護国神社坂（ごこくじんじゃざか）

　別名「汐見坂」ともいい，昔は「招魂社の坂」とも「倒産坂」ともいった。汐見坂は坂上に汐見町ができ，その町名からとったもの。招魂社の坂は明治２年（１８６９年）に建立された招魂社（現護国神社）に登る坂ということから呼ばれ，現在の名になった。倒産坂は坂に面して門を立てると罰が当たって”かまど”がつぶれるといわれ，昔は門を坂に面しないようにした。

GOKOKUJINJA ZAKA SLOPE

Another name for this slope is 'Shiomi Zaka. ' In days gone by this slope was cal.led 'Shokonsha no Saka' and 'Tosan Zaka. ' It was once named 'Shiomi Zaka' because the area at the upper part of this slope is called Shiomi cho. It was also once called 'Shokonsha no Saka' because at the top of this slope is a shrine Shokonsha (now called 'Gokoku Jinja, or a shrine for the war dead') which was established in 1869. 'Tosan (bankruptcy) Zaka' came from the saying that if anyone erected a gate facing this slope, he would be destined to go bankrupt because of God's punishment. Therefore, people tried to observe this tradition. CITY OF HAKODATE