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unusual facts about Hakodate



H53

H53, designation for the Washinosu Station on the Hakodate Main Line in Yakumo, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan

Harry Clifford Fassett

The ship visited Japan, departing Yokohama on 2 June 1900 to visit Hakodate, Japan, and Kamchatka, north of the Aleutian Islands, and collected biological specimens in the North Pacific and into the Bering Sea and ultimately returned to San Francisco on 30 October 1900 after a cruise of 14 months.

Japan National Route 227

National Route 227 is a national highway of Japan connecting Hakodate, Hokkaidō and Esashi, Hokkaidō in Japan, with a total length of 69.7 km (43.31 mi).

Japan National Route 228

National Route 228 is a national highway of Japan connecting Hakodate, Hokkaidō and Esashi, Hokkaidō in Japan, with a total length of 151.5 km (94.14 mi).

Masanori Nishio

He was appointed deputy mayor of Hakodate by its then-mayor Hiroshi Inoue in July 2003, but resigned himself in December 2006 due to a rift with the mayor over the construction of a retirement home.

Urup

The same year, in an effort to find the Russian fleet in the Pacific Ocean during the Crimean War, a French-British naval force reached the port of Hakodate (open to British ships as a result of the Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty of 1854), and sailing further north, landed on Urup, taking official possession of the island as "l'Isle de l'Alliance" and nominating a local Aleut inhabitant as provisional governor.

Yamazaki Station

Yamasaki Station, the Hakodate Main Line in Yakumo, Hokkaido, Japan


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