Location of the Goryokaku Tower

Goryokaku Tower Corporation
43-9 Goryokaku-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 040-0001
Tel: 0138-51-4785 / Fax: 0138-32-6390

From JR Hakodate Station

■ Take a Hakodate City Tram in front of Hakodate Station and get off in front of Goryokaku Park and walk for about 15 minutes.


■ Take a Hakodate Bus in front of Hakodate Station and get off at Goryokaku and walk for about 15 minutes.
■ Take a Hakodate Bus in front of Hakodate Station and get off at the entrance to Goryokaku Park and walk for about 7 minutes.


■ Take a Hakodate Bus Goryokaku Tower and Trappistine shuttle bus and get off at Goryokaku Tower and walk for 1 minute.

From JR Goryokaku Station

■ Take Hakodate Bus No.78 and get off at the entrance in front of Goryokaku Park and walk for about 7 minutes.

From JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station

■ Take a JR train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station to Hakodate Station.Click here for access from JR Hakodate Station.


■ Take a Hakodate Teisan Bus from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station and get off at the entrance to Goryokaku Park and walk for 10 minutes.


■ Take a Hokkaido Kanko Bus from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station and get off at the entrance in front of Goryokaku Park and walk for 10 minutes.


■ Take a Hakodate Bus from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station and get off at the entrance to Goryokaku Park and walk for 10 minutes.

From Hakodate Airport

■ Take a Hakodate Bus non-stop bus to the Goryokaku Area, Tobikko, and get off at the entrance to Goryokaku Park and walk for 7 minutes.


■ Take a Hakodate Bus Goryokaku Tower and Trappistine shuttle bus and get off in front of the Goryokaku Tower and walk for 1 minutes.


■ Take a Hakodate Bus No.8(Airport-Goryokaku Rapid Line) and get off in front of the Goryokaku Tower and walk for 1 minutes.

From the ferry terminal

■ Take a Hakodate Bus No.16・16A and get off at Goryokaku and walk for about 15 minutes.

*Timetables and fares are subject to change without prior notice due to the revision of timetables and fares. Please check with a transportation company before use.

Visiting by car

Goryokaku Tower does not have parking facilities for private cars. When you are visiting by car, please use the following pay parking in the vicinity of the Goryokaku Tower. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Parking at the Hakodate Performing Arts Center, Hakodate City Northern Pacific Fishery’s Document Museum, and the Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido. (Pay parking)

Parking at the Hakodate Performing Arts Center, Hakodate City Northern Pacific Fishery’s Document Museum, and the Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido. (Pay parking)


*Please note that the customers visiting the Hakodate Performing Arts Center, Hakodate City Northern Pacific Fishery’s Document Museum, and the Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido, receive free parking for up to two hours. Please have your parking ticket validated at the information desk of each facility.

Hakodate Municipal Goryokaku Sightseeing Parking (pay parking) located across the street from the Hakodate City Central Library.

Hakodate Municipal Goryokaku Sightseeing Parking (pay parking) located across the street from the Hakodate City Central Library.


*Please note that the customers visiting the Hakodate Performing Arts Center, Hakodate City Northern Pacific Fishery’s Document Museum, and the Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido, receive free parking for up to two hours. Please have your parking ticket validated at the information desk of each facility.

Travel time to the Goryokaku Tower

From JR Hakodate Station (Approx. 3.5 km) Approx. 15 min by car.
Approx. 30 min by Hakodate City Tram.
Approx. 20 min by Hakodate Bus.
From JR Goryokaku Station (Approx. 2.5 km) Approx. 10 min by car.
Approx. 20 min by Hakodate Bus.
From Mount Hakodate (Approx. 10 km) Approx. 30 min by car.
From Yunokawa Onsen (Approx. 4 km) Approx. 15 min by car.
From Hakodate Airport (Approx. 8 km) Approx. 20 min by car.
From Trappistine Monastery (Approx. 7 km) Approx. 25 min by car.
From the ferry terminal (Approx. 5 km) Approx. 20 min by car.
Take the Hakodate Shinsotokan Road via
Hokkaido Expressway Onuma park IC (Approx. 32 km)
Approx. 40 min by car.
(Hakodate City Tram) Hakodate Transportation Bureau Tel: 0138-52-1273
Hakodate Bus Tel: 0138-22-8111
JR Hokkaido Telephone Information Center Tel: 011-222-7111
JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station Tel: 0138-83-5057
JR Hakodate Station Tel: 0138-23-3085
JR Goryokaku Station Tel: 0138-41-3745
Hakodate Teisan Bus Tel: 0138-55-1111