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Hakodate, a seaport on the lower eastern coast of Hokkaido, is normally the first stop for travelers coming to the island from Honshu. Founded in 1454, Hakodate was one of four Japanese ports opened to foreign trade in 1859 as a result of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce that Japan signed with the U.S. the prior year. The city is famous for its fresh seafood (witness the daily morning market, where all kinds of fish, squid, crabs, and other seafood are sold), and is known for its ramen (where sliced squid is used instead of braised pork as a topping in the soup).
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The Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples introduces the culture and traditional everyday life of the peoples inhabiting the northern, subarctic regions of the globe, including the Ainu, the First Nations people of northern Canada, the Inuit, the Sami and the Siberian peoples. Opened in the year 1993, the museum covers topics such as clothing, food, transport, dwellings and the spiritual world with many exhibits, illustrating the differences and many similarities between the various peoples.
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