Hakodate Townscape
The area of Hakodate surrounded by Mount Hakodate and Hakodate Port is known as the "Western District Townscape" and is a Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.
From the late Meiji period (1868-1912) to the early Showa period (1926-1989), this area, where Hakodate Port is located, was the most prosperous, and many Western, Japanese and Western-style buildings, including churches and red-brick warehouses, remain in this area.
The distinctive townscape is in harmony with the slopes leading from Mt. Hakodate to the Port of Hakodate and the streets where streetcars run.
Origin of Yawata
Hachimanzaka is named after the Hakodate Hachiman Shrine, which once stood on top of the slope.
Hakodate Hachimangu Shrine was destroyed by fire in 1878 and relocated to its current location in Yachigashira, but the name remained on the slope.