Hakodate, Hokkaido · Food
Where to Eat in Hakodate: Morning Market, Seafood Bowls, Shio Ramen and Local Burgers
10 places to eat · checked October 20, 2026
10 places to eat in Hakodate, grouped by what you eat
Hours, prices and access checked against each place's own page on October 20, 2026. They change; check before you go.
1Hakodate Morning Market (Asaichi)函館朝市
Seafood market with eateries · Hakodate Station
A covered seafood-and-produce market of about 250 shops right beside the station, with eateries inside. Its own map shows three zones: Ekini Market, Donburi Yokocho and the Asaichi Hiroba plaza.
Hours are for the market as a whole; each shop sets its own.
- Access
- About 1 minute on foot from JR Hakodate Station; about 2 minutes from the Hakodate-ekimae tram stop.
- Hours
- May–December from 5:00, January–April from 6:00, each to a little after 14:00; hours differ by shop
- Closed on
- Open every day of the year (individual shops may differ)
2Donburi Yokocho Ichiba函館朝市どんぶり横丁市場
Seafood-bowl eateries · Hakodate Station
The eating zone of the Morning Market: about 20 shops with 440 seats in total, the eateries among them seating 12 to 58 each. Run by its own cooperative since 1956.
Its own cooperative runs it; hours and closing days are on each shop's page on its site.
- Access
- About 1 minute on foot from JR Hakodate Station.
- Hours
- Set by each shop; the shop pages on the market's site list them
- Closed on
- Set by each shop
3Kikuyo Shokudo, Morning Market main shop函館朝市 きくよ食堂 本店
Seafood-bowl restaurant · Hakodate Station
A seafood-bowl restaurant founded in 1956 inside the Morning Market. Its rice is Hokkaido-grown Fukkurinko steamed in a charcoal-fired cooker; the Ganso Hakodate Tomoe-don is listed at ¥3,278 with tax. The main shop does not take seat reservations; the branch at Wakamatsucho 10-11 does.
No seat reservations at the main shop; the Wakamatsucho 10-11 branch takes them.
- Access
- About 2 minutes on foot from the west exit of JR Hakodate Station; about 3 minutes from Hakodate-ekimae tram stop.
- Hours
- May–November 6:00–14:00 (last order 13:40); December–April 6:00–13:30 (last order 13:10)
- Closed on
- 1 January
- Price
- Ganso Hakodate Tomoe-don ¥3,278 incl. tax (menu price, 20 Oct 2026)
4Hakodate Menchubo Ajisai, JR Hakodate Station shop函館麺厨房あじさい JR函館駅店
Hakodate shio ramen · Hakodate Station
The station branch of a local ramen group whose signature is a clear shio (salt) soup with custom straight noodles. The main shop is in Goryokaku and a second branch is in the Hakodate Bay Bishoku Club; the station shop has no closed day.
Payment methods and reservations differ by shop; the site says to phone the shop.
- Access
- On the 2nd floor of JR Hakodate Station (Wakamatsucho 12-13).
- Hours
- 10:00–19:30 (last order)
- Closed on
- Open every day of the year
5Lucky Pierrot, Bay Area Main Storeラッキーピエロ ベイエリア本店
Local burger restaurant · Bay Area
The first shop of Hakodate's own burger chain, opened in 1987 beside the Kanemori warehouses. The chain's own menu page names the Chinese Chicken Burger as its No. 1 seller. Two other branches: Hakodate Ekimae, 2 minutes on foot from the station (8:00–22:00), and Marina Suehiro, 2 minutes from this shop (9:30–22:00).
- Access
- Beside the Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse group; its page gives 3 minutes by car from Hakodate Station.
- Hours
- 10:00–21:00 (last order 20:30; soft drinks 20:45)
6Hasegawa Store, Hakodate Ekimaeハセガワストア 函館駅前店
Convenience store, yakitori bento · Hakodate Station
A branch of the Hakodate convenience-store chain behind the local yakitori bento, on sale since September 1978 and made in the shop. The skewers are pork, not chicken.
