Jingisukan appears as a signature dish in 1 Japan cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Jingisukan (Genghis Khan Lamb) · Sapporo
Hokkaido grilled lamb at a dome-shaped grill (the namesake helmet shape), served with raw vegetables and a soy-and-fruit dipping sauce, eaten Sapporo-style by dipping after grilling.
Jingisukan came to Hokkaido in the 1930s as the Japanese government tried to encourage wool production by promoting lamb-eating. By the 1950s, Sapporo Brewery was serving the dish at its company picnics. Daruma opened in 1954 with the Sapporo atozuke (dip-after-grill) style; Matsuo Jingisukan, founded 1956 in Takikawa, runs the marinade-first style. The Sapporo Beer Garden opened to the public 1976, marrying jingisukan with the brewery's draft as the city's defining group meal. The two styles still split Sapporo: Daruma's plain-cut atozuke versus Matsuo's pre-marinated aizome.
Where to eat in Sapporo:
- Jingisukan Daruma Honten
- Jingisukan Daruma 4-4 Ten
- Matsuo Jingisukan Kita 19-jo Higashi
- Sapporo Beer Garden