Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Hokkaido Area

  • Sapporo Beer Garden
    rating-image
    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Higashi-ku Kitashichijouhigashi 9-2-10
    Sapporo Beer Garden is a complex of restaurants located to the east of Sapporo Station. There are five restaurants full of individuality with different tastes and atmospheres on the site where a historic red brick building stands. Among them, Kessel Hall has an enormous beer brewing cauldron (kessel) made in 1912, and you can enjoy draught beer directly from the brewery and “Genghis Khan” cuisine in a large space like a beer hall. In the Garden Grill, there is a fully private room complete with an exclusive terrace where you can relax and enjoy the private space.

    札幌出張の折、ビジネス仲間とディナーに訪れました。 事前に予約しないと入れない程の人気のレストランだけあって、庭園を眺めながらの個室での会食は高級感溢れる雰囲気で、料理も量より質を重視した「極みコース」を選びました。 ラム特有の臭みもなく絶品!和牛も柔らかく特製タレが旨味を引き出し、サッポロビールとの相性も抜群。 また肉だけでなく、海鮮もあり、最後は北海道の形状をしたプレートに乗せられたデザートま...

  • Asahikawa Ramen Village
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Asahikawashi Nagayamajuichijou 4-119-48
    This theme park which has assembled together the finest ramen shops from within the city of Asahikawa is approximately 20 minutes by car from JR Asahikawa Station. Current member stores include the eight restaurants of Aoba, Ittetsu-an Matsuda, Ishida, Tenkin, Santoka, Saijo, Koubo Kato and Baikoken. There are even restaurants offering miniature sizes of ramen, so visitors can easily enjoy taste testing at several places. It is also popular among tourists as a unique photo spot with a giant ramen bowl featuring chopsticks holding noodles that appear to be floating in the air.
  • Sapporo Beer Garden, Genghis Khan Hall
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Higashi-ku Kitashichijouhigashi 9-2-10
    This beer garden and restaurant is located in Sapporo's Higashi Ward. The building's classic atmosphere will transport you immediately back to the Meiji period. Supplement Hokkaido's famous Genghis Khan grilled mutton meal with beer direct from the brewery. Along with the Genghis Khan indulge in an all-you-can-eat of king crab, snow crab, and sushi.
  • Daruma Main Shop
    rating-image
    4.0
    432 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Minamigojounishi 4 Crystal Building 1F
    This Mongolian-style barbeque in Susukino, Sapporo was founded 60 years ago. It is an interestingly built restaurant with a large almost 15 meters square horseshoe counter with the kitchen in the center. When you sit down you will have a charcoal fire with pot right in front of you where they will prepare a dish of mutton along with other meats and vegetables. This is how Daruma works. They also offer an iconic side menu with their special kimchi and chanja (spicy cod).

    I was puzzled by the dish name Jingisukan [Genghis Khan] as I am pretty sure the great Khan had nothing to do with Hokkaido, and I smelt a hype here. I did some research afterward, and indeed...

  • Ganso Sapporo Ramen Yokocho
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Minamigojounishi 3-6 N/Grandeville 1F
    Ganso Sapporo Ramen Yokocho is a renowned alley in the Susukino district that made Sapporo ramen widely known all around Japan as the origin of miso ramen. Koraku Ramen Meitengai established in 1951 was the birthplace of Ganso Sapporo Ramen Yokocho. There are 17 restaurants brimming with select individuality in the alley, including a Michelin Guide-listed restaurant, a long-established restaurant founded in 1933, and a restaurant run by a noodle factory. The retro atmosphere that evokes the Showa period is also an attraction.
  • ROYCE' (New Chitose Airport Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Chitoseshi Bibi New Chitose Airport Terminal Building 2F
    This store is run by ROYCE' Confect Company., Ltd, famous for their raw chocolate. It's located on the second floor of New Chitose Airport's Domestic Terminal Building. ROYCE' chocolate is made at their factory in Hokkaido and features high quality ingredients at reasonable prices. Add originality to that and you get ROYCE' premium appeal. Their only outlet store is in Hokkaido, so it's highly popular for Hokkaido souvenirs. You'll love classics like raw chocolate and originals like chocolate potato chips, chocolate popcorn, and soft serve ice cream that displays ROYCE' trademark commitment to excellence.
  • Conveyor belt sushi Toriton Maruyama Branch
    rating-image
    4.0
    117 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Kitayonjounishi 23-2-17
    This conveyor belt sushi restaurant in Chuo, Sapporo City, Hokkaido is said to have a line out front even on weekend and holidays. They boast the finest variety of seafood from throughout Hokkaido including squid from Hakodate, pacific saury from Nemuro, and thick scallops from Notsuke. Come taste the foods you can’t find anywhere but Hokkaido, with each piece of sushi a glimmering jewel made by their skilled chefs that has all the local gourmets raving.