Hasegawa's own site lists the bento menu and the shop's other branches.
- Access
- About 2 minutes on foot from JR Hakodate Station. No parking of its own.
- Hours
- 8:00–20:00
7Daimon Yokocho (Hikari no Yatai)大門横丁 函館ひかりの屋台
Food-stall alley · Hakodate Station
An evening food-stall village of 26 shops that calls itself the largest in the Tohoku region and north, mixing seafood, yakitori, oden, ramen and Italian, Korean and Asian menus. Most shops are counter-only; payment is mostly cash, and hours and closing days are set by each shop.
Mostly cash; children are admitted only in the non-smoking shops.
- Access
- About 7 minutes on foot from JR Hakodate Station; about 5 minutes from Hakodate-ekimae tram stop.
- Hours
- Set by each shop (one listed shop runs 17:00–23:00)
- Closed on
- Set by each shop; the site posts a closing calendar
8Hakodate Beerはこだてビール
Brewery restaurant · Bay Area
A brewpub in a brick building on Meijikan Street, with the brewery tanks beside the restaurant and five house beers on the menu. It describes itself as Hakodate's only restaurant attached to a craft-beer brewery.
The site's own figures give 7 minutes from the station; the tourism guide gives 2 minutes from Suehirocho tram stop.
- Access
- About 7 minutes on foot from JR Hakodate Station; about 1 minute from the Uoichiba-dori tram stop (the shop's own figures).
- Hours
- 11:00–15:00 and 17:00–21:30 (last order varies by season)
9Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse (Hakodate Beer Hall and cafés)金森赤レンガ倉庫
Warehouse complex with beer hall and cafés · Bay Area
A group of red-brick warehouses on the waterfront turned into shops, cafés and a beer hall. The Hakodate Beer Hall is open every day; the shops run 9:30–19:00.
- Access
- About 15 minutes on foot from JR Hakodate Station; about 5 minutes from Jujigai tram stop.
- Hours
- Hakodate Beer Hall 11:30–21:30 on weekdays, 11:00–21:30 (last order 21:00) on weekends and holidays; shops 9:30–19:00
- Closed on
- Hakodate Beer Hall: open every day
10Snaffles, Kanemori Yobutsukan shop函館洋菓子スナッフルス 金森洋物館店
Sweets shop (cheese omelette) · Bay Area
The Kanemori-warehouse shop of a Hakodate confectioner, best known for the Cheese Omelette, a cheesecake the maker launched from Hakodate in 2000. The maker's October 2026 notice lists no closed days for this shop.
- Access
- Inside the Kanemori Yobutsukan building, about 15 minutes on foot from JR Hakodate Station.
- Hours
- 9:30–19:00 (October 2026 notice)
- Closed on
- None in October 2026
Good to know
Hakodate's food sits in two clusters. Around JR Hakodate Station are the Morning Market and its seafood-bowl alley, a station shio ramen shop, the Hasegawa Store yakitori bento and the evening food-stall alley Daimon Yokocho. About 15 minutes on foot toward the bay are the Kanemori red-brick warehouses, Lucky Pierrot's first shop, Hakodate Beer and a sweets shop. The 10 places below are grouped by what you eat, with hours, closing days and access checked on 20 October 2026 against each place's own site.
The seafood bowls are a morning and lunchtime meal. The Morning Market opens at 5:00 from May to December and 6:00 from January to April, and runs to a little after 14:00, with hours set by each shop; Kikuyo Shokudo's last order is 13:40 (May to November) or 13:10 (December to April). For the evening, Daimon Yokocho's hours are set by each shop, and the bay-area listings run to 21:00 or 21:30.
