Goryōkaku

Hakodate, Japan · built 1866

Goryōkaku (lit. 'five-point fort') is a star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido. The fortress was completed in 1866. It was the main headquarters of the short-lived Republic of Ezo.

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