Hokkaido's Goryokaku fort illuminated

HAKODATE, Japan - The Goryokaku, Japan's first Western-style fort, built in 1864 in the shape of a star in Hakodate, Hokkaido, is illuminated with fireworks Jan. 14. The fort will be illuminated through Feb. 28.

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