentioned by Jenna, it was gorgeous up there! But we eventually got swarmed by ...

A year on exchange in generous wonderful Japan. Lifelong experiences..... Some include falling asleep in class and drooling on my desk! Joining he Kendo club and Art club, loads of fun. A school trip around Japan visiting many places I had been before ...

... for $3.00. The woman selling it even added grilled squid for free, and smeared butter in the corner. I ate it before the Hakodate harbour, aware I was probably having one of the best breakfasts of my life. Later, walking through the markets, I sampled the ...

Morning Market Mashumaru Museum Hakodate Factory Old British Consulate of Hakodate Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward Russian Orthodox Church Mt. Hakodate

Lake Onuma

... excessive land managment). And it was sunny, not a cloud in the sky (take that Japan meteorological agency). Arrived in warm (surprise), sunny Hakodate, a city sitting on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific, facing Honshu. First impressions are good; ...