Hakodate shio ramen is a clear salt soup with soft thin noodles and simple toppings, according to the city's tourism guide. Ajisai's station shop is on the 2nd floor of JR Hakodate Station and has no closed day; its main shop is in Goryokaku and closes on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
Where in Hakodate to eat: the areas compared
Built only from the places on this page and their listed hours.
| Area | Best for | Food on this page | Hours | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakodate Station and Morning Market | Breakfast, lunch, and meals on arrival or departure day | Seafood bowls, shio ramen, yakitori bento | Market from 5:00 (May–Dec) or 6:00 (Jan–Apr) to a little after 14:00; Hasegawa 8:00–20:00; Ajisai station shop 10:00–19:30 (last order) | 1 to 2 minutes on foot from JR Hakodate Station |
| Daimon Yokocho | Evening drinks and small plates | Seafood, yakitori, oden, ramen and more, mostly at counters | Set by each shop; one listed shop runs 17:00–23:00 | 7 minutes from JR Hakodate Station; 5 minutes from Hakodate-ekimae tram stop |
| Bay area (Kanemori) | A daytime stroll with a burger, sweets or a beer | Lucky Pierrot's first shop, Hakodate Beer, Kanemori Beer Hall, Snaffles | Lucky Pierrot 10:00–21:00; Beer Hall to 21:30; Hakodate Beer 11:00–15:00 and 17:00–21:30; Snaffles 9:30–19:00 | About 15 minutes on foot from the station; 5 minutes from Jujigai tram stop |
By kind of trip
Breakfast
The market's listed hours start at 5:00 (May to December) or 6:00 (January to April).
Hakodate Morning Market (Asaichi) · Donburi Yokocho Ichiba · Kikuyo Shokudo, Morning Market main shop
First trip
A seafood bowl in the market, the local burger chain's first shop and the Kanemori warehouses.
Hakodate Morning Market (Asaichi) · Kikuyo Shokudo, Morning Market main shop · Lucky Pierrot, Bay Area Main Store · Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse (Hakodate Beer Hall and cafés)
Evening
Food stalls by the station and the bay-area places open until 21:30.
Daimon Yokocho (Hikari no Yatai) · Hakodate Beer · Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse (Hakodate Beer Hall and cafés)
Arrival or departure day
All within about 2 minutes on foot of JR Hakodate Station, or inside it.
Hakodate Menchubo Ajisai, JR Hakodate Station shop · Hasegawa Store, Hakodate Ekimae · Donburi Yokocho Ichiba · Hakodate Morning Market (Asaichi)
A walk along the bay
Four places within the Kanemori warehouse area.
Lucky Pierrot, Bay Area Main Store · Hakodate Beer · Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse (Hakodate Beer Hall and cafés) · Snaffles, Kanemori Yobutsukan shop
Questions
What time does the Hakodate Morning Market open?
From May to December the market's own site gives 5:00, and from January to April 6:00, each until a little after 14:00. It is open every day of the year, but hours differ by shop. It is about 1 minute on foot from JR Hakodate Station.
Is Donburi Yokocho the same as the Morning Market?
It is one zone of it. The Morning Market's map shows Ekini Market, Donburi Yokocho and the Asaichi Hiroba plaza together; Donburi Yokocho Ichiba is run by its own cooperative and has about 20 shops with 440 seats.
Where can I eat in the evening near Hakodate Station?
Daimon Yokocho, a food-stall alley of 26 shops about 7 minutes' walk from the station. Hours and closing days are set by each shop, and payment is mostly cash.
What is Lucky Pierrot?
A Hakodate burger-restaurant chain. Its first shop, the Bay Area Main Store, opened in 1987 beside the Kanemori warehouses and is open 10:00–21:00 (last order 20:30). The chain's own menu page names the Chinese Chicken Burger as its No. 1 seller.
Is the Hasegawa Store yakitori bento made with chicken?
No. The maker's own page says the skewers are pork. The bento has been sold since September 1978 and is made in the shop.