    The restaurant was quite well known by the locals. When we went there, many groups were waiting for their turns. The waiting time for us was about 30 mins, which was quite long. It would be better if...

  • Kaiten-sushi Nemuro Hanamaru (Nemuro Shop)
    rating-image
    4.0
    100 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Nemuroshi Hanazonochou 9-35
    This sushi restaurant is located in Hanazono Town, Nemuro City. They offer carefully selected seasonal fish and seafood caught from the waters around Nemuro. With mottos of the pleasure of looking and the pleasure of choosing, you can partake in this epitome of flavor in conveyor belt sushi with fresh salmon, saury, and cod soft roe in winter. The passing flow of Nemuro's ocean bounty on the belt is a sight to behold. They particularly recommend their spear squid with increased availability from winter to spring, whelk from eastern Hokkaido, and pacific cod konbu-jime caught by pole and line in Hamanaka.

    This is the main shop of Hanamaru. The restaurant opened at 11am and was filled with people in half an hour. Like other conveyor belt sushi restaurant, the sushi were priced according to the color of...

  • LUCKY PIERROT Bay Area Main Store
    rating-image
    4.0
    893 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Hakodateshi Suehirochou 23-18
    This is a gourmet burger restaurant located in the Bay area of Hakodate in Hokkaido, and its colorful clown signboard is a landmark. The interior of the restaurant is like a forest with the keynote being green, and there is a merry-go-round style wooden horse and swinging seats, with an atmosphere which is the same as an amusement park. The most popular burger is the “Chinese chicken” which has a Chinese flavored salty-sweet sauce. For groups, the gigantic “Mount Hakodate Burger” where three burgers can be enjoyed together is also popular.

    There are about a dozen of this chain in HDate. The one one water near the Red Sheds is where went. There was another 100m away over the road. I had a Shrimp / Prawn burger which was good. They...

  • Hakodate Hikari no Yatai Daimon Yokocho
    rating-image
    4.0
    214 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Hakodateshi Matsukazechou 7
    Daimon Yokocho Hakodate Hikari no Yatai is an alley located in the Daimon district in front of Hakodate Station. It is lined with 26 restaurants where diverse cuisine can be enjoyed, including ramen stores, seafood restaurants, sushi shops, and bars. Regular events are also held such as Daimon Bar offering one drink and one meal for a set price of 500 yen during certain times, and it can be seen bustling with many people. It is also a spot where you can enjoy contact with the locals with the many regular customers not to mention the staff.

    Went on a Sunday night to check it out and the place was packed, didnt eat then. Returned the next night, Monday, and it was very quiet so we had a chance to try a couple of places. We were...

  • Toriton Toyohira Restaurant
    rating-image
    4.5
    211 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Toyohira-ku Toyohirayonjou 6-1-10
    This converyor-belt sushi restaurant is in Toyohira Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. Fastidious about fish that is only caught locally, almost all of this restaurant's seafood comes from Hokkaido ports, offering salmon, sweet shrimp, and raw hokki clam. Known for its generous portions, not only do tourists throng here, but the locals are regulars as well.

    We came to visit this Sushi kaiten for the very first time.. Luckily, we had to wait for only 10 minutes. We ordered many dishes like sushi, Chawamushi and Fish soup, all of which were quite good and...

  • Baikohken (New Chitose Airport Branch)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Chitoseshi Bibi New Shin Chitose Airport Terminal Building 3F Ramen Dojo
    New Chitose Airport Branch of the famous ramen restaurant, Baikohken, on the third floor of the domestic terminal, chosen as Asahikawa Ramen's Best Store. They're widely regarded for their Asahikawa soy sauce ramen, which uses a thick broth made with pork, chicken, dried anchovy and kelp. Their noodles are handmade with medium thickness that curls nicely in the broth. Their side menu includes Supreme Cheese Dumplings which use three kinds of cheese and are popular among women.
  • LeTAO Main Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Otarushi Sakaimachi 7-16
    The main location of a Western confectionary shop from Otaru, Hokkaido. The easily identifiable exterior is modeled after a cute, old European tower. The shop's signature item is its Double Fromage, a melt-in-your mouth cheesecake made with top quality ingredients and consisting of a baked and non-baked layer. The shop can also ship products throughout Japan and you can always enjoy fresh-made cheesecake and creme brulee in the cafe area.
  • Ebisoba Ichigen Main Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Minamishichijounishi 9-1024-10
    This soba noodle shop is a 15-minute walk from Nakajima Koen Station on the subway's Namboku Line in the Chuo Ward of Sapporo City, Hokkaido. It's the headquarters of the Ichigen noodle shop chain, famed for its Ebisoba. Starting with the color of the bowl, this shop is committed to the fine points of ebisoba. They use custom-made noodles and their special soup made by adding their original recipe shrimp oil to a slowly simmering soup stock of northern shrimp. Toppings include tenkasu tempura bits and shrimp flakes made from northern shrimp heads. Choose a salty, miso, or soy sauce-based broth along with your favorite style of noodles.
  • Niseko Takahashi Dairy Farm, Milk Workshop
    rating-image
    4.5
    472 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Abuta-gun Niseko-machi Soga 888-1
    The Milk Workshop is a confectionary shop run by the Niseko Takahashi Dairy Farm. It sells confectionary that includes soft serve ice cream using fresh milk from the dairy farm directly next door and local 100% rice flour swiss rolls. The location is also attractive with a sense of openness from gazing at Mt. Yotei, which is a symbol of Niseko.

