2023-11-22

道南の紅景　(2-1)
　朝は生憎の天気。雨の中津軽海峡が一望できるという立待岬に行き、その後元町を散策した。坂道がおおく石畳が敷かれ、洋館が多いことからどこか欧風の雰囲気が感じられる。坂道にアイヌ語が残っているのは北海道らしい。函館山には軍事施設があった。船魂神社参道には要塞標柱があり各面に津軽要塞第一地帯標、明治三十二年八月十日、陸軍省と刻印されている。奉行所跡にはペリーの銅像が建っていた。明治時代の函館には欧米の列強が頻繁に往来していたのだろうと主人は想像しながら散策した。公会堂はモダンな洋館造りであった。（10/27）

ホテルから見た函館山と煉瓦作りの倉庫 Mt. Hakodate and brick warehouses (a view from the Hotel restaurant)

立待岬 Cape Tachimachi

函館元町の散策 Walk through Motomachi

奉行所跡 Site of the Hakodate magistrate's office

ロシアビザンチン様式の函館ハリストス正教会聖堂　　 Hakodate Orthodox Church (a style of Russian Byzantine architecture)

公会堂 Public Hall

Autumn leaves of Southern Hokkaido (2-1)
Unfortunately it rained in the morning. They went to Cape Tachimachi to overlook Tsugaru Channel in the rain, and then took a walk through Motomachi. There were many slopes, and roads were paved with stones. Moreover, my master found many European-style buildings. So he felt the European style in the town of Hakodate. He thought that it was typical of Hokkaido that the names of the slopes still had Ainu words. There was a fortress leveling pole on the approach to Funadama shrine. A bronze statue of Perry was erected in the garden of the magistrate's office trace. He imagined that European and American Powers frequently visited Hakodate during both the Edo and Meiji era. (Oct.27)