No English name was found on the official site, so the facility name and address are romanized from the Japanese reading.

Address

44 Goryokaku-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido

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Phone

+81-138-31-5505 (Management Office)

Official site (Japanese)

https://www.hakodate-jts-kosya.jp/park/goryokaku/

Hours

Open at all times (inside the fort grounds: April–October 5:00–19:00; November–March 5:00–18:00)

Plants you can see

OtherLigustrum obtusifolium (border privet), Cardiocrinum cordatum (オオウバユリ), Typha latifolia (broadleaf cattail), Rhododendron × obtusum (Kirishima azalea), Rhododendron (genus; クルメツツジ), サクラ, Rhododendron indicum (サツキ（野生種）), Cerasus spachiana (weeping cherry), スイレン, Cerasus ×yedoensis (Yoshino cherry), Robinia pseudoacacia (false acacia), Weigela coraeensis (ハコネウツギ), Wisteria floribunda (Japanese wisteria), Chaenomeles speciosa (flowering quince), Hibiscus syriacus (rose-of-Sharon), Syringa vulgaris (common lilac), Kerria japonica (ヤマブキ), Spiraea thunbergii (Thunberg's meadowsweet), Rhododendron ×mucronatum (リュウキュウツツジ), Rhododendron molle (Japanese azalea), スイカヅラ, ドウタンツツジ, ヒノデツツジ, ヤエザクラShow 9 moreClose

Based on information published by each facility. Bloom times vary by year and weather. Plant links open our plant encyclopedia.

Nearest station

15-minute walk from "Goryokaku Koen-mae" streetcar stop / 10-minute walk from "Goryokaku Koen Iriguchi" Hakodate Bus stop

Parking

No parking lot at the park. Hakodate City Goryokaku Tourist Parking Lot nearby (paid, 97 spaces)

Ruins of a star-shaped pentagonal fortress, opened to the public as a park in Taisho 3 (1914). About 1,500 cherry trees bloom in the flower-viewing season, making it a famous cherry blossom spot.