Shiryōkaku
Shiryōkaku is a fort in the city of Hakodate in southern Hokkaidō, Japan. It was constructed in April 1869, during the Battle of Hakodate, three kilometres to the northeast of Goryōkaku by two hundred soldiers of the former Tokugawa shogunate and a hundred local villagers, likely under the direction of Ōtori Keisuke.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hokkaido Oshima General Subprefectual Bureau and Goryōkaku.
Hokkaido Oshima General Subprefectual Bureau
Government office
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The Southern Circuit covers the western and central parts of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Hokkaido Oshima General Subprefectual Bureau is situated 1½ km southwest of Shiryōkaku.
Goryōkaku
Fort
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Goryōkaku is a star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido. The fortress was completed in 1866. It was the main headquarters of the short-lived Republic of Ezo. Goryōkaku is situated 3½ km south of Shiryōkaku.
Goryōkaku Station
Railway station
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Goryōkaku Station is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line and South Hokkaido Railway Line in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company and South Hokkaido Railway Company. Goryōkaku Station is situated 4 km southwest of Shiryōkaku.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hakodate and Hokuto.
Hakodate
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Hakodate is a port city in Southern Hokkaidō, Japan. Separated by the 20-km long Tsugaru Strait from Honshu, Japan's main island, the city has naturally been seen as an entrance to Hokkaido.
Hokuto
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Hokuto is a city in the center of the Oshima Subprefecture in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. It serves as a bedroom community for Hakodate, to the east of the city.
Shiryōkaku
- Type: Historical site
- Description: Fort in Hakodate, Japan
- Categories: Japanese castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vietnamese—“Shiryōkaku” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Shiryōkaku”
- French: “Shiryōkaku”
- Indonesian: “Shiryokaku”
- Indonesian: “Shiryōkaku”
- Japanese: “しりょうかく”
- Japanese: “シリョウカク”
- Japanese: “四稜郭”
- Spanish: “Shiryōkaku”
- Vietnamese: “Shiryōkaku”
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