Sightseeing
Trappistine Convent
📍 Trappistine Convent, Hakodate, Japan
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Introduction
The Trappistine Convent (Trapistines) sits on a wooded hill on the edge of Hakodate, founded in 1898 by eight French Trappistine nuns — among Japan's oldest Western convents for women. A red-brick and white-wood chapel rests among lawns and flower beds in deep tranquillity; the nuns' handmade butter cookies, sold at the gate, are a classic Hakodate souvenir.
✨ Highlights
1
Century-old convent
Founded 1898 by French nuns; a serene red-brick chapel.
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Handmade cookies
The nuns' butter cookies are a classic Hakodate gift.
3
Quiet gardens
Lawns, rose beds and forest paths for a slow stroll.
🛈 Practical Info
→Location：Kami-Yukawa, Hakodate, Hokkaido
→Time needed：30–40 minutes
→Note：Chapel usually closed; gardens open
💡 Tips
• About 40 min by bus from Hakodate Station, then a few minutes' walk.
• Cookies are limited daily and sell out by afternoon in peak season.
• Keep noise down to respect the nuns' retreat.
FAQ
Any practical tips for visiting Trappistine Convent?
About 40 min by bus from Hakodate Station, then a few minutes' walk. Cookies are limited daily and sell out by afternoon in peak season.
