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 The old Teramachi (the town of temples) area
From the Edo period to early part of the Meiji period, the three Buddhist temples; Jogenji, Shomyoji, and Jitsugyoji were located side by side in this area. This area was thus bustling with 'many people visiting these temples for worship. So it was called Teramaohi (The town of temples).

For a while after Hakodate port was opened to foreign vessels, these temples were used as temporary residences for the British consul, the, American consul and the Russian consul. In 1872.

The headquarters of the old police department was located in Jogenji Temple. and it was also used as Emperor Meiji's temporary quarters when he visited Hakodate in 1876.

After the great fire in 1879, these three temple's rebuilt in other places. On the site of the old Jogenji Temple and the old Shomyoji Temple, Yayoi Primary School was built in 1882.

the famous Japanese poet, Ishikawa Takuboku once taught as a substitute teacher here.

Furthermore, this school is the alma mater of the famous literary critic Kamei Katsuichiro. The Dresent school was rebuilt in 1938.

Text by City of Hakodate
 
  
  
 
modelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
dateTue 2006-10-31 18:21:37
focal17.0mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
exposureaperture priority (semi-auto)
cityBangkok, Hong Kong, Vancouver
distantwalk 0.06 km SW from last photo
locationMap of "hallway of old hakodate public hall"
width400 height600
flashNo timing2.000 s
aperturef/6.3 iso100
whitebalanceAuto latitudeN 41d 45.90m 0s
longitudeE 140d 42.54m 0s elevation0.00m
continentAsia countryThailand
regionSouth East Asia itineraryExit Bangkok
activityHome - End of trip weatherRain
 
  
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