The Hakodate City Tram takes you to interesting places around the city. Our family took the tram for Hakodate Dock-mae.
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After arriving at the terminal, we walked toward a fishing port.
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This seawall was built in 1896. It has been used for more than 120 years.
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We explored the surrounding area and saw historic buildings.
This is a public bath called Taisho-Yu. This building was built in 1928.
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We went up the Saiwaizaka slope. You can see the shipyard, Hakodate Dock on the left.
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This building was used as the consulate of the Russian Empire and then of the Soviet Union between 1908 and 1944.
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Down the hill, we found other beautiful buildings in Benten-cho. This blue building was built in the Taisho period.
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The white building is the Tachikawa Family’s House, which was built in 1901. It survived the massive fire of 1907. The adjacent building was built in 1915.
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It is interesting to find old buildings using a map. I like Hakodate for many reasons, but one of them is its beautiful architecture.