Hakodate
Top Places to Visit
Mount Hakodate
Mount Hakodate (函館山 ''hakodate-yama'', 334m), (A ropeway will take you up for ¥640/1160 one-way/return. There are also buses from platform 4 of the main bus ... more
Top Places to Eat
Lumbini Curry House
Phone: ☎ 0138-40-2210
Lumbini Curry House (ルンビニ カレーハウス), Mihara 1-20-11 (美原1丁目20−11), ☎ 0138-40-2210. 11:00-21:00. Quite the hidden gem, Lumbini is a Nepalese curry restaurant in the... more
Hokuhokutei
Phone: ☎ 0138-31-0770
Hokuhokutei (北北停), Hondori 1-4-20 (本通1丁目44-20) (across the street from two-steeple eyeglass store), ☎ 0138-31-0770, [8]. Lunch 11 AM to 3 PM, dinner 4 PM to 10 ... more
Lucky Pierrot (ラッキーピエロ)
Lucky Pierrot (ラッキーピエロ), (Next to Goryokaku tower and in several other locations around the city.), [9]. This chain of hamburger restaurants is exclusive to ... more
Asian Bar Ramai
Phone: ☎ 0138-83-7461
Asian Bar Ramai (アジアンバーラマイ), Goryokakucho 31-10 (五稜郭町31-10) (across the street from the Hasegawa convenience store near to the Hakodate Shimbun Building), ☎ ... more
Hakodate Beer Hall
Phone: fax: 0138-27-1256
Hakodate Beer Hall (函館ビヤホール ''hakodate-biahōru''), Suehiromachi 14-12 (末広町14番12) (across the street from the Starbucks in the akarenga district, the restaurant ... more
Teuchi Soba Kitawase
Phone: ☎ 0138-87-0605
Teuchi Soba Kitawase (手打ちそばきたわせ), 10-16 Shoin-cho (松陰町10-16), ☎ 0138-87-0605, [10]. 11:30-15:00; 17:00-21:3017:. A small but very charming soba restaurant ... more
Top Shopping Places
Morning Market
Morning Market (朝市 asa-ichi) Crammed into a couple of bayfront buildings, rows of vendors sell a variety of seafood, but the main attraction is the huge ... more
Top Places for Nightlife
Ramaru ラメール
Ramaru ラメール, honcho 2-3 Alpha Building. 9pm - 4 am. Small drinking place 2nd floor. "Nomi-ho Dai" All you can drink for 1 1/2 hours-3000Yen. Look for a "Blue ... more
Kingyo
Kingyo (金魚), Honcho 9-3 Honcho Building 2nd Floor. Elegantly styled drinking establishment. "Nomi-ho Dai" more than 3 people; All you can drink 1 1/2 hours- ...
Bar Big Job
Phone: ☎ 0138 54 3003
Bar Big Job (バービッグジョブ), Hakodate, Honcho, 7-7 (behind Hokuyo-Ginko bank in Goryokaku), ☎ 0138 54 3003. An English-style standing room only bar featuring a ... more
Eiley's Irish Pub
Phone: ☎ 0138 54 4771
Eiley's Irish Pub (アイリッシュパブエイリーズ), Hakodate-shi, Honchō, 9-5 3F, ☎ 0138 54 4771. A spacious Irish pub on the 3rd floor of a building in Goryokaku. Several beer ... more
Bagus
Bagus. A surfer-style bar open 'til morning.
Top Activity Places
Port Festival
Port Festival (函館港祭り ''hakodate minato matsuri''), (Streetcar Jūjigai (十字街) stop). annually from August 1st to 6th. This is Hakodate's biggest festival and ... more
Hakodate Christmas Fantasy
Hakodate Christmas Fantasy. annually December 1 to 25. A giant Christmas tree is displayed on the sea in the red-brick warehouses area during the festival each ...