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Hakodate

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Ha·ko·da·te  (häkô-dät)
A city of southwest Hokkaido, Japan, on Tsugaru Strait. Its excellent harbor was first opened to foreign traders in 1854. Population: 291,000.

Hakodate [ˌhɑːkəʊˈdɑːteɪ]
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(Placename) a port in N Japan, on S Hokkaido: fishing industry and shipbuilding. Pop.: 298 868 (1995)


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Didn't I sail in as a youngster, second mate on the brig Berncastle, into Hakodate, pumping double watches to keep afloat just because a whale took a smash at us?
Don't I remember him in Hakodate two years gone, when he had a row an' shot four iv his men?
 
 
 
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