Hakodate City
tramway
Hakodate sits near the end of the Oshima Peninsula in southwestern Hokkaido. Hakodate is the marine gateway to Japan's main island in the north. It was one of the first Japanese cities to open to Western trade.
Hakodate City
tramway
Hakodate sits near the end of the Oshima Peninsula in southwestern Hokkaido.
Hakodate is the marine gateway to Japan's main island in the north. It was one
of the first Japanese cities to open to Western trade.
The Hakodate streetcar started as a horse
tramway in 1897, and became a true electric street railway in 1913. The
double-tracked tramway
consists of 2 lines, the Omori line and the River line, totaling 10.9 km. Most of the two lines share the same right
of way. Another tramway (pictured above in cream and maroon) actually climbs Mount Hakodate,
where the
view
is supposed to be world famous.