{"id":14678,"date":"2020-07-11T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=14678"},"modified":"2020-07-24T14:10:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T06:10:19","slug":"hakoviva-in-hakodate-japan-the-ultimate-one-stop-shopping-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2020\/07\/11\/hakoviva-in-hakodate-japan-the-ultimate-one-stop-shopping-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"HAKOVIVA in Hakodate Japan: The Ultimate One-Stop Shopping Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s a trip abroad without some souvenir shopping right? In Hakodate, just beside the famous JR Hakodate Station is HAKOVIVA<\/strong>,\u00a0the newly opened shopping complex boasting a complete Japanese experience from kimono rental shops,\u00a0seafood madness, souvenir shops, food stalls, and even a hotel and gym!<\/p>\n

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Also read:\u00a0JR Hakodate Station: Hakodate\u2019s Main Railway and Point of Access Around Hokkaido<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Hakoviva complex\u00a0is composed of the 11-story building of La\u2019gent Stay Hotel on the left side and the gated side of Hakodate Ekimae Yokocho housing various hole-in-the-wall food stalls.<\/p>\n

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If you like to try out some Japanese sweets, you can check out Senshuan Karyo specializing in matcha and strawberry delights.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, if you’re a fan of seafood, check out Hakodate Marunama Suisan offering a variety of Hakodate’s freshest catch.<\/p>\n

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Apart from food stalls and souvenirs, another thing to experience in Hakovivva is the famous Japanese kimono rental shop<\/p>\n

You can also find the Hakodate Ishou, a Japanese kimono rental shop here,\u00a0with over 400 rental costumes to choose from, such as classic gowns, traditional kimonos, and colored uchikake or bridal kimonos.<\/p>\n

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You can even have your hair done to match your chosen costume and walk around the complex to take some souvenir photos!<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0Hakodate Ishou in Hokkaido Japan: Getting Your Ultimate Japanese Makeover<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Apart from the hotel and the restaurant, the shopping complex also has GOLD\u2019S GYM and Lawson Convenience Store making it a one-stop-shop not just for locals waiting for their train schedule but for tourists alike.<\/span><\/p>\n

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General Information<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Address:<\/strong> Wakamatsu-cho 12-8, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido 040-0063, Japan<\/span>
\n<\/span>Nearest stop:<\/strong> 1-minute walk from JR Hakodate Station<\/span>
\n<\/span>Business hours:<\/strong> 10 a.m. (closing varies per shop)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This first appeared in Philippine Primer\u2019s English Magazine\u00a0July 2020 issue.
\nWritten by Denisse Tenorio<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What’s a trip abroad without some souvenir shopping right? In Hakodate, just beside the famous JR Hakodate Station is HAKOVIVA, the newly opened shopping complex boasting a complete Japanese experience from kimono rental shops, seafood madness, souvenir shops, food stalls, and even a hotel and gym! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275,565,1078,14,21,1749,691,1407,2850,3047,3065,3090],"tags":[256,258,3049,3050,3054,3066,3069,3070,3085,3086],"class_list":["post-14678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hakodate-japan","category-japan-international","category-hakodate","category-mall","category-souvenir","category-hokkaido-prefecture","category-hakodate-spot","category-travel","category-hakodate-japan-guide-2020","category-hokkaido-2020","category-hokkaido-japan-guide-2020","category-hokkaido-family-trip","tag-hakodate-japan","tag-hokkaido","tag-hokkaido-japan","tag-hakodate-japan-2020","tag-hokkaido-japan-2020","tag-japan-travels","tag-japan-travel-guide","tag-japan-travel-guide-2020","tag-hakoviva","tag-hakoviva-shopping-complex"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14678"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14691,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678\/revisions\/14691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}