Niseko Festival
The Niseko area covers a wide area, including Kutchan town, Niseko town, and Rankoshi town. The Niseko Festival is a major summer event that ties all these areas together in one large festival that takes place at the same time…
Category Sapporo Travel
Ice Fishing
Ice Fishing is Hokkaido’s winter specialty. Enjoy empty-handed ice fishing and cooking Tempura on a frozen lake, just like locals do. From kids to adults, this half-day trip will be an exceptional winter experience for visitors. In Hokkaido, wakasagi smelt…
Top 5 Sapporo Restaurants to Warm Up At
Sapporo’s winter is notoriously cold, which has led to the development of some famous foods guaranteed to warm you up and help beat the cold! Sapporo is the home of both miso ramen and soup curry, both of which are…
Dog of Flanders
Dog of Flanders is a Belgian restaurant and beer bar located in downtown Sapporo which serves great Belgian food and delicious Belgian beer all in an authentic Belgian atmosphere. The friendly staff and clientele makes for a restaurant where you…
Sapporo’s Top Foreigner Friendly Bars
Sapporo is a lovely place to visit, there’s plenty to see, do, eat, drink and experience… and the people are extremely friendly and accommodating. First time visitors can be put off though by the number of bars and clubs that…
Wagyu Ishizaki
Wagyu Ishizaki restaurant proudly serves high quality beef dishes such as yakiniku (Korean BBQ), steaks and grilled seafood located in the Susukino Entertainment District, south of Downtown Sapporo. The restaurant contracts with a farm in the east of Sapporo where…
Pastry Snaffle’s Sapporo Odori
Pastry Snaffle’s Sapporo Odori, a specialty sweets cafe offering irresistible tasty treats is part of a chain of sweet shops owned by a Hakodate based bakery. Pastry Snaffle’s Sapporo Odori offers authentic cakes with fresh ingredients and unique recipes with five…
Spice Dining Chandama
Spice Dining Chandama was opened in December of 2008 and is located at North 3, West 7 in the Ryokuen Building near the Sapporo Botanical Garden and Hokkaido Prefecture Building. One of Sapporo’s most authentic Indian food restaurants, they specialize…
Saito Sushi
Saito Sushi Restaurant opened in 2000 offering the best of fresh sushi, sashimi and authentic Japanese dishes, and is located on the outskirts of Downtown Sapporo. Saito Sushi’s fabulously fresh ingredients are traded through hardworking fishermen, highly motivated seafood markets and…
Hioi Cafe
Hioi Cafe is a warm and comfortable little cafe located in Sakaemachi, a northeast suburb of Sapporo. When you arrive at the cafe beautiful flowers greet you on your left hand side with a homey atmosphere as you enter the premises,…
Miyoshino Sapporo Sakaemachi
Miyoshino Sapporo Sakaemachi is a casual dining restaurant chain specializing in gyoza dumplings located in Sakaemachi, the north east of Downtown Sapporo. Here’s a relaxed setting where you have the option of table or counter seating. Their popular meal, gyoza teishoku comes…
Jacksonville Burger Odori
Jacksonville Burgers is a good old-fashioned American-style burger shop. Although Sapporo has endless Japanese and local Hokkaido dining options, sometimes you just want a taste of Western food. This is especially true of long term visitors, making Jacksonville Burger a…
Sumiyaki Dining Hanabi North 3
Sumiyaki Hanabi is a chain of izakayas that focuses on charcoal grilled seafood dishes as well as nabe (hot pot). The atmosphere is stylish and refined, making it equally popular for business meetings and as a date spot, with booth…
Food and Tourist Information Center JR Sapporo Station
Food and Tourist Information Center, located in JR Sapporo Station North Exit, provides information covering all of Hokkaido. This info center is linked to the JR General Information Center. Food and Tourist Information Center is the largest facility of its…
Nippon Rent-A-Car Sapporo Station
The downtown branch of Sapporo Nippon Rent A Car is located just a block from the old Government buildings, 2 minutes walk away on Ekimae Dori street. The red street frontage clearly denotes where it is. Nippon are able to…