Hakodate

American  

[hah-kaw-dah-te] / ˈhɑ kɔˈdɑ tɛ /

noun

1. a seaport on S Hokkaido, in N Japan.

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Hakodate British  

/ ˌhɑːkəʊˈdɑːteɪ /

noun

1. a port in N Japan, on S Hokkaido: fishing industry and shipbuilding. Pop: 284 690 (2002 est)

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Example Sentences

This week’s gallery includes includesa young boy silhouetted while swimming in a glass bottom pool in Vancouver, British Columbia; villagers plucking water chestnuts from a pond in Kanpur, India; Japanese snow monkeys soaking in a hot spring at Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate, northern Japan and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree illuminated during the 87th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in New York.

From Seattle Times

Hitoshi Matsubara, vice president of Future University Hakodate and an expert in AI, says Japan needs to invest more, make IT jobs more attractive and shake off the mindset that most employees of the same age should be treated equally.

From Reuters

When you’re trying to get from Thessaloniki to Dubrovnik or from Hakodate to Nagano, it’s invaluable.

From New York Times

A district court judge in the northern city of Hakodate sentenced Kang Myong Hak, 45, to two years and six months in prison but suspended the sentence for four years, a court official said, meaning he doesn’t have to serve the time if he abides by the law during the four-year period.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ruling by the Hakodate District Court in Hokkaido prefecture on the Ohma plant will be welcomed by many utilities as they push for a return to nuclear power following the 2011 Fukushima disaster, despite strong opposition from chunks of the public.

From Reuters