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Former British Consulate of Hakodate

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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.

History

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.[2] The current building was finished in 1913 and hosted the British Consulate until it closed in 1934.[3]

After its closure, 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.[4][5] It is currently host to a memorial of the opening of Hakodate and a tea room known as "Victoria Rose".[6]

References

  1. ^ Taniguchi, Masaharu. "Documents of the British Consulate". Hokkaido Magazine KAI. Translated by Xene Inc. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  2. ^ "函館市旧イギリス領事館（開港記念館）- 観光スポット" [Former British Consulate of Hakodate (Port Opening Memorial Hall) -Sightseeing Spots]. Travel Hakodate (in Japanese). City of Hakodate. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  3. ^ "Hakodate Port Tourist Information". Cruises Hokkaido. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
  4. ^ "Old British Consulate". Japan Location Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  5. ^ "Historic Old British Consulate in Hakodate reopens to public". The Japan Times. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  6. ^ "Former British Consulate of Hakodate". Travel Hakodate. City of Hakodate. Retrieved 2021-02-26.

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