Hakodate

[hah-kaw-dah-te]

noun

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

Hakodate

/ ˌhɑːkəʊˈdɑːteɪ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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Tons of mostly sardines and mackerel were discovered on more than a kilometre of sand stretching across the shores of Hakodate, Japan.

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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.

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The aircraft flew toward the southwestern port city of Hakodate.

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The bus was traveling from Sapporo to Hakodate, and the truck was carrying pigs from Hakodate to Yakumo, Kyodo said.

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