Hakodate

Morning Market

朝市 asa-ichi crammed into a couple of bayfront buildings, rows of vendors sell a variety of seafood, but the main attraction is the huge selection of hokkaidå's famous crabs. open 5 am 6 am in the winter until noon. next to the market are a number of restaurants, most of which specialize in seafood-topped donburi rice bowl. near the jr station and the streetcar hakodate eki-mae 函館駅前 stop.

Glasswares and musicboxes

Can be bought at the old meijikan post office 明治館 meiji-kan. meijikan is situated near the vicinity of the red brick warehouses akarenga and the hakodate beer hall. get off at the streetcar's jujigai十字街 stop.