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   Goryōkaku

   Goryōkaku (五稜郭; lit. 'five-point fort') is a star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido.

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   Hakodate Orthodox Church

   Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church of Hakodate (函館ハリストス正教会, Hakodate Harisutosu Seikyōkai) is a Japanese Orthodox Church in the city of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.

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   Benten Daiba

   Benten Daiba (弁天台場) was a coastal battery constructed in the late Edo period in what is now Benten-chō (弁天町), Hakodate City, Hokkaido, as one of a group of coastal fortifications built to defend the northern territories…

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   Shiryōkaku

   Shiryōkaku (四稜郭) (literally, "four-point fort") is a fort in the city of Hakodate in southern Hokkaidō, Japan.

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   Hakodate City Museum of Literature

   The Hakodate City Museum of Literature (函館市文学館, Hakudate-shi Bungaku-kan) opened in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1993.

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   Trappistine Convent

   Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey (天使の聖母トラピスチヌ修道院, Tenshi No Seibo Torasupichinu Shūdōin) is a women's abbey of Trappists located in the outskirts of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.

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   Hakodate City Museum

   Hakodate City Museum (市立函館博物館, Shiritsu Hakodate Hakubutsukan) is a museum of history and natural history in Hakodate Park, Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan.

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   Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples

   Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples (函館市北方民族資料館, Hakodate-shi Hoppō Minzoku Shiryōkan) first opened as the Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples and Ishikawa Takuboku (函館市北方民族・石川啄木資料館) in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1989.

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   Kōsetsu-en

   Kōsetsu-en (香雪園) is a garden that fuses Japanese and Western styles in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan. It was constructed in 1898 (or alternatively 1895) by a prominent merchant by the name of Iwafune.

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    Hakodate Hachiman Shrine

    Hakodate Hachiman Shrine (函館八幡宮, Hakodate Hachimangū) is a Shinto shrine located in Hakodate, Hokkaido. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman.

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   Shinoridate

   The site of Shinoridate (志苔館跡, Shinoridate ato) in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan, is that once occupied by the Shinori Fort or Fortified Residence (as denoted by the tate or date ending).

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   Hakodate Park

   Hakodate Park (函館公園, Hakodate Kōen) is a large Western-style park in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan, at the foot of Mount Hakodate.

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   Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido

   Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido (北海道立函館美術館, Hokkaidō-ritsu Hakodate Bikutsukan) opened in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1986.

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   Shinshū Ōtani-ha Hakodate Betsu-in Temple

   Ōtani Hongan-ji Hakodate Betsu-in (大谷派本願寺函館別院) is a branch temple of Higashi Hongan-ji in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan. Rebuilt after a fire in 1907, it is the first temple in Japan built with reinforced concrete.

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   Goryōkaku Tower

   Only from the observation deck of Goryōkaku Tower does the star-shaped fort read whole. In cherry-blossom and snow season, going up is all but obligatory.

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   Hokuto City Hometown Museum

   Hokuto City Hometown Museum (北斗市郷土資料館, Hokuto-shi Kyōdo Shiryōkan) is a museum of local history in Hokuto, Hokkaidō, Japan that came into being after the city's formation in 2006.

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   Catholic Motomachi Church

   The Catholic Motomachi Church is a Gothic-spired chapel; standing side by side with the Orthodox and Anglican churches, it gives the hillside its unmistakably Hakodate look.

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   Motomachi Park

   Motomachi Park is a hillside park where the old Hakodate branch office of the Hokkaido government still stands. The benches looking down over the harbour are the best seats in the house.

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