二十間坂（にじゅっけんざか）

かつて，坂上に大工や工人が多く住んでいたことから「大工町坂」とも呼ばれた。函館は大火が多く，明治１２年（１８７９年）の大火後，防火帯としてできた坂で，路幅が二十間（約３６ｍ）あるので「二十間坂」と呼ばれた。

NIJUKKEN ZAKA SLOPE

Once there lived many carpenters and craftsmen around here, and this slope was also called 'Daiku machi Zaka' (meaning a slope in a carpenters'town) . Hakodate has had numerous disastrous fires and after the great fire of 1879 this slope was designed as a fire prevention belt, and thus was widened by nijukken (about. thirty-six meters) . This name is thus derived from the width of the slope and has been called such by Hakodate citizens since then. CITY OF HAKODATE