--- title: "Hakodate – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Hakodate from Aomori, Sapporo and Natori: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Hakodate is a city and port located in…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/hakodate" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/hakodate.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Hakodate_Gory%C5%8Dkaku_Park_Sakura_May_2016_5.jpg/1920px-Hakodate_Gory%C5%8Dkaku_Park_Sakura_May_2016_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- ![Hakodate](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Hakodate_Gory%C5%8Dkaku_Park_Sakura_May_2016_5.jpg/1920px-Hakodate_Gory%C5%8Dkaku_Park_Sakura_May_2016_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) # Hakodate Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. [Plan a trip to Hakodate](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Hakodate) [From Aomori](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aomori&to=Hakodate) ## Every way there - Aomori → Hakodate 107 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 8m · ¥5,560–12,010 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aomori-to-hakodate) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aomori&to=Hakodate) - Sapporo → Hakodate 152 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · ¥2,710–3,690 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sapporo-to-hakodate) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sapporo&to=Hakodate) - Natori → Hakodate 402 km · quickest by road, 8h 25m · ¥23,125–37,450 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/natori-to-hakodate) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Natori&to=Hakodate) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Hakodate, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Hakodate](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hakodate) What Hakodate has - Y Scheduled flights Hakodate (HKD), 8 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 515 timetable feeds for this country, 99 with real-time - Y Ferries 青函フェリー, 3 km, 有限会社青函フェリー; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 41.769°, 140.729° It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 239,813 with 138,807 households, and a population density of 354 inhabitants per square kilometre (920/sq mi). The total area is 677.86 square kilometres (261.72 sq mi). The city is the third largest in Hokkaido after Sapporo and Asahikawa. Get in ## Getting to Hakodate 1. Hakodate Airport See ## Worth seeing 1. Mount Hakodate 2. Fort Goryōkaku 3. Goryōkaku Tower 4. Motomachi 5. Kanemori Red Brick Warehouses 6. Hakodate Museum of Northern Peoples Do ## Things to do Port Festival (函館港まつり Hakodate Minato Matsuri). annually from August 1st to 5th. 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). The parade is normally in the 2nd and 3rd day (2nd day: Jujigai to Matsukaze-cho, 3rd day: Horikawa-cho to Goryokaku). Also there are a fireworks event in 1st day. 1. Yachigashira Hot Springs 2. Yunokawa Onsen Footbath Eat ## Where to eat Hakodate's signature fish is squid and its signature dish is Hakodate shio rāmen (noodle with salty soup. not to be confused with shoyu ramen), a version of the ubiquitous noodle dish prepared with — you guessed it — squid stock instead of the usual pork. Nearby Mori-machi is also reputed to have Japan's finest ika-meshi, rice-stuffed squid. 1. Hakodate Beer Hall 2. Teuchi Soba Kitawase A small but very charming soba restaurant hidden along the main tram line running east. 3. Tea Shop Yūhi 4. Hokkai Ramen No English menu, but a bit of Ramen lingo gets you far. How locals move ## Getting around Hakodate the local way - Get in Ferry Area (Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry Terminal): ¥4,000-5,000. - Get in Hakodate's main ferry terminal is roughly halfway between Hakodate Station and Goryokaku Station, and a 20-minute walk from Nanae-hama Station on the Isaribi line. - Get in Line 16 and 16A buses connect it to Goryokaku Park, while shuttle buses timed to match ferry arrivals connect it directly to Hakodate Station. - Get in National Route 227 follows the west coast connecting it to Hakodate Station, while taxis around the ferry terminal are best booked in advance for cheaper set prices. - Get in Seikan Ferry and Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry operate ferry services from Hakodate to Aomori with multiple departures daily. - Get in Vehicles can be brought to these ferries for ¥12,000-30,000. From [Wikivoyage: Hakodate](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hakodate), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakodate) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hakodate), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Alexander Klink (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/hakodate, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt