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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

Office items lie scattered on the floor of Kyodo News' Hakodate bureau in Hakodate, Hokkaido, in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025, shortly after a powerful earthquake struck the region.

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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

Office items lie scattered on the floor of Kyodo News' Hakodate bureau in Hakodate, Hokkaido, in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025, shortly after a powerful earthquake struck the region.

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Sardines, mackerel washed up on northern Japan beach

A large number of sardines and mackerel are washed up on a beach in Hakodate, northern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2023.

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Sardines, mackerel washed up on northern Japan beach

A large number of sardines and mackerel are washed up on a beach in Hakodate, northern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2023.

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Samurai on steel horses

HAKODATE, Japan - A troop of ''samurai'' bikers wait to make runs during a history festival in the town of Matsumae, Hokkaido, on Aug. 13, 2010.

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Horse takes bath

HAKODATE, Japan - A racehorse takes a bath at a therapeutic bathhouse for horses, a facility of Hakodate Race Course in Hakodate, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014. The facility accepts some 400 horses annually to treat their joint injuries and facilitate their recovery from fatigue.

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Horse takes bath

HAKODATE, Japan - A racehorse takes a bath at a therapeutic bathhouse for horses, a facility of Hakodate Race Course in Hakodate, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014. The facility accepts some 400 horses annually to treat their joint injuries and facilitate their recovery from fatigue.

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Winter illuminations start at Hakodate's Goryokaku Fort

HAKODATE, Japan - The 1.8-kilometer star-shaped moat around Goryokaku Fort in Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, is lit up on Nov. 29, 2014, the first day of winter illuminations of the fortress.

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Child sees pre-quake scenery with tablet on Hokkaido isle

HAKODATE, Japan - An elementary school girl uses a tablet computer on Oct. 8, 2014, to see a virtual scene of her town as it looked prior to its destruction in the 1993 earthquake that struck Okushiri, a small island off the southwest of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. The scene being viewed is created by an application based on augmented reality technology and built into the tablet. The quake and ensuing tsunami left some 200 people dead or missing.

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Model of Hokkaido bullet train displayed at Hakodate Station

HAKODATE, Japan - A model of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train is displayed at Hokkaido Railway Co.'s Hakodate Station in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost main island on Aug. 15, 2014.

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Hakodate event renews Guinness record for human chain

HAKODATE, Japan - An event is held at the Goryokaku pentagonal fort in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on June 15, 2014, where 1,479 people formed a human chain holding wrists, renewing the Guinness world record.

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150th year of educator Niijima's departure for U.S. marked

HAKODATE, Japan - A ceremony takes place at Hakodate port in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, on June 14, 2014, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Jo Niijima's departure for the United States. Niijima was a Japanese missionary and educator in the Meiji period (1968-1912), who founded Doshisha University in Kyoto, western Japan.

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160th anniv. of Commodore Perry's arrival

HAKODATE, Japan - A ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the arrival of a U.S. naval fleet led by Commodore Matthew Perry is held at Perry's Square in the city of Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on May 20, 2014.

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160th anniv. of U.S. naval fleet to Hakodate held

HAKODATE, Japan - Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo and Henry Winthrop, mayor of Newport in Rhode Island, jointly pay floral tribute at Perry's Square in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on May 20, 2014 in a ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the arrival of a U.S. naval fleet led by Commodore Matthew Perry.

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Event to mark 150th anniversary of Goryokaku fort

HAKODATE, Japan - Actors simulate the battle fought at the Goryokaku fort in the 19th century during an event to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the building of the fort in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on April 26, 2014.

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Hakodate city council OKs plan to file lawsuit against nuclear plant

HAKODATE, Japan - The municipal assembly of Hakodate City in Hokkaido casts a unanimous vote on March 26, 2014, approving the city government's plan to file a lawsuit against the state and Electric Power Development Co., also known as J-Power, to stop construction of a nuclear power plant in neighboring Aomori Prefecture. The city is concerned its core industries of fishery and tourism would suffer devastating damage in the event of an accident at the nuclear complex.

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"Citizen runner" upsets conventional way of training for marathoners

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Kawauchi, a top "citizen runner" in Japan, shakes hands with fans after racing in a half marathon in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Sept. 29, 2013.

