RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, HAKODATE – A priest named Nikolia first introduced the Russian Orthodoxy to Japan when he visited Hakodate in 1861. This elegant Byzantine-style Church was rebuilt in 1916, and is located in the Motomachi district of Hakodate, a picturesque neighborhood of steep slopes and turn-of-the-19th century Western-style clapboard homes and buildings at the foot of Mount Hakodate.