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Ferry Attractions In Hakodate

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Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 279,851 with 143,221 households, and a population density of 412.83 persons per km2 . The total area is 677.77 km2 . The city is now the third biggest in Hokkaido after Sapporo and Asahikawa.
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  • 1. Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry Hakodate
    The Tsugaru Strait is a strait between Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the western part of Aomori Prefecture. The Seikan Tunnel passes under it at its narrowest point 12.1 miles between Tappi Misaki on the Tsugaru Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, Honshu, and Shirakami Misaki on the Matsumae Peninsula in Hokkaido. Japan's territorial waters extend to three nautical miles into the strait instead of the usual twelve, reportedly to allow nuclear-armed United States Navy warships and submarines to transit the strait without violating Japan's prohibition against nuclear weapons in its territory. The part of the Seikan Tunnel that passes under the strait is considered to be under Japanese sovereignty. The part of the Tsug...
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  • 2. Seikan Ferry Hakodate
    The Seikan Tunnel or 青函隧道 Seikan Zuidō, is a 53.85 km dual gauge railway tunnel in Japan, with a 23.3 km long portion under the seabed. The track level is about 100 m below the seabed and 240 m below sea level. It extends beneath the Tsugaru Strait — connecting Aomori Prefecture on the main Japanese island of Honshu with the northern island of Hokkaido — as part of the standard gauge Hokkaido Shinkansen and the narrow gauge Kaikyō Line portion of the Hokkaido Railway Company 's Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line. The name Seikan comes from combining the on'yomi readings of the first characters of Aomori , the nearest major city on the Honshu side of the strait, and Hakodate , the nearest major city on the Hokkaido side. The Seikan Tunnel is the world's longest tunnel with an undersea segme...
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