Goryokaku
五稜郭English onlyA moat shaped like a star
- WhereHokkaido, Hokkaido & Tohoku
- On the ground2 photos when you land
- Courses3 that pass here
- MapOpen in Google Maps ↗
From above
- The five-pointed star is a water-filled moat around a flat inner ground.
- Inside the star, the low roof of the magistrate's office sits near the middle.
- Hakodate's city blocks press right up against the outer edge of the moat.
Your guide says
Inside the five-pointed moat, you can see the magistrate's office roof.
Completed in 1866, just two years before the shogunate fell.
Fact source: Wikipedia · Last checked October 2026
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