【函館】五稜郭

4 hours drive to #Goryokaku , #Hakodate from #Chitose .

Having lunch at #SeasonalSeafood #Shunka located at 2/F Goryokaku Tower.
including #Sashimi , #Tempura ...
and the most famous #Ikura#Don at #Hokkaido .

Shunka :
💻 https://www.shunka.jp

#GoryokakuTower :
💻 https://www.goryokaku-tower.co.jp

The #TokugawaShogunate dispatched high-ranking officials, called Hakodate magistrates, to #Hakodate to be in charge of negotiations with foreign countries, defense of the shores, and the administration of the city in Hakodate. The government planned on building a government office for Hakodate magistrates inland protected by a fort away from the port and downtown area. They ordered the professor of European studies and techniques, namely #AyasaburoTakeda , to design the fort. He studied the fortified cities of Europe in the early modern period to design a fort that could protect against battles using guns and cannons. It took nearly seven years for the construction. The star-shaped fort was nearly completed in 1864. The fort was named Goryokaku. Goryokaku was built as a center for politics, foreign diplomacy, and defense in northern #Japan.