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Hakodate Half-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Hakodate Half-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Hakodate Half-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Hakodate Half-Day Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide
Hakodate Half-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide

Hakodate Half-Day Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide

By Japan Guide Agency
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$372 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This value-packed trip with a government-licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Hakodate!

Hakodate has a long history of international trade and as such hosted a small foreign community. That influence is evident in the European buildings, churches, and red-brick warehouses that you can see from the nostalgic tram that makes its rounds of the city.

Let us know what you would like to experience and we will customise a four-hour tour that's best for you!

Note1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customised itinerary.
Note2: National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

Activity location

  • Mount Hakodate
    • 040-0000, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Mount Hakodate
    • 040-0000, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

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Hakodate Half-Day Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
NZ$371.81 x 1 AdultNZ$371.81
Total
Price is NZ$371.81
Until Sat, 16 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedMeet up with guide on foot within designated area of Hakodate.
  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed Local English Speaking Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedCustomisable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from 'What to expect' list
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPrivate Vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedYou cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedGuide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This is a walking tour. Pick up is on foot.

Activity itinerary

Mount Hakodate
  • 30m
Mount Hakodate (函館山, Hakodateyama) is a 334 metre high, wooded mountain at the southern end of the peninsula on which much of central Hakodate is located. On clear days and nights, in particular, the views from the mountain are spectacular and included among Japan's three best night views alongside the views from Nagasaki's Mount Inasa and Kobe's Mount Rokko. Facilities at the summit, which is accessible by ropeway, bus or car, include observation platforms (free of charge), souvenir shops, a cafe and a cafeteria style restaurant.
Onuma Quasi-National Park
  • 30m
Designated as a "quasi national park" and located only twenty kilometres north of Hakodate, Onuma Park (大沼公園, Ōnuma Kōen) is known for its picturesque, island dotted lakes and majestic volcano, Mount Komagatake. Onuma Park can be easily visited in either a day trip from Hakodate or on a stop over on a journey between Hakodate and Sapporo, since most limited express trains between the two cities stop at Onuma Koen Station, the central railway station.
Goryokaku Park
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Fort Goryokaku (五稜郭, Goryōkaku) is a massive, star shaped, Western style citadel, which was built in the last years of the Edo Period for the defence of Hakodate against the imperialist threat posed by the Western powers. A few years later, the fort became the site of a civil war between an army of the shogunate and the superior troops of the newly established Meiji government. After the fort had lost its military importance, it was eventually turned into a public park in the 1910s. Over one thousand cherry trees were planted along its moats, making it one of Hokkaido's best cherry blossom spots. The peak of the blooming season usually takes place around early May. Admission 900 yen
Hakodate Morning Market
  • 30m
The Hakodate Morning Market (函館朝市, Hakodate Asaichi) is held daily from 5am (from 6am during winter) to noon, just a few steps away from JR Hakodate Station. The market area spans about four city blocks. Products on sale include various types of fresh seafood such as crabs (kani), salmon eggs (ikura) and sea urchin (uni), as well as fresh produce such as melons. Many restaurants can be found in the market area, offering fresh seafood breakfasts, such as uni-ikura domburi.
Motomachi
  • 30m
The harbour of Hakodate was one of the first to be opened to foreign trade in 1854 after Japan's era of isolation had come to an end. As a result, many traders from Russia, China and Western countries moved to Hakodate. Motomachi, at the foot of Mount Hakodate, became a district favoured among the new foreign residents. Many foreign looking buildings remain in the area today. Among the most famous are the Russian Orthodox Church, the Old British Consulate, the Chinese Memorial Hall, the prefectural government's former branch office building and the old Hakodate Public Hall (closed from November 2018 till April 2021). Admission 300 yen
Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse
  • 30m
Hakodate Port was among the first Japanese ports to be opened to international trade towards the end of the Edo Period (1600-1867). Several red brick warehouses from past trading days survive along the waterfront in the bay area of Hakodate, and have recently been redeveloped into an atmospheric shopping, dining and entertainment complex. Besides a typical range of trendy souvenir, fashion, interior and sweets shops, the complex also features a restaurant, a beer hall, a chapel for weddings and sightseeing cruises of the bay.
Bay Hakodate
  • 30m
The Bay Area facing Hakodate Port offers an expansive vista of the harbour. This area features a row of old red-brick buildings that have been converted into a unique shopping centre, enticing visitors to stop in and enjoy some shopping or a tea break.
Hakodate Museum of Northern Peoples
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
The Hakodate Museum of the Northern Peoples is located inside a building that would once have served as the Japan Bank and was built in 1926. The museum is an ode to the Ainu culture and offers you a fascinating look at this indigenous culture which is not well known outside of Japan. You can also learn about other indigenous groups in Japan such as the Sakhalin who are from an island which is to the north of Hokkaido that is now a part of Russia.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMount Hakodate
    • 040-0000, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMount Hakodate
    • 040-0000, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

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