The Three Churches of Motomachi 元町教会群（カトリック元町教会・函館ハリストス正教会・函館聖ヨハネ教会）
The altar of the Catholic church (1923) was a gift from the Pope in Rome: the only such case in Japan.
The Motomachi district, on the hill above the port of Hakodate, was the city's first point of contact with the Christian missions after the port opened in 1859. Three active churches still stand there today: Motomachi Catholic Church (original building from 1859, rebuilt in 1923), the Russian Orthodox Haristos Church (current building from 1916, the first of that denomination built in Japan) and St John's Anglican Church (a mission since 1874, current building from 1979, recognisable by its brown cross-shaped roof).
Hokkaido
Hakodate
