Hakodate Park

Hakodate Park
函館公園
LocationHakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Coordinates41°45′21″N 140°42′53″E / 41.755972°N 140.714667°E / 41.755972; 140.714667
Operated byHakodate Housing and City Facilities Public Corporation
OpenNovember 1879 (1879-11)
StatusOpen
WebsiteOfficial website (jp)

Hakodate Park (函館公園, Hakodate Kōen) is a large Western-style park in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan, at the foot of Mount Hakodate. Opened in 1879, it is a registered as a "place of scenic beauty" in Japan's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. It contains the Hakodate City Museum, as well as a small zoo and children's theme park ("Kodomo no Kuni"), and is a popular site for cherry blossom viewing.

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