    What a treat! Ice creams, cream puffs, cheese tarts are our favorite. Hokkaido milk products are just top-notch!

  • Sapporo Kanihonke Sapporo Ekimae Branch (in front of Sapporo Sation)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Kitasanjounishi 2-1-18
    Sapporo Kanihonke Sapporo Ekimae Branch is five minutes’ walk from the south exit of JR Sapporo Station. It’s a popular restaurant where you can enjoy cuisine using crab sourced directly from the fishing grounds. It features a diverse menu, which includes the signature boiled king crab and ranges from hotpots such as Kanisuki which allows you to try red king crab and snow crab at the same time and Crab Kaiseki, which allows you to fully enjoy crab. There are various spaces from private rooms that can be used by even one or two people to a hall that can be used by up to 60.
  • Rokkatei Sapporo Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Kitayonjounishi 6-3-3
    This is the Sapporo head office of Rokkatei, probably the most famous confectioner in Hokkaido. The building houses a shop, a cafe, a concert hall, and a gallery. You can purchase Rokkatei confectionery from the shop on the first floor, including their classic Marusei Butter Sandwich Cake, and the Marusei Ice Cream Sandwich Cake, amongst other things. Light food and desserts are served in the cafe on the second floor with the aromatic mugwort mochi (rice cake) and croissants being particularly popular. It’s a popular place to visit for tea or lunch as well as a great place to come and buy some souvenirs when sightseeing in Sapporo. The nearest station is Sapporo Station.
  • Kantaro New Chitose Airport Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Chitoseshi Bibi 987 - 22 New Chitose Airport Domestic Passenger Terminal 3F
    A sushi restaurant located in the New Chitose Airport, the gateway in the sky to Hokkaido. A wide variety of fresh seafood is lovingly prepared on their original blend of Hokkaido rice, vinegar and dashi (soup stock) to give a perfect balance between sushi rice and large portions of seafood. Their freshly shelled live shellfish sushi is especially popular.
  • Soup curry & dining Suage plus (soup curry and dining age plus)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporo-shi Chuo-ku South 4 West 5 Shimosamatsu Building 2F
    This is a popular top-class soup curry specialist in Chuo Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. As the name suggests, they offer a wide variety of soup curries made with rich ingredients deliciously fried. Try select Hokkaido ingredients such as Shiretoko chicken and lavender pork. Their rice which is blended with wild rice is full of nutrition. They have their standard light soup as well as a rich squid-ink based soup.
  • Kinotoya (New Chitose Airport shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Chitoseshi Bibi New Chitose Airport Terminal Building Center Plaza 2F
    Kinotoya is a renowned confectionary shop based in Sapporo. Now you can buy Kinotoya's famous sweets right in New Chitose Airport. The shop's showcases are filled with sweets such as Kinotoya's fresh-baked cheese tart, selected as the number one sweet New Chitose Airport workers themselves would choose to buy. Kinotoya itself and this treat are so popular you'll often find long lines of people waiting to buy a tart. Other great souvenirs you can buy include the Hokkaido baked cheese cake, which was awarded the grand prize in the Hokkaido Sweets Contest; and Kinotoya's signature Sapporo Agricultural College Hokkaido milk cookies.

Hokkaido Areas

around-area-map

Not just a prefecture but an island of its own, Hokkaido is the most northerly prefecture and island of the Japanese archipelago. Arriving in Hokkaido, which is rural and bursting with breathtaking nature, means entering a world where vast national parks, towering mountains, and natural hot springs can be found at every turn. Come December, these natural splendors freeze over and morph into a winter wonderland.

Hokkaido Photo Album

Browse Interests