The goals for this trip was to see the famous night view of Hakodate that I missed two years ago due to bad weather, and to try out the city center to city center flights between Taipei Songshan Airport to Tokyo International Airport. The journey to Tokyo was really smooth and I spent the time before boarding the flight to Hakodate at the airport’s observation deck.

View of Taipei’s Neihu technology park where my office located.


The Picachu livery plane of All Nippon Airways (ANA) was really popular among children.


Japan Airlines’ Sky ECO special livery changes the normal red color on the vertical stabilizer to green.


After settled down at the hotel, I went to the observation deck at the summit of Mount Hakodate immediately. As the sky getting darker, people started coming to the observation deck both by buses and the cable car, and before I knew it, the observation deck was packed with people even at a normal Tuesday evening.

Ascending to the observation deck of Mount Hokodate via the cable car.


There were already many people even before sunset.


View of Hakodate as the day turned into night.








The Old Hakodate Public Hall at night.


Live performances for the World Folk Music Festival at an open air theater near the Old Hakodate Public Hall attracted many locals.


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