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Christmas tree lighting in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - "Hakodate Christmas Fantasy," a Christmas illumination event, starts in Hakodate in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 29, 2014, with a 20-meter tree being lit in front of red brick buildings, a popular tourism spot in the port city. The fir tree was a gift from its sister city Halifax, Canada.

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H5 series for Hokkaido shinkansen arrives at Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Part of the H5 series trainset for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train is delivered to Hakodate port in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct 13, 2014. The shinkansen line is scheduled to operate between Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures from spring 2016.

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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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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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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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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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Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.

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Hokkaido mayor protests planned U.S. navy vessel visit

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Tadayuki Torikoshi, mayor of Tomakomai in western Hokkaido, has called on the U.S. Navy to reconsider its request that the U.S. naval vessel Blue Ridge be allowed to call at the port in February, saying the visit will inconvenience other commercial ships. File photo shows the 19,200-ton Blue Ridge. It was taken in October 1997 when the vessel entered Hakodate port in Hokkaido.

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Japanese amberjack catch in northern Japan

File photo taken in November 2021 shows Japanese amberjack being landed at a port in Hakodate in Hokkaido. The catch of the fish has increased in the northern Japan city in recent years possibly due to rising sea temperatures related to global warming.

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Hakodate Customs introduces Russian-language training

HAKODATE, Japan - Employees of the Hakodate Customs Office in Hokkaido sit for Russian-language class at the local branch of the Russian Far Eastern State University. The customs office has introduced the language programs to cope with rising workloads from port visits in northern Japan by Russian ships. (Kyodo)

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Year's 1st catch of whale landed at Hakodate port

A Baird's beaked whale, 10 meters long and weighing 10 tons, is lowered by crane into a truck after being landed at a port in the northern Japan city of Hakodate before dawn on June 8, 2016. It was the first catch of the year after commercial whaling of the species, which is not covered by regulations under the International Whaling Commission, opened May 25 in waters off the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido snapshot: Christmas tree lit up in northern Japan

The lights on a 20-meter-tall Christmas tree are turned on in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov, 28, 2015, to mark the start of the annual Hakodate Christmas Fantasy event in the port city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-sailors of decommissioned ferry reenact departure for 50th anniv.

Former sailors of the now defunct Mashu Maru, a ferry which used to link Aomori, northern Japan, and Hakodate in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, reenact its departure on the ship at Hakodate Port on June 30, 2015, the 50th anniversary of the start of its service. The ferry is now a floating museum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baird's beaked whale lands for 1st time this year in Hakodate

A Baird's beaked whale caught in the Sea of Japan is landed on June 1, 2015, for the first time this year at Hakodate port in Hokkaido. Whaling of Baird's beaked whales in Japanese coastal waters is outside the International Whaling Commission's jurisdiction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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A distant view of Hakodate Port

A distant view of Hakodate Port==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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A panoramic view of Hakodate Port

This is the far right photograph of a set of five panoramic photographs capturing Hakodate. ==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number60‐6‐5]

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A panoramic view of Hakodate Port

This is the second from the left photograph of a set of five panoramic photographs capturing Hakodate. ==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number60‐6‐2]

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A panoramic view of Hakodate Port

This is the fourth from the left photograph of a set of five panoramic photographs capturing Hakodate. ==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number60‐6‐4]

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A panoramic view of Hakodate Port

This is the far left photograph of a set of five panoramic photographs capturing Hakodate. ==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number60‐6‐0]

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A panoramic view of Hakodate Port

This is the third from the left photograph of a set of five panoramic photographs capturing Hakodate. ==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number60‐6‐3]

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A panoramic view of Hakodate Port

This is the right photograph of a set of three panoramic photographs capturing Hakodate. ==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number60‐5‐3]

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A panoramic view of Hakodate Port

This is the left photograph of a set of three panoramic photographs capturing Hakodate. ==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number60‐5‐2]

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A panoramic view of Hakodate Port

This is the center photograph of a set of three panoramic photographs capturing Hakodate. ==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number60‐5?‐0]

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View of hakodate city from hillside

Hakodate city and harbour from the side of Mt. Hakodate. The colours are rough and have faded away, so the image is rather unclear. To the fore is greenery, the city, and the port and bay, and the mountains of Kameda peninsula can be seen in the distance.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakodate, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐9‐0]

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Christmas tree lighting in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - "Hakodate Christmas Fantasy," a Christmas illumination event, starts in Hakodate in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 29, 2014, with a 20-meter tree being lit in front of red brick buildings, a popular tourism spot in the port city. The fir tree was a gift from its sister city Halifax, Canada. (Kyodo)

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H5 series for Hokkaido shinkansen arrives at Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Part of the H5 series trainset for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train is delivered to Hakodate port in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct 13, 2014. The shinkansen line is scheduled to operate between Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures from spring 2016. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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New ferry in northern Japan

Photo taken June 9, 2020, shows a new ferry named Blue Luminus at Hakodate Port in Hokkaido, northern Japan on June 9, 2020, before its first voyage on its route to Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New ferry in northern Japan

A new ferry named Blue Luminus leaves Hakodate Port in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 9, 2020, making its first voyage on its route to Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cyclist-friendly bus in Hokkaido

Photo taken in Hakodate city on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on April 15, 2019, shows the interior of a bus that can carry up to 10 bicycles. Hakodate Bus Corp. began operating the "cycling" bus in April to promote tourism in the port city famous for its magnificent night view from a nearby mountain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North Korean boat

A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel (L) tows a North Korean fishing boat to port in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Dec. 9, 2017, to arrest some crew members on suspicion of plundering a fishing hut on a nearby uninhabited island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest N. Korean fishing boat crew for theft

A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel tows a North Korean fishing boat to port in Hakodate, Japan, on Dec. 9, 2017, to arrest three crew members on suspicion of plundering a fishing hut on an uninhabited island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Christmas tree lit up in Hakodate

A 20-meter-tall fir tree is lit up with about 150,000 lights in the Kanemori Warehouse area, a tourist spot in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2016, to mark the start of the annual Hakodate Christmas Fantasy event in the port city. The tree was presented by Canada's Halifax city, Hakodate's sister city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.

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Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.

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Hokkaido mayor protests planned U.S. navy vessel visit

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Tadayuki Torikoshi, mayor of Tomakomai in western Hokkaido, has called on the U.S. Navy to reconsider its request that the U.S. naval vessel Blue Ridge be allowed to call at the port in February, saying the visit will inconvenience other commercial ships. File photo shows the 19,200-ton Blue Ridge. It was taken in October 1997 when the vessel entered Hakodate port in Hokkaido.