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"Goku" prison products getting popular

HAKODATE, Japan - Photo taken May 28, 2013 shows products with the Japanese character "Goku" meaning prison at a shop next to the Hakodate Juvenile Prison in Hakodate, Hokkaido. The products with the Goku logo mark in a circle -- a shoulder bag (R) and smartphone cases (L) -- are produced by juvenile inmates at the prison.

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Ball signed by Babe Ruth

HAKODATE, Japan - Photo shows a ball signed by the late U.S. slugger Babe Ruth during his visit to Hakodate, Hokkaido, in 1934. The ball will be displayed every Thursday from April 18, 2013, at Nichiro Building in the city.

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Ice candle illumination

HAKODATE, Japan - An avenue leading to a Trappist monastery is illuminated by ice candles in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on Dec. 24, 2012.

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Book on Hakodate Orthodox Church's history

HAKODATE, Japan - Archpriest Nikolai Dmitriev holds a recently published book on the about 150-year history of Hakodate Orthodox Church, while standing in front of the church in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on March 28, 2012.

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Hot spring bath for horses

HAKODATE, Japan - Racehorses take a bath at a hot spring bath for horses in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Feb. 10, 2012. The bath, part of the Hakodate Race Course facilities, is used for therapeutic purposes by racehorses from across the nation that have suffered injuries during races.

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Shinto ritual in snow

HAKODATE, Japan - A nearly naked man is splashed with cold water by another man in the snow during a 180-year-old Shinto ritual for bumper fish and farm crops at a shrine in the town of Kikonai, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, on the night of Jan. 14, 2012.

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Smelt fishing on frozen lake in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A child fishes for smelt through an ice hole on a frozen lake at the Onuma quasi-national park in Hokkaido on Jan. 9, 2012.

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Giant Xmas tree in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - A 20-meter Xmas tree, set up on a platform in Hakodate Bay in Hakodate, Hokkaido, northern Japan, is lit with illuminations Dec. 1, 2011. The fir tree is a gift from Halifax, Canada, a sister city of Hakodate.

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Church tour in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Church tour participants listen to hymns at the Russian Orthodox Church in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Oct. 1, 2011.

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Australian swimmer Palfrey

HAKODATE, Japan - Australian swimmer Penny Palfrey (L) and her husband Chris pose for photos in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Sept. 19, 2011, a day before their challenge to swim across the Tsugaru Strait between Japan's largest main island Honshu and northernmost main island Hokkaido. Palfrey, who is trying to achieve solo-swimming across the seven major channels in the world, conquered the Japanese channel, her sixth, on the following day, leaving only one more to go to accomplish the feat called the ''Ocean's Seven.'' Chris Palfrey attempted to cross the Tsugaru Strait via a different route but failed to complete the swim.

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Fake Hermes wallets

HAKODATE, Japan - Police in Hakodate, Hokkaido, display thousands of fake Hermes-brand wallets they have confiscated at a police station in Hakodate on Feb. 24, 2011. They arrested the same day a 40-year-old man in Hyogo Prefecture who had sold them on the Internet. Investigators suspect the counterfeit products have been illegally imported from China.

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Giant ice slopes in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - People enjoy sliding down 20-meter-long slopes made of ice during a snow and ice festival in the town of Nanae in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2011.

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Shinto ritual in snow

HAKODATE, Japan - An almost naked young man is splashed with cold water by another young man in the snow during a 180-year-old Shinto ritual for bumper fish and farm crops at a shrine in the town of Kikonai, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, on Jan. 13, 2011.

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Russian warship makes Japan port call

HAKODATE, Japan - The Russian navy's 6,700-ton destroyer the Admiral Panteleyev makes a port call at Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Oct. 15, 2010. It was the first port call by a Russian warship in the northernmost Japanese prefecture since the founding of the Soviet Union in 1917. The city of Hakodate said it permitted the port call after it confirmed there were no nuclear weapons on the vessel.

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Russian warship makes Japan port call

HAKODATE, Japan - Crew members of the Russian navy's 6,700-ton destroyer the Admiral Panteleyev receive flowers at a welcoming ceremony in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Oct. 15, 2010. It was the first port call by a Russian warship in the northernmost Japanese prefecture since the founding of the Soviet Union in 1917. The city of Hakodate said it permitted the port call after it confirmed there were no nuclear weapons on the vessel.

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Statue of Liberty replica removed

HAKODATE, Japan - An about six-meter-tall replica of the Statue of Liberty in Hakodate, Hokkaido, is moved by crane on Aug. 19, 2010, at the request of the city government, which found the statue damaged the cityscape. The district is designated as a historic townscape preservation area by the city.

