Japan, Hokkaido, View of Hakodate Bay Area (Photo by: JTB Photo/UIG via Getty Images)

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Red-brick Warehouse District

Hokkaidō


These early-20th-century red-brick warehouses on the waterfront are the legacy of Hakodate's status as a historic, international trade port. They've been restored and turned into a tourist mall (which seems apt). The complex is pretty in the evening, when it's lit up.