Hokuo bread is a Hokkaido-wide chain of bakeries. The Hokuo Bread Museum seeks to honor the history and traditions of bread making, with a special focus on Scandinavian bread culture. The building itself is built in the Scandinavian-style. There are…
This is one of the most popular hotels in Sapporo and gets consistently good reviews for service, cleanliness and above all location. It’s right next to Sapporo Station with only about a 5 minute walk, and has beautiful views of…
The official restaurant for the Grand Hotel, this first floor dining restaurant serves as the main dining venue, with breakfast buffet in the morning, then lunch and dinner with a regular menu. Newly renovated in the spring of 2013 the…
Hokkaido is famous for having some of the best seafood in Japan. And as Hokkaido has the freshest and highest quality for some types of seafood, it could arguably said to be a seafood gourmand’s heaven. For those looking for…
Across from the Nakajima Sports Center on the West side of Nakajima Park and about a 10 minute walk from the Nakajima Subway Station is the Kitara Concert Hall, Sapporo’s premier classical music performance venue and home of the Sapporo…
Kitchen Cafe Nantari serves Italian and European style light pastas and tapas style dishes in a comfortable atmosphere. They also have a good wine selection, making Cafe Nantari a good choice for both lunch and dinner. It’s a small but…
The Toyoko Inn Sapporo Hokudai Mae is one of 5 Toyoko Inn locations in Sapporo. Take care in your directions so you make sure to get to the right one. This location is directly in front of the Hokkaido University…
Although bus service is available to all areas of Hokkaido, information is primarily in Japanese, so it can be hard to reserve tickets in advance, etc. It’s usually best to arrive in Sapporo in person and then go to the…
The Susukino entertainment district is one of Sapporo’s main attractions. It includes more than 4,000 different shops and since 1871 has been the largest entertainment district in Japan north of Tokyo. It covers an area of several blocks from the…
Sapporo Station is the transportation nucleus of Sapporo for rail, subway, bus and taxi. Whether arriving or departing Sapporo there’s a good chance that you’ll be passing through Sapporo Station, and with the construction of Stellar Place, Daimaru and the…
Bourdelle Chinese Dining is located in the basement of the KRR Hotel a few blocks south of Sapporo Station. They have very good lunch specials, with an early bird special (11:00-11:45) for just ¥500 yen. The daily lunch specials are…
It’s a well-known fact that it snows a lot in Sapporo. If you are not used to walking on icy and slippery roads, it can be a nightmare to try and get around in winter. But it would be a…
Have you ever visited a real Bierkellar? On the 1st floor of the Sapporo Factory’s Renga-kan, housed in a full brickwork exterior and ever popular among tourists, is Bierkeller Sapporo Kaitakushi, managed by Sapporo Lion since the opening of the…
Hokkaido Dining Ebisu no Utage is an izakaya located in the Susukino Entertainment District which specializes in meals made of ingredients harvested, raised, and caught here in Hokkaido. Popular meals made from Hokkaido ingredients at Ebisu no Utage include sashimi,…
Kochira Toretate Nemurokou is an izakaya (Japanese pub) that serves seafood driven in fresh daily from the Nemuro seaport in the North of Hokkaido. Crab, sashimi, seafood donburi (rice bowls) and seafood set menus are the specialities, made for easy…