{"id":1301,"date":"2019-01-30T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2019-07-10T09:55:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T01:55:42","slug":"hakodate-a-blooming-port-city-of-hokkaido-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/2019\/01\/30\/hakodate-a-blooming-port-city-of-hokkaido-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPAN SPECIAL: Hakodate \u2014 A Blooming Port City of Hokkaido, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Often the highlight of many spring travels, cherry blossoms decorate every part of Hakodate with their glorious charm, one that sets it as one of the must-see spring destinations in the Land of the Rising Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This time, we traveled up north to Hokkaido\u2019s third largest city: Hakodate. In what they call as a significant port city, Hakodate seems to be a revelation of all sorts as it gives reasons why it deserves to be a must-visit destination in Japan through its nature, history, and activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Along with TV personality Robi Domingo, we discovered what makes Hakodate a city on the rise. Read on for a handy guide on all the beautiful attractions, delicious food, and amazing activities you can do in this northern city in spring. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Getting to Hakodate<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By plane:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manila to Haneda Airport: 4 hours<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Haneda Airport to Hakodate Airport: 1 hour and 20 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By train:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tokyo to Hakodate via Hokkaido shinkansen: 4 hours and 30 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often the highlight of many spring travels, cherry blossoms decorate every part of Hakodate with their glorious charm, one that sets it as one of the must-see spring destinations in the Land of the Rising Sun. This time, we traveled up north to Hokkaido\u2019s third largest city: Hakodate. In what they call as a significant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hokkaido"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1301"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1619,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions\/1619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}