Hakodate

Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. Wikipedia

Population 251,891 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan
Daylight 9 h 10 in Dec, dark by 16:07 · 15 h 11 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 28 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 35 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 52 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 18 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 31 of daylight
  6. June: 15 h 11 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 56 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 54 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 32 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 09 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 52 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 10 of daylight
Tourist office · 980 m Hakodate City Tourist Information Center

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Port Festival

    August

    This is Hakodate's biggest carnival and known for very unique Hakodate Squid Dance (函館いか踊り Hakodate Ika-odori) in its parade Wassyoi Hakodate (ワッショイはこだて Wasshoi Hakodate).

    Official site

  2. Hakodate Christmas Fantasy

    December

    A giant Christmas tree is displayed floating on the sea in the red-brick warehouses (金森赤レンガ倉庫群) area during the festival each year. Lighting-up events with fireworks are held every night.

    Official site

2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Hakodate); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Hakodate Morning Market Square

    函館朝市ひろば

    Covered hall
    Opening hours

    Mo-Su,PH 05:00-13:30 "随時"

    910 m from the centre
  • Hakodate Morning Market

    Hakodate Morning Market

    函館朝市

    Opening hours

    Jan-Apr Mo-Su,PH 06:00-14:00 "店舗毎に異なる"; Mar-Dec Mo-Su,PH 05:00-14:00 "店舗毎に異なる"

    950 m from the centre

  • Ekini Market

    えきに市場

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    930 m from the centre

  • 函館朝市塩干物市場

    No hours mapped

    960 m from the centre

  • Hakodate City Fisheries Local Wholesale Market

    函館市水産物地方卸売市場

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 1 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Goryōkaku 4.1 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.