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Hakodate Jomon Culture Center

函館市縄文文化交流センター

8min walk from Kakinoshima-iseki-shita bus stop 

Attached to the Michi-no-eki Jomon Roman Minamikayabe (縄文ロマン南かやべ) on Route 278 bypass beside Kakinoshima Site, this museum displays the ‘Clay Figure’ (41.5cm), Southern Hokkaido’s only national treasure, plus local excavated items and earthenwares in the Jomon period.

Kakinoshima Site

垣ノ島遺跡

5min walk from Kakinoshima-iseki-shita bus stop 

Kakinoshima is one of Hokkaido’s largest Jomon prehistoric sites on a coastal terrace dating back to BC 7000. Excavated items are exhibited at the adjacent Hakodate Jomon Culture Center. Japanese-speaking free guided tours start at 10am, 1pm and 3pm (Apr-Oct). It is about a few minutes’ walk on a narrow slope from Kakinoshima-iseki-shita bus stop.

Ofune Site

大船遺跡

10min walk from Ofune-iseki-shita bus stop 

Ofune was one of Southern Hokkaido’s largest settlements during the mid Jōmon period. More than 100 pit dwellings and 200,000 archaeological finds have been discovered here. Japanese-speaking free guided tours start at 10am and 1pm (Apr-Oct). It is several hundred meters up from Ofune-iseki-shita bus stop.

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Hotel Hakodate Hirome-so ♨︎

ホテル函館ひろめ荘

2.9km from Ofune-onsen-shita bus stop / Take a free shuttle bus from Hakodate

One of the Kameda Peninsula’s most reputable onsen, this hidden riverside hotel is composed of two waters with different mineral properties (sulfur and sodium). Rooms are both Japanese- and Western-style. Meals are filled with local seafood, such as ika (squid). Free transfers from Hakodate are available (compulsory reservation).

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