Japanese Food Spots in Hokkaido Area

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Hokkaido
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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Conveyor belt sushi Toriton Maruyama Branch

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...
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.
Kaiten-sushi Nemuro Hanamaru (Nemuro Shop)

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...
Toriton Toyohira Restaurant

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...
Kaisen-Ichiba Kitano Gourmet

4.0

196 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Kitajuichijounishi 22-4-1

This is a popular seafood market where people can buy seafood from Hokkaido over the counter in a corner of the outside market next to the Sapporo City Wholesale Market in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. There’s a wide variety of sea produce on display such as red king crab, horsehair crab, sea urchin, and Okhotsk atka mackerel. The quality of the crab is particularly good. The original salmon roe marinade, which received a Japan Souvenir Academy Award, has become popular as a classic Hokkaido gift. There is also a cafeteria where seafood rice bowls and other seafood dishes can be had, and at the restaurant Kaisen-Shokudo Kitano Gourmet-tei, you can cook food bought fresh from the market.

Whats good about this place is for those who like to eat fresh off the shelf seafood. For some types of seafood (crabs, squid which are live), you can pick them and the restaurant will cook it for...
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.
Marutoma Shokudo

4.0

221 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Tomakomaishi Shiomichou 1-1-13

This is a fresh seafood restaurant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido. Since it's so close to Tomakomai port, it's very popular for the Marutoma Bowl made with fresh seasonal fish, and Hokki Curry, made with Hokki clams of which Tomakomai has the largest catch. Not only are the meals filling and cheap, the fact that it's so popular with locals has made it a major tourist spot.

We arrived around 11am. Already queued up for 20 mins before we get our seats. The queue became so long after 12pm. Shop will be close for 10 days August. Around 10-20 Aug
Wakadori Jidai Naruto

4.0

421 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Inaho 3-16-13

Wakadori Jidai Naruto is a sushi and deep fried chicken shop famous for its deep fried half chicken, an Otaru specialty. The half chicken is heavily seasoned with salt and pepper and deep fried in very hot oil, creating a crispy skin with juicy meat, a veritable feast! Eaten together with rice makes for an excellent meal. The wakadori sushi set with deep fried half chicken, seven pieces of sushi and clear soup is a popular dish. The shop has a friendly atmosphere, people eating alone do not feel out of place, and take-outs are possible too. The nearest station is Otaru Station.

The signature half fried chicken is crispy and light, arguably one of the best fried chicken I had. The chicken meat has a tinge of salt taste making it flavourful with every bite. The sushi and...
Otaru Masazushi Main Store

4.0

259 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otaru-shi Hanazono 1-1-1

This famous sushi restaurant, the symbol of Otaru, has been operating for over 70 years. At this restaurant, each sushi is made carefully by hand and the seasonal tastes of Hokkaido are imparted in each delicious offering. It offers nigiri sushi sets, course meals, a la carte dishes and various other menu items.

We came to this restaurant many times but this time was the very first in 3 years because of Covid-19. We did not make reservation beforehand and had to wait for 20 minutes. We got the counter seat...
Kantaro Ugaura Head Office

4.0

154 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Hakodateshi Ugaurachou 14-4

The first of a chain of conveyor belt sushi restaurants in Ugaura Town, Hakodate City, Hokkaido, Kantaro Sushi offers classic sushi created by expert sushi chefs. Fresh seafood is delivered every morning from the fish market, bringing a freshness that only comes from being in a port town. Here you can taste a wide variety of sushi, including their renowned large portions of Pacific bluefin tuna, while taking in the views of Tsugaru Strait and Mt. Hakodate from the window. It’s a thriving restaurant frequented by local residents as well as people from afar.

Initially hesitant to come as having sushi for dinner can go very expensive especially for reasonably good ones at a sushi restaurant in Japan. Nonetheless we went ahead since we are on a holiday, so...
Sushidokoro Nagoyaka-tei Hassamu Restaurant

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Sapporo-shi Nishi-ku Hassamu 6-9-17-10

A conveyor belt sushi restaurant located a three-minute walk from the subway Miyanosawa Station in Nishi Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido which serves sushi made with fresh seafood from Kushiro at reasonable prices. Here customers can enjoy the tastes of Hokkaido, including rolls overflowing with ikura salted salmon roe and the three piece Hokkaido sushi plate.
Isezushi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Inaho 3-15-3

Isezushi is a sushi restaurant founded in 1967 in Inaho, Otaru City, Hokkaido. This well-known restaurant has been awarded stars in the Michelin Guide for Hokkaido and is a perfect place to relax and enjoy some top rate sushi. The seafood, brought in from all over the country, but mainly from Otaru, is as fresh as it gets. The skill and passion of the head chef resonates not only with the Japanese customers but is also felt by the tourists too. The sake chosen by the lady master of sake is also very popular.
Restaurant Misaki

4.0

126 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Shakotangunshakotanchou Hidukachou 236

Located in Shakotan Town, Shakotan County, Hokkaido, Restaurant Misaki is open from late April to fall each year. The restaurant owner is a sea urchin fisherman and ensures that no additives are used in any of their signature sea urchin dishes. Especially popular is their raw red horse-dung sea urchin on rice which is served between June and August each year and limited to only 15 dishes per day! It’s a well-known restaurant regularly covered by the press, and often has long queues of eager customers waiting outside in the morning.

