Former British Consulate of Hakodate
The Former British Consulate of Hakodate (Japanese: 函館市旧イギリス領事館, Hepburn: Hakodate-shi kyū Igirisu ryōjikan), also officially known as the Opening-Port Memorial Hall and commonly called the Old British Consulate, is a historic house museum meant to preserve the now-defunct consulate of the United Kingdom to Hakodate, Japan, and memorialise the opening of Hokkaido to foreign trade.
函館市旧イギリス領事館 | |
Gate to the current 1913 building | |
| Location | Hakodate, Japan |
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| Coordinates | 41°45′57.4″N 140°42′38.5″E |
| Website | hakodate-kankou.com/british |
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