Hotel New Ohte Hakodate
8-8 Wakamatsucho Hakodate, Oshima, Hokkaido, 040-0063, Japan
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Hakodate: Ika, Ika, Ika Odori!
... is quite interesting. At the time that Commodore Perry opened (through intimidation) Japan to foreign trade in the 1840s, the treaty signed with the US allowed three harbors to open as centers for international trade. These were Yokohama, Nagasaki and Hakodate.
Thus, Hakodate really received the first wave of Western (and Russian) influences. That’s kind of why it’s such an easy city to wander around—the local tourist ...
Hakodate Happenings
This is our second time in the port city although this time there is a lot less snow. Hence Emily walking freely without fear of slipping in the snow. There were similarites with our last trip here: we visited the same delicious izakaya for seafood and the cloudly conditions did hamper some of our sightseeing. Luckily, the clouds cleared in ...
Whales At Lunch..
... There is afternoon entertainment, enrichment lectures, today Volcanoes, as we near the Pacific rim of fire, Mt Redoubt, in Alaska ,one we will be near to, active,and the chain of many in the Aleutians which we will see some of..
Yesterday was a rolling day, reminding me of the movie I saw as a child, Kontiki, grey ever moving seas, that then made me sea sick then.., but ok so far even though we are so large ,we are still a little ...
First drama: snow storm hit Hokkaido
Morning market next to the JR in Hakodate >> Took street car to explore the city >>
Back to Hakodate station & found out that the train delayed >> Shinkansen stopped at Kanita >>
Bus to Shin Aomori >> Shinkansen to Tokyo >> Yaesu Terminal Hotel in Tokyo (no train to Kyoto as we planned)
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