Former British Consulate

Ross Daniels a month ago

A very historic building. The Former British Consulate was built in 1859 as the British consulate in Hakodate, which was then one of the few Japanese ports open to foreign trade. It is a two-story wooden building and now houses a museum that tells the story of the British consulate in Hakodate.

Eunjoo Park 6 months ago

Visit here to enjoy 2800 yen (per personX2) afternoon's set. Beautiful place and Wedgewood tea cups but food isn't recommendable. it's not worth of it. Sandwich another cakes are not valuable, some low quality. Just try tea. You can choose one among 5 teas.

Roma Victoriano 9 months ago

I think this is not for everyone unless you have interest in British history and influence to Hakodate. It's a small museum that can be finished by 30min if you're that fast. I don't think this is worth visiting if none of your company is interested to this.

K B 12 months ago

Pickup your ticket here for both the consulate and the public ward. You're free to view the outside of the building, however the inside is quaint and has been well preserved. Very western style architecture in contrast to some of the other attractions in the area

R. a year ago

It was dirt cheap for a combined ticket so if you're around/passing by, it's worth popping in. If anything, I think the appeal of it was mostly the "English" vibes, e.g. Western style rooms and English tea room, but personally as a Brit that wasn't very exciting for me. I did get a kick out of seeing them selling pictures of Kate and Will and Paddinngton Bear in the gift shop. The history side of it was okay, and I definitely picked up some interesting information, but it's a small space. Overall, provided you're not interested in afternoon tea/general British vibes, you could probably be in and out of here in half an hour.