The staff was friendly and assisted us with ordering from the ticketing machine, the food came pretty fast. As a number of us don’t really take raw food, there were not many dishes to choose from.
Donburi Chaya

3.5

87 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Minamisanjouhigashi 1-7 within the new two-article market

This is a Seafood Donburi shop located in the “New Nijo Market” in Sapporo City, Hokkaido, popular among local regulars as well as tourists. It is a local seafood shop selling directly to the customer so can boast of freshness and reasonable prices. Besides the standard menu, they also serve bowls of rice topped with seasonal produce. The specialty “Marusendon” is a set of miso soup and four kinds of rice bowl with salmon, sea urchin, scallops, crab, shrimp and tuna. It is a popular because you can enjoy all the tastes of Hokkaido at once.

A huge double storey restaurant with prayer room on 2nd floor. Staffs are friendly. Theyll hand you the muslim friendly menu and halal soy sauce. Menu is limited (all seafood) but they have raw...
Yakitori Senmon Ginneko

4.0

72 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Asahikawashi Gojoudori 7 - Right on the 65th and 7th street

This yakitori chicken skewer store is located in the 5-7 Alley Furarito entertainment district in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido. Shinko-yaki (grilled boned chicken wings) are the soul food of Hokkaido's Asahikawa and a specialty of the restaurant. This simple yet exquisite menu item is made by baking half a chicken and seasoning it. The Ginneko store manager is the chairperson of the Shinko-yaki Association. The restaurant offers chicken raised in Date, Hokkaido that is carefully hand-grilled one by one over white charcoal. The secret sauce makes the outside crispy and fragrant while keeping the inside juicy. In addition to the variety of chicken skewers, the Chappu-yaki with soft Hokkaido pork shoulder loin is perfect with rice or as a snack when drinking.

We got there excited to eat their yakitori but because it was full (which we expected) they told us we couldnt wait as it would bother the other stalls. What kind of policy is that? We left pretty...
Buta-don no Tonta

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Obihiroshi Higashijujouminami 17-2

Pork specialist restaurant in Obihiro City, Hokkaido. This restaurant has used its secret source for over 40 years and is known for its incredibly popular Bara Buta-don (Rose Pork Bowl). Try rice bowls with different cuts such as the Pork Loin Bowl or Pork Tenderloin Bowl. Popular among tourists and locals.
Kinoko Okoku (Otaki Main Shop)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Dateshi Otaki-ku Sangaitakichou 637-1

Store and restaurant with local Hokkaido items on National Route 276, Otaki City, Hokkaido. The Kingdom Restaurant offers dishes made from local Otaki district mushrooms such as mushroom miso soup and mushroom tempura. In Kingdom Souvenirs you can find local products like Mentai Name-take (salmon roe with mushrooms) and other mushroom based items that are made only in Hokkaido.
Uni Murakami Hakodate Main Shop

4.0

427 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Hakodateshi Otemachi 22-1

At Uni Murakami you can taste additive-free sea urchin and Hokkaido food, located just outside Hakodate morning market. The restaurant is easy to get to, just a five-minute walk from Hakodate Station and the Red Brick Warehouse. The raw additive-free sea urchin has a rich sweetness without being dry or bitter. As soon as you eat it, the thick, creamy sweetness inherent to sea urchin quickly melts in your mouth. Prepared by chefs with vast knowledge of sea urchins, this kind of cuisine unique to a sea urchin restaurant such as this cannot be tasted anywhere else. With the restaurant’s motto of ‘local food for local consumption’, you can be sure to enjoy a whole range of exceptional Hokkaido food as well as sea urchin.

By Japan standards, food is just good, not great. Prices are at the very high end. Value for money is very poor. The amount of uni in the uni course was pitifully small. Does not appear to be...
Onsen Ichiba

3.5

109 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Noboribetsushi Noboribetsuonsenchou 50

This is a seafood restaurant next to Enmado Temple in Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido. They have a low-temperature ultraviolet sterilization fish tank, and they only prepare food after receiving an order. Their marine products aren't cut up and lying around, so you can enjoy freshly harvested fish and shellfish anytime. In addition, depending on the season, regulations, and what's available, you can feast on fresh caught red king crab and snow crab prepared sashimi style or baked, fresh short-spined sea urchin, extra-large fresh scallops from Muroran, and more. The shop has been featured in the news media, and in 2014 it was certified as Noboribetsu City's first Kitano Megumi Aishoku Restaurant for focusing on Hokkaido products.

We were too early to check into our ryokan so after leaving our luggage at the ryokan we decided to have early lunch here. The owner of the ryokan specifically advice us not to over eat as we would...
Crab RestaurantKanitei

3.5

28 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Minamigojounishi 6 Tada building 2F

This seafood restaurant is located on the second floor of the Tada Building, a five-minute walk from the subway's Susukino Station. Hokkaido Crab is their specialty, and their cuisine is packed with it. Their Kanizukushi Course is popular with tourists and features an extravagant range of crab cuisine that will be irresistible for crab lovers. Among its 11 items is sashimi that melts in your mouth, freshly boiled crab, and crab zosui stew. A free drink of your choice comes with every course. You can also feast on an assorted fresh sashimi platter, Japanese style abalone steak, and more.

We went on the recommendation of a friend. Had a little difficulty finding it as we do not speak Japanese. The menu is also in Japanese but we were capably looked after by Amy, one of the very...

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Hokkaido Areas

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.