Online dictionary of geography and travels in Japan: Hakodate city

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Hakodate City

函館
alternative words: Hakodate, Hakodateshi, Hakodate-shi
keywords: harbor , hokkaido , town
related topics: Hokkaido Prefecture , Tsugaru strait
related web sites: http://www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp , http://www.hakodate.or.jp , http://www.hakonavi.com , http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/hakodat.htm
explanation: Hakodate is a merchant harbor located in the southwest of Hokkaido. It faces Tsugaru Strait and has developed as a front door where Seikan ferry ships come and out. According to the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and USA, it became an international harbor at the end of Edo period together with Yokohama and Nagasaki. There are factories of shipbuilding, tinning, steel industry, refrigeration and chemical manure. Its population is 350,000.