Goryokaku Tower
Goryokaku Tower is a tower in Hokkaido, Japan. Goryokaku Tower is situated nearby to Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Tower
- Description: tower in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “Goryōkaku Tower”
Photo: J o, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Goryōkaku and Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido.
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 350 metres northeast of Goryokaku Tower.
Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido
Museum
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Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido opened in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1986. The collection focuses on works from southern Hokkaidō, including paintings by Kakizaki Hakyō and calligraphy by Kaneko Ōtei, and special exhibitions are also mounted. Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido is situated 150 metres southeast of Goryokaku Tower.
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.
Goryokaku Tower
- Category: observation tower
- Location: Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Goryokaku Tower” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “五稜郭塔”
- French: “Goryokaku Tower”
- French: “Goryōkaku Tower”
- French: “Tour Goryokaku”
- French: “Tour Goryōkaku”
- Italian: “Goryokaku Tower”
- Italian: “Goryōkaku Tower”
- Japanese: “ごりょうかくたわー”
- Japanese: “ゴリョウカクタワー”
- Japanese: “五稜郭タワー「五稜郭歴史回廊」”
- Japanese: “五稜郭タワー”
- Japanese: “五稜郭歴史回廊”
- Korean: “고료카쿠 타워”
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