Hakodate Goryokaku Festival
Saturday, May 18 to Sunday, May 19, 2019
Seasonal Events from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021.
This page provides information on seasonal events hosted by the Goryokaku Tower and events held around Goryokaku each year.
*Please note that events are subject to change or cancellation.
Spring Events
Memorial Service for the War Dead of the Battle of Hakodate
Date Saturday, May 11, 2019.
Large koi-nobori windsocks are set up at the Goryokaku Tower.
Saturday, April 18 to Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Night Cherry Blossom Illumination at Goryokaku Park
Dates 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 25 to Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Hakodate Children’s Day: Parents & Kids Kite Making and Kite Flying Festival
Date Monday, May 5, 2019
Summer Events
Goryokaku Tower Tanabata Festival 2019
Dates Monday, July 1 to Sunday, July 7, 2019
Civic Creation Hakodate Outdoor Play Let the Castle of Stars Shine for Tomorrow
Dates Friday, July 12, Saturday, July 13, Friday, July 19, Saturday, July 20, Friday, July 26, Saturday, July 27, Friday, August 9, and Saturday, August 10, 2019.
Hakodate Port Festival
Dates Thursday, August 1 to Monday, August 5, 2019
Summer Solstice Light Down/Cool Earth Day Light Down
Dates Thursday, June 21, and Saturday, July 7, 2018
Fall Events
Oct. 1 is Observation Day☆
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Only on Tuesday, October 1, the first 101 visitors who purchased an observation ticket will receive a free original adhesive plaster by the All-Japan Tower Association.
*Please note that the giveaway will end once all the supplies are distributed.
Sports Day: Stair Climbing Challenge☆
Saturday, October 12 to Monday (Sports Day), October 14, 2019.
Goryokaku Tower holds an event titled “Sports Day: Stair Climbing Challenge” by using the emergency stairs not usually open to the public.
Winter Events
Hoshi no Yume Illumination
Sunday, December 1, 2019, to Saturday, February 29, 2020.
Hoshi no Yume Illumination is an event where the moat around Goryokaku is illuminated with nearly 2,000 lights to create a star-shaped illumination. Goryokaku is lit daily during the period.
Spring Camellia Display at the Goryokaku Tower
Sunday, February 16, 2020, to mid March (TBD)
The Spring Camellia Display will be held at the atrium on the first level.
To share the sign of spring little early with our customers, our company’s chairperson has been taking good care of camellias.
![[2020] Otoshidama Raffle for the New Year☆](https://www.goryokaku-tower.co.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/fukubiki2020-536x356.jpg)
[2020] Otoshidama Raffle for the New Year☆
January 1 to 3
visitors have a chance to draw a raffle ticket for each purchase of 2,020 yen.
Original tower items will be given away!
First Sunrise on New Year’s Day (Open at 6 a.m.)
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
We are pleased to announce that the Goryokaku Tower will open at 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
*Goryokaku Tower will open at normal hour (9 a.m.) on January 2.
Winter Traffic Safety Festival
Thursday, December 26, 2019
To pray for traffic safety during the year-end peak season and winter months, we hold the Winter Traffic Safety Festival around this time every year.
