Hakodate Customized Private Tour in 1 Day with Licensed Guide

The day, stop by stop

1. Mount Hakodate · 30 minMount Hakodate (函館山, Hakodateyama) is a 334 meter high, wooded mountain at the southern end of the peninsula on which much of central Hakodate is located.
2. Onuma Quasi-National Park · 30 minDesignated as a "quasi national park" and located only twenty kilometers north of Hakodate, Onuma Park (大沼公園, Ōnuma Kōen) is known for its picturesque, island dotted lakes and majestic volcano, Mount Komagatake.
3. Goryokaku Park · 30 minGoryokaku Park is a historic star-shaped fort in Hakodate, now a popular public park. Originally built in the late Edo Period as a Western-style fortress, it later became the site of the last battle between the Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji government.
4. Hakodate Morning Market · 30 minThe Hakodate Morning Market (函館朝市, Hakodate Asaichi) is held daily from 5am (from 6am during winter) to noon, just a few steps away from JR Hakodate Station. The market area spans about four city blocks.
5. Motomachi · 30 minThe harbor of Hakodate was one of the first to be opened to foreign trade in 1854 after Japan's era of isolation had come to an end. As a result, many traders from Russia, China and Western countries moved to Hakodate. Motomachi, at the foot of Mount Hakodate, became a district favored among the new foreign residents.
6. Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse · 30 minHakodate Port was among the first Japanese ports to be opened to international trade towards the end of the Edo Period (1600-1867). Several red brick warehouses from past trading days survive along the waterfront in the bay area of Hakodate, and have recently been redeveloped into an atmospheric shopping, dining and…
7. Bay Hakodate · 30 minThe Bay Area facing Hakodate Port offers an expansive vista of the harbor. This area features a row of old red-brick buildings that have been converted into a unique shopping mall, enticing visitors to stop in and enjoy some shopping or a tea break.
8. Hakodate Museum of Northern Peoples · 30 minThe Hakodate Museum of the Northern Peoples is located inside a building that would once have served as the Japan Bank and was built in 1926. The museum is an ode to the Ainu culture and offers you a fascinating look at this indigenous culture which is not well known outside of Japan.

Guide languages: English, Japanese. Cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time. Run by Japan Guide Agency.