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A long-established souvenir shop with a store on the first floor of the Hakodate Twin Tower, which stands in front of Hakodate Station. It includes seafood confectionery from Hokkaido and Hakodate, as well as seafood delicacies and dried foods from Hakodate's specialty. There are many goods that can only be bought here, such as Hokkaido-limited Hello Kitty goods, and the original frozen dessert "Hakodate Katara Night", which has an exquisite taste of rich and smooth ice pudding, is very popular.

The kitchen of Hakodate, where cooks from local hotels and eateries also come to stock it, and about 50 stores, mainly Chinese fish stores, keep it open. The freshness comes with origami.

In the Hakodate morning city, a marine product store marked by the "Kaniman" sign. It sells seasonal fish and shellfish, including classic hairy crabs and king crabs. They also handle kelp and delicacies from local products such as salmon roe, sea urchins, dried fish, and squid. Among them, "Gourmet Kazuno Matsumae Juki", which uses plenty of Kagome kelp and Kazuko, is very popular. The specialty Kanaman, which is a luxurious use of snow crab, is popular with souvenirs.

"Kenpachi", a direct sales store that took over the taste of Kenpachi Fisheries, which had been producing and selling processed fish products such as squid and salt spicy, which was founded in 1934 (1934). Not only salty, but also soy sauce sauce finished with the old-fashioned method is recommended for Matsumae and Yuzu flavored kasashi, which is popular for its refreshing taste.

For crabs, Kaneni Fujita is a fish. There are also taraba, hairy crabs, snow, and Hanasaki crabs in season. There is also a kaniman teahouse next door, where you can eat delicious kaniman.

The 1924m-long Tomoe Bridge, which runs through the Bay Area, connects the Waterfront District, which is also a tourist attraction, and the Linhai Road between Route 227. It is also recommended as a view spot with an emotional sea view such as Hakodate Port and Tsugaru Strait. The pedestrian-only climb is located next to the pier where Mashu Maru, which is about a three-minute walk from Hakodate Station, is moored, so it is good to enjoy a walk while being blown by the sea breeze.

Through hands-on exhibitions and events utilizing advanced technology, the “Hakodate Mirai-kan” cultivates the power to feel “strange” and “amazing”. There are lots of interesting tricks, such as a huge high-definition LED display "Media Wall" with a width of 14.5m and a height of 2.5m, and a 360 studio where you can experience a Hakodate tour with 360-degree sound and video.

The Mashu Maru, which operated until the last day of the Seikan contact ship in 1988, was preserved and exhibited as an industrial heritage. In addition to having a tour of the wheelhouse and radio room, which remains as it was at that time, you can learn the history of the contact ship and the mechanics of the ship through panels, models and images.

Hakodate Asa-ichi, which can also be said to be a specialty of Hakodate. Its roots were that farmers from neighboring towns and villages brought in vegetables and fruits in 1945 and started standing and selling in front of Hakodate Station. Since then, about 250 shops have been enlisted, selling seafood products such as crabs and salmon, as well as foods with a high degree of freshness unique to Hokkaido, such as direct sales from plantations. It may be out of stock after lunch, so it is best to visit early. From April 2018, its own certification system "Select Morning Market" started. It introduces the recommended products and unique services of each store's confidence in a special brand of Hakodate Asaichi.

Toshizo Hijikata, who helped Isamu Kondo as deputy head of the Shinsengumi, and later went north while still fighting as a staff officer of the shogunate main war faction. He headed to Hakodate with a big dream of launching the Republic of Ezo, but on May 11 (now June 20) in the lunar calendar of 1869 (1869), the day when the Hakokan attack began, he was killed in action after falling to the shots of the new government forces. There are theories about the place where he was killed in the war, but a monument is set up in a corner of Wakamatsu Green Land Park, where he is said to have had a magnificent end.