A. Hotel Hanabishi
B. Hakodate Morning MarketC. Hakodate Ropeway carpark
D. Hakodate Bay
C. Hakodate Ropeway carpark
E. Trappistine Convent
F. Mt Hakodate
A. Hotel Hanabishi
The Hakodate morning market opens from 4 am to 12 noon. There are stalls selling local seafood produce.
Hokkaido King crabs - a local delicacy.
A female fishmonger weighs the crab for her customer.
Konbu - Japanese seaweed. Cut small strips of this and cook with soup.
An old lady sells dried octopus.
Fresh raw salmon and salmon roe on sale at the market.
The Hachiman-zaka slope. Hakodate town has many slopes. One of the most popular photo spots that taken from the hill looks down the slope to Hakodate Harbour and Bay.
Old Pubic Hall, at Hakodate.
Orthodox Church. this chapel is Japan’s first Orthodox church. Built in 1916 it features a bell tower and a dome representing a leek flower.
Catholic Motomachi Church. Mermete de cachon, a French missionary, originally had a temporary church building constructed. The building however suffered numerous incidents of fire until the current church was built in 1924. This church features Gothic architecture and the only altar in Japan that has been presented by the Vatican as a gift.
Statue of Our Lady greets visitors at the Trapestine Convent organised by the Citeaux Order. The Trappistine Convent was founded in 1898 by 8 Catholic nuns from France and managed by the Trappist Order was Japan's first convent built to house nuns.
Our Lady of Angels Convent. The nuns' living conditions at the beginning were very poor, so much so that the headquarters in France was considering to recall their nuns. Most of the present day building was reconstructed in 1927 after being burnt down in 1925. The general public is only allowed to the gardens where statues of St Michael and St Mary stand. The candy and cookies made by the nuns are popular and regarded as Hokkaido's specialities and can be purchased at many gift and souvenir shops.
We reached the observation deck of Mt Hakodate just before dusk. We could get a good view of Hakodate Bay and the city,just before dusk... and after the sun set... 
... we were treated to an illuminating view of the same scene as city lights started coming on.
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