Goryōkaku
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Fort
- Description: fortress
- Also known as: “Goryokaku Ato” and “Goryōkaku Ato”
- Address: 五稜郭公園線 44
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Goryokaku Tower and Hakodate City Central Library.
Goryokaku Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Goryokaku Tower is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 350 metres southwest of Goryōkaku.
Hakodate City Central Library
Library
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Hakodate City Central Library is a public library in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan. The library is known in particular for its important collection of northern materials and for its Takuboku Library. Hakodate City Central Library is situated 320 metres northwest of Goryōkaku.
North Pacific Museum
Museum
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
North Pacific Museum is situated 350 metres south of Goryōkaku.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hakodate and Hokuto.
Hakodate
Photo: J o, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: DrTerraKhan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Goryōkaku
- Categories: fortress, bastion fort, park, castle ruin in Japan, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
41.7968° or 41° 47′ 49″ northLongitude
140.75697° or 140° 45′ 25″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Inception
1866Open location code
8RH2QQW4+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 180806137OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Goryōkaku” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Goryōkaku gotorlekua”
- Breton: “Goryōkaku”
- Catalan: “Castell Goryōkaku”
- Chinese: “五棱郭”
- Chinese: “五棱郭公园”
- Chinese: “五棱郭塔”
- Chinese: “五稜郭”
- Chinese: “五稜郭公園”
- Chinese: “五稜郭城”
- Chinese: “五稜郭塔”
- Chinese: “奉行馆”
- Chinese: “柳野城”
- Chinese: “箱馆战争”
- Chinese: “龜田役所土壘”
- Chinese: “龟田役所土垒”
- Czech: “Gorjókaku”
- Dutch: “Goryokaku”
- Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Gorjokaku”
- Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Goryokaku”
- Esperanto: “Fortreso Goryokaku”
- French: “Goryōkaku”
- German: “Goryokaku”
- German: “Goryōkaku”
- Greek: “Goryōkaku”
- Greek: “Γκοριόκακου”
- Hebrew: “מבצר גוריוקאקו”
- Indonesian: “Goryōkaku”
- Italian: “Goryōkaku”
- Japanese: “Goryōkaku”
- Japanese: “ゴリョウカク”
- Japanese: “ごりょうかくあと”
- Japanese: “ゴリョウカクアト”
- Japanese: “亀田役所土塁”
- Japanese: “五稜郭”
- Japanese: “五稜郭公園”
- Japanese: “五稜郭跡”
- Japanese: “柳野城”
- Korean: “고료가쿠 코엔”
- Korean: “고료카쿠”
- Persian: “گوریوکاکو”
- Polish: “Goryōkaku”
- Polish: “五棱郭”
- Portuguese: “Goryokaku”
- Russian: “Горёкаку”
- Spanish: “Castillo Goryokaku”
- Spanish: “Castillo Goryōkaku”
- Thai: “โกเรียวกากุ”
- Turkish: “Goryōkaku”
- Ukrainian: “Ґорьокаку”
- Ukrainian: “П’ятибастіонна фортеця”
- Uzbek: “Goryokaku”
- Vietnamese: “Goryōkaku”
- Wu Chinese: “五棱郭”
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