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Statue of Liberty replica removed

HAKODATE, Japan - An about six-meter-tall replica of the Statue of Liberty in Hakodate, Hokkaido, is moved by crane on Aug. 19, 2010, at the request of the city government, which found the statue damaged the cityscape. The district is designated as a historic townscape preservation area by the city.

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Small plane missing in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force helicopter searches for a missing small plane in Shiriuchi, Hokkaido, on July 28, 2010. The two-seat plane operated by Nakanihon Air Service was heading to Sapporo, Hokkaido, from Niigata Prefecture.

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Small plane missing in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force helicopter searches for a missing small plane in Shiriuchi, Hokkaido, on July 28, 2010. The two-seat plane operated by Nakanihon Air Service was heading to Sapporo, Hokkaido, from Niigata Prefecture.

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Hakoda Bugyosho restored after around 140 years

HAKODATE, Japan - The restored building of Hakodate Bugyosho (Magistrate's Office) is unveiled to the media in Hakodate, a port city in southern Hokkaido, on July 16, 2010. The office, built in 1802 at the end of the Edo Period by the Tokugawa shogunate as an outpost to check Russian moves, was destroyed in 1871. Work to restore the office began in June 2006 and cost 2.8 billion yen, and it will open to the public on July 29.

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4 children die in car in blaze in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A gutted minivan, in which four children were found dead, is raised at the premises of Esashi Police Station in Hokkaido on April 3, 2010. The four children -- two toddlers and two twin babies -- were killed in a fire which started in the vehicle in the absence of their father in the nearby town of Assabu the previous day.

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Narita's extended 2nd runway goes operational

NARITA, Japan - A chartered Japan Airlines Boeing 747 jumbo bound for Hakodate, Hokkaido, takes off from the 2,500-meter B runway at Narita International Airport, located some 65 kilometers east of central Tokyo in Narita, on Oct. 22, 2009, becoming the first aircraft to use the extended runway.

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Japanese, Russian mayors call for enhanced economic ties

HAKODATE, Japan - Niigata Mayor and Japanese delegation head Akira Shinoda (R) shakes hands with Khabarovsk Mayor Aleksander Sokolov after signing a joint statement adopted at the end of a two-day ''coastal city'' meeting in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Aug. 20. Mayors of 18 Japanese cities, mostly on the Sea of Japan coast, and 10 Russian Far Eastern cities took part in the meeting.

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Fireworks light up Hakodate sky

HAKODATE, Japan - A firework display takes place in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Aug. 13 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of Hakodate Port.

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Old British consulate in Hakodate refurbished

HAKODATE, Japan - Photo taken March 1 shows a huge map of the port of Hakodate when it opened in 1859 on the first floor of the refurbished Old British Consulate in the city. The refurbished building opened to the public the same day.

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Old British consulate in Hakodate refurbished

HAKODATE, Japan - Photo taken March 1 shows a second-floor living room in the refurbished Old British Consulate of Hakodate, which opened to the public the same day as the southern Hokkaido city steps up efforts to attract tourists in a year marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of its port.

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Annual pageant begins in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - An annual pageant created by citizens begins at Goryokaku in Hakodate, Hokkaido on July 7. The pageant at Japan's first Western-style fort, which is aimed at disseminating the history of Hakodate, will last until Aug. 5.

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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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Building of new bullet-train lines in the offing

HAKODATE, Japan - Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi visits the Seikan Tunnel accompanied by some 80 people including reporters on Oct. 15.

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(2)Shinjo marks 1,000th career hit

HAKODATE, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo responds to cheers from fans after getting his 1,000th career hit during a game against the Seibu Lions in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on May 30.

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(1)Shinjo marks 1,000th career hits

HAKODATE, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo smiles after being presented with a bouquet of flowers after getting his 1,000th career hit during a game against the Seibu Lions in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on May 30.

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GSDF bases send off troops for Iraq rotation duty

HAKODATE, Japan - A ceremony to see off 25 Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops takes place May 6 at the GSDF base in Hakodate. The troops will rotate into the reconstruction mission in Iraq.

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Monkeys warm themselves in hot spring in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - Monkeys warm themselves in a hot spring at a tropical botanical garden in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Dec. 28 ahead of the ''Year of the Monkey,'' which starts next year.