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   Hakodate
   city, southern Hokkaido ken (prefecture), Japan, on the Tsugaru-kaiky (Tsu garu Strait) between Hokkaido and Honshu. The city is built along the ...
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   Hakodate
   Hakodate (häkō'dä'tā) , city (1990 pop. 307,249), extreme SW Hokkaido, Japan, on the Tsugaru Strait. Opened (1854) to U.S. ships and a little later (1857) to general foreign trade, it was the chief port of the island until recently replaced by Sapporo. It is linked with...
   Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0822387.html
   
   

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