Hakodate Travel Guide
Tourist Guide
Visit Hakodate
Where to stay in Hakodate
Yunokawacho
If you're spending time in Yunokawacho, check out sights like Yunokawa Onsen or Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden and hop on the metro to see more of the city at Yunokawa-Onsen Station or Yunokawa Station.
Motomachi
Discover Motomachi, memorable for its restaurants. Popular attractions in Motomachi include Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward and Hachimanzaka Slope, and you can see more of the area by hopping on the metro at Suehirochō Station.
Bay Area
While visiting Bay Area, you might make a stop by sights like Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse and Hakodate Takadaya Kahei Museum.
Shinkawachō
Even though there aren't top sights in Shinkawachō, you can explore the larger area and take in top sights like Ekini Fish Market. Jump on the metro at Chitose Station to see more of the city.
Kikyō
Even though there aren't top sights in Kikyō, you can explore the larger area and take in top sights like Fort Goryokaku. Jump on the metro at Kikyō Station to see more of the city.
JR Inn Hakodate
Nice staff and a good size room
Reviewed on 8 Feb 2026
Premier Hotel - Cabin President - Hakodate
Good location. But not worth to stay in “lounge access room.”
Reviewed on 27 Dec 2025
Hotel Global View Hakodate
The hotel's check-in system needed an upgrade, and the afternoon check-in wait was excessively long. We booked a room for four people and were told that we needed to lay out the tatami mats ourselves, which was a bit inconvenient for foreigners, as all the other hotels on this trip had laid out extra ...
Reviewed on 10 Jan 2026
fav HAKODATE
Clean, spacious and modern rooms. Staff were friendly and helpful. Easy checkin/out. The cafe downstairs is handy. Bathtub in the room was great. And good value. Would definitely stay here again.
Reviewed on 9 Feb 2026
Apollo
とてもキレイで居心地の良い旅になりました！
Reviewed on 6 May 2025
Hakodate MOTOMACHI guesthouse
在纜車站旁，有小孩的家庭不用擔心太晚下山還要回到住宿地方的問題，自駕有室內或室外的停車場，整棟住宿，2房4張標準雙人床，舒適住宿環境，唯一缺點是離超商需走路8分鐘
Reviewed on 1 Sept 2025
Popular places to visit
Fort Goryokaku
Walk around the enchanting grounds of this repurposed military fort shaped like a star and see historic architecture and magnificent cherry blossoms in springtime.
Mount Hakodate
Appreciate captivating views of Hakodate’s skyline, surrounding coast and glittering city lights from atop this central city mountain, accessible via a scenic cable car.
Hakodate Morning Market
Start your day with delectable fruit, vegetables and freshly made breakfast in this buzzing market selling Hakodate’s freshest seasonal produce and seafood.
Hakodate Ropeway
With panoramic views of Hakodate and the sea, one of the best nighttime vistas in the world is visible from the top of this gondola ferry.
Goryokaku Tower
Enjoy a unique overlook of Hakodate’s city skyline, surrounding mountain ranges and distant coastline from this modern observation tower and history gallery.
Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse
Shop, eat, drink and shop some more in renovated 19th-century warehouses that now feature prominently in a Hakodate-area hot spot.
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