It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of March 2008, the city has an estimated population of 287,691 and a population density of 442.24 persons per km². The total area is 677.77 km². History
Hakodate was founded in 1454, when Kono Kaganokami Masamichi constructed a large manor house in the Ainu fishing village of Usukeshi (the word for bay in Ainu). The mansion is said to have includ
ed a barricade and looked like a box from the distance giving the area its name, box mansion. After his death, Masamichi's son, Kono Suemichi, and family were driven out of Hakodate into nearby Kameda during Ainu rebellion in 1512 and little history was recorded for the area during the next 100 years. There was constant low level conflict in the Oshima peninsula at the time with the Ainu as armed merchants like the Kono family established bases to control trade in the region. This conflict culminated in an uprising from 1669 to 1672, led by Ainu warrior Shakushain after which the Ainu in the region were suppressed. Hakodate flourished during the Hoei period (1704–11) and many new temples were founded in the area. The town's fortunes received a further boost in 1741 when the Matsumae clan, which had been granted nearby areas on the Oshima Peninsula as a march fief, moved its Kameda magistracy to Masamichi's house in Hakodate.
私は函館出身の韓国在住の管理人の「kaTsu」です^^
久しぶりに故郷を離れて感じたことは、「やはり函館で暮らすのは良いな~」と感じました。とにかく稼いでビジネス！って方には”田舎”過ぎるかもしれませんが…^^;
なるべく、観光を中心に「函館」に関する、タメになる情報のページにしたいと思いますので、よろしくお願いします。
나는 하코다테 출신의 한국 거주의 관리인입니다^^
오랫만에 고향을 떠나고 느낀 것은, 「역시 하코다테에서 사는 것은 좋은데~」라고 느꼈습니다.어쨌든 벌어 비즈니스!라는 분에게는”시골”지날지도 모릅니다만…^^;
가능한 한, 관광을 중심으로 「하코다테」에 관한, 타메가 되는 정보의 사이트로 하고 싶다고 생각하기 때문에, 잘 부탁드립니다. I am "kaTsu" of a janitor living in Hakodate native South Korea ^^
Having left and felt the hometown after a long time thought "it is good to live in Hakodate too." " those who work anyhow and consider business""the country" although I think that I pass
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