Hakodate Things to Do

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In this district one can find some " western style buildings" like old british consulate, or the old Hakodate public hall, also the chinese memorial hall or the russian orthodox church.

The district is situated at the foot of mount Hakodate.

From JR station 5 mins tram ride.

Find the histories of Goryoukaku and Hakodate in ground floor of this tower.
You can climb up to the upstairs to see around of Hakodate, but you cannot see the star shape from here.
They are building higher tower now, but I dun know if the star shape garden can be see from this new tower

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The Bay area is lit up at night and makes for a good walk - however, don't expect restaurants to open til late. Still, you can settle for Lucky Pierrot's burger.

Alternatively, on a good clear day, take the cable car up Mount Hakodate for a glittery view of the city with the sea and ships as backdrop.

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An area beside the Bay that used to be old red brick warehouses. These warehouses have been converted into souvenir "parlours", cafes, restaurants or shops. There are interesting views of sloped warehouses, water inlets between warehouses and in general, plenty of pretty trinkets and food.

Nearby, there is also a "Teddy Bear Museum" which is basically a shop selling teddy bear toys.

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A wonderful area with sights of a Russian orthodox church right beside Japanese residential houses, which connects to the English embassy, and leads to a Shinto shrine that offers prayers for safe seafaring. A walkable area that gives a good overview of the history of Hakodate and its status as a trading port with influences from around the globe.

Best of all are the slopes that are unblocked and lead right into the harbour area, giving a panaromic view from this vantage point.

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A must visit even if you are not a foodie. A good sight of large Alaskan crabs, squids, shells, sea urchins, fishes and some randomly caught "sea angels". The hustle bustle of seafood being cooked in the streets and fishermen moving their wares in the market is an experience not to be missed

If you love seafood, do not miss this place - they offer fantastic seafood at unbeatable prices. When we made a comparison with Sapporo, the latter was probably 20-30% more expensive and not as fresh.

Talk about fresh - the wholesalers will weigh, sell and boil the King crabs on the spot for you. The numerous Japanese restaurants in the main market square sell good ramen, sushi and sashimi (squids are sliced fresh out of the tanks and tentacles and sucking pads still fully operational as you dip it into the soy sauce)

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Goryokaku Fort is actually a park that housed alot of flowers and it one of the places Japanese gather for cherry blossoms viewing. Unfortunately I visited the place at the wrong season and missed the sight! However, there are still other nice flowers that decorated the park though.

The entire garden is shaped like a pentagon and the entire shape can be viewed at the top of the Goryakaku Tower.

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We went to Asa-ichi at about 8:00AM. (ungodly early for Rose)
After the breakfast we walk around Asa-ichi.
There many fish fish shop like this.

I asked a fish dealer where did you catch the fishes?

He answered: almost these crab are caught from Russian sea.