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Hakodate

American  
[hah-kaw-dah-te] / ˈhɑ kɔˈdɑ tɛ /

noun

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


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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A spokesperson for ANA, Japan's largest carrier, said that the crack had been found as the flight passed over Hakodate.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2024

Takashi Fujioka, a Hakodate Fisheries Research Institute researcher, said he has heard of similar phenomena before, but it was his first time to see it.

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2023

The aircraft flew toward the southwestern port city of Hakodate.

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2023

Towns were pummeled by the quake, tsunami and more than 530 aftershocks from Hakodate in the northernmost island of Hokkaido to Fuji, 760 kilometers to the south, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

From BusinessWeek Mar. 18, 2011

At Otaru I left all my paraphernalia to be shipped to Hakodate by the first ship calling, and I proceeded by land on the north and then on the north-west coast.

From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage

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