五ご稜りょう郭かく

noun

Goryokaku; star-shaped fort

Refers specifically to the historical star-shaped fort in Hakodate, Hokkaido. The term can also be used generically for any five-sided fortification, but it is overwhelmingly associated with the famous site.

• 五ご稜りょう郭かくは函はこ館だての有ゆう名めいな観かん光こう地ちです。

  Goryokaku is a famous sightseeing spot in Hakodate.

• 五ご稜りょう郭かくは星ほし形がたの要よう塞さいとして知しられている。

  Goryokaku is known as a star-shaped fortress.