Mashu Maru Seikan Ferry Memorial Ship
青函連絡船記念館摩周丸
A retired Seikan ferry moored beside Hakodate Station. Visitors can tour the bridge, radio room, and vehicle deck, and relive the shipping days before the Seikan Tunnel opened.
The Seikan ferries connected Aomori and Hakodate from 1908 to 1988, serving as the main link between Honshu and Hokkaido until service ended with the opening of the Seikan Tunnel. The Mashu Maru has been preserved in place as a memorial museum. Visitors can tour the wheelhouse, the radio room, the former second-class cabins, and exhibits on life aboard, and you can even sit in the captain's chair for a photo. The open deck offers wide views of Mount Hakodate and the bay. Admission is about 500 yen. Open 8:30-18:00 (9:00-17:00 from November to March). About a 4-minute walk from JR Hakodate Station, right beside the Morning Market.
Opening hours
08:30–18:00 (09:00–17:00 November–March)
Nearby sights
- Hakodate Morning Market
- Hakodate Meiji-kan
- Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse
- Lucky Pierrot Bay Area Main Store
- Motomachi Catholic Church
- Former British Consulate of Hakodate
- Hachiman-zaka Slope
- Hakodate Orthodox Church