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==History== |
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[[File:Former British Consulate of Hakodate exhibition hall.jpg|thumb|The exhibition hall for the opening of Hakodate to foreigners in the museum.]] |
[[File:Former British Consulate of Hakodate exhibition hall.jpg|thumb|The exhibition hall for the opening of Hakodate to foreigners in the museum.]] |
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[[Hakodate]] was one of the first Japanese ports to open up to foreign trade after the [[Perry Expedition]] alongside [[Yokohama]] and [[Nagasaki]] in 1859.<ref name="JT"/> In response, a number of countries, along with all the other buildings they had constructed, set up consulates there. The United Kingdom established a consulate there the same year, being the third opened after the consulates of the United States and Russia. It was moved from its original location to a plot next to the Orthodox church at the [[Old Russian Consulate in Hakodate|Russian consulate]] four years later.<ref name="YS">{{cite news |title=Historic buildings link Hakodate with world |work=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]] |date=14 August 2004 |location=Tokyo}}</ref> The site was affected by a number of fires, which led to the repeated rebuilding of the consulate; the current building was finished in 1913 and hosted the British Consulate until it closed in 1934.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwwtb.mlit.go.jp/hokkaido/bunyabetsu/kaiun/cruise/web/Cruise_Hokkaido+(E)/Cruise_Hokkaido%20(E)/en/hakodate_tour.html|title=Hakodate Port Tourist Information|website=Cruises Hokkaido|publisher=[[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]}}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Hakodate Old British Consulate(Memorial of Opening a Port)|url=https://en.visit-hokkaido2.jp/travelPlanner/details.php?code=6204004000050|website=Hokkaido Tourism Organization}}</ref> |
[[Hakodate]] was one of the first Japanese ports to open up to foreign trade after the [[Perry Expedition]] alongside [[Yokohama]] and [[Nagasaki]] in 1859.<ref name="JT"/> In response, a number of countries, along with all the other buildings they had constructed, set up consulates there. The United Kingdom established a consulate there the same year, being the third opened after the consulates of the United States and Russia. It was moved from its original location to a plot next to the Orthodox church at the [[Old Russian Consulate in Hakodate|Russian consulate]] four years later.<ref name="YS">{{cite news |title=Historic buildings link Hakodate with world |work=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]] |date=14 August 2004 |location=Tokyo}}</ref> The site was affected by a number of fires, which led to the repeated rebuilding of the consulate; the current building was finished in 1913 and hosted the British Consulate until it closed in 1934.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwwtb.mlit.go.jp/hokkaido/bunyabetsu/kaiun/cruise/web/Cruise_Hokkaido+(E)/Cruise_Hokkaido%20(E)/en/hakodate_tour.html|title=Hakodate Port Tourist Information|website=Cruises Hokkaido|publisher=[[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]}}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Hakodate Old British Consulate(Memorial of Opening a Port)|url=https://en.visit-hokkaido2.jp/travelPlanner/details.php?code=6204004000050|website=Hokkaido Tourism Organization|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814162338/http://en.visit-hokkaido2.jp/travelPlanner/details.php?code=6204004000050|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The building then saw use as a city hospital.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Hakodate City looking to sell former Russian Consulate|url=https://japanpropertycentral.com/2020/05/hakodate-city-looking-to-sell-former-russian-consulate/|date=20 May 2020|website=Japan Property Central}}</ref> In 1979, the city of Hakodate gave the building the designation of "tangible culture property", later converting it into its current status as a "memorial hall" in 1992 and opening it to the public after being restored two years later.<ref name="JT">{{cite news|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Historic Old British Consulate in Hakodate reopens to public|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/02/national/historic-old-british-consulate-in-hakodate-reopens-to-public/|date=2 March 2009|work=[[The Japan Times]]}}</ref><ref name="HT"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Old British Consulate|url=https://www.jldb.bunka.go.jp/en/location/|website=Japan Location Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]}}</ref> It is currently host to exhibits on the opening of Hakodate on the first floor, a recreation of the consul's office and living room, alongside other displays, on the second floor, and a tea room named "Victoria Rose".<ref name="JT"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Former British Consulate of Hakodate|url=https://www.hakodate.travel/en/sightseeing_spots/historic-building/former-british-consulate-of-hakodate|website=Travel Hakodate|publisher=City of Hakodate}}</ref> |
The building then saw use as a city hospital.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Hakodate City looking to sell former Russian Consulate|url=https://japanpropertycentral.com/2020/05/hakodate-city-looking-to-sell-former-russian-consulate/|date=20 May 2020|website=Japan Property Central}}</ref> In 1979, the city of Hakodate gave the building the designation of "tangible culture property", later converting it into its current status as a "memorial hall" in 1992 and opening it to the public after being restored two years later.<ref name="JT">{{cite news|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Historic Old British Consulate in Hakodate reopens to public|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/02/national/historic-old-british-consulate-in-hakodate-reopens-to-public/|date=2 March 2009|work=[[The Japan Times]]}}</ref><ref name="HT"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Old British Consulate|url=https://www.jldb.bunka.go.jp/en/location/|website=Japan Location Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]}}</ref> It is currently host to exhibits on the opening of Hakodate on the first floor, a recreation of the consul's office and living room, alongside other displays, on the second floor, and a tea room named "Victoria Rose".<ref name="JT"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-26|title=Former British Consulate of Hakodate|url=https://www.hakodate.travel/en/sightseeing_spots/historic-building/former-british-consulate-of-hakodate|website=Travel Hakodate|publisher=City of Hakodate}}</ref> |
Latest revision as of 10:00, 22 July 2024
函館市旧イギリス領事館 | |
Location | Hakodate, Japan |
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Coordinates | 41°45′57.4″N 140°42′38.5″E / 41.765944°N 140.710694°E |
Website | hakodate-kankou.com/british |
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.
History
[edit]Hakodate was one of the first Japanese ports to open up to foreign trade after the Perry Expedition alongside Yokohama and Nagasaki in 1859.[1] In response, a number of countries, along with all the other buildings they had constructed, set up consulates there. The United Kingdom established a consulate there the same year, being the third opened after the consulates of the United States and Russia. It was moved from its original location to a plot next to the Orthodox church at the Russian consulate four years later.[2] The site was affected by a number of fires, which led to the repeated rebuilding of the consulate; the current building was finished in 1913 and hosted the British Consulate until it closed in 1934.[3][4]
The building then saw use as a city hospital.[5] In 1979, the city of Hakodate gave the building the designation of "tangible culture property", later converting it into its current status as a "memorial hall" in 1992 and opening it to the public after being restored two years later.[1][4][6] It is currently host to exhibits on the opening of Hakodate on the first floor, a recreation of the consul's office and living room, alongside other displays, on the second floor, and a tea room named "Victoria Rose".[1][7]
See also
[edit]- Vladimir K. Arseniev Museum of Far East History – another consulate that has also become a museum
- Old Russian Consulate in Hakodate
- Japan portal
- United Kingdom portal
- Museums portal
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Historic Old British Consulate in Hakodate reopens to public". The Japan Times. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Historic buildings link Hakodate with world". Yomiuri Shimbun. Tokyo. 14 August 2004.
- ^ "Hakodate Port Tourist Information". Cruises Hokkaido. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
- ^ a b "Hakodate Old British Consulate(Memorial of Opening a Port)". Hokkaido Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Hakodate City looking to sell former Russian Consulate". Japan Property Central. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Old British Consulate". Japan Location Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Former British Consulate of Hakodate". Travel Hakodate. City of Hakodate. Retrieved 26 February 2021.