{"id":31574,"date":"2019-12-23T22:42:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=31574"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:02:54","slug":"15-days-in-kanagawa-hokkaido-day-12-mt-hakodate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/12\/23\/15-days-in-kanagawa-hokkaido-day-12-mt-hakodate\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido \u2013 Day 12 – Mt. Hakodate"},"content":{"rendered":"

And finally, our last stop for Day 12: going up Mt. Hakodate<\/strong> for what\u2019s regarded as one of Japan\u2019s top three night views of its cities. Nicknamed \u201cGlimmering Jewellery Box\u201d, it sure looks it. The view from this mountain surpasses what I saw at Mt. Moiwa several days back, as there are at least natural features observable from Mt. Hakodate to give pictures some resemblance of theme and patterns.<\/p>\n

Whether the view is worth the agony of going up though is a different story. The mountain is accessible by a ropeway system, but the viewing platform was extremely crowded. Tour buses full of tourists were coming and arriving every minute, and as there is only perhaps a 20 m stretch to see a perspective like this, visitors were cramming – at least four persons deep – towards the fencing. Some visitors were respectful enough to take the pictures\/videos they wanted, then step back to allow those behind them to move forward for their turn. But then again, you have the visitors who want to do their Instagram-type pictures, with their arms and hands outstretched for their vanity poses and knocking into others.<\/p>\n

Best of all, I saw a dude who broke out his professional-sized tripod at the door, with the intent of taking long exposures, I assume. My guess is that if he tried to deploy that with this crowd, he would have had his legs broken – the tripod legs I mean – and tossed overboard!<\/p>\n

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These pictures here were handheld and shot at between ISO 3200 to ISO 6400, shutter speeds of 1\/50 s to 1\/80 s. RAW files were cleaned up in Lightroom (I\u2019ll do a longer post when I\u2019m back home in Singapore about post-processing images from this trip).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a wrap for Day 12. One more substantial day tomorrow<\/a> of sightseeing, then it\u2019s headed back to Tokyo, then home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And finally, our last stop for Day 12: going up Mt. Hakodate for what\u2019s regarded as one of Japan\u2019s top three night views of its cities. Nicknamed \u201cGlimmering Jewellery Box\u201d, it sure looks it. The view from this mountain surpasses<\/p>\n

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