Donguri Odori is a bakery in Odori, Sapporo.
Sapporo's hometown bakery, founded 1983. Donguri invented chikuwa pan and sells about 2,300 a day across nine branches; this is the central Odori shop.
Tip: Open 09:00 to 21:00 daily; Hokkaido potato bread is the other postcard buy.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0042, Japan
Coron's main shop near Bus Center Mae station, a clean small-format bakery for Sapporo regulars. Same baking team as the Stellar Place branch.
Tip: Mondays closed; queue starts 09:00 for the morning baguette rack.
Worth the queue: Country bread (campagne)
Coron's Stellar Place branch is ranked No. 1 in Sapporo's bread category on Tabelog. French-style laminated pastries, sandwiches and country breads.
Tip: Sapporo Station-direct; queue forms at 12:00 for the lunch sandwich window.
Worth the queue: Croissant and pain au chocolat
Coron's main shop near Bus Center Mae station, a clean small-format bakery for Sapporo regulars. Same baking team as the Stellar Place branch.
Tip: Mondays closed; queue starts 09:00 for the morning baguette rack.
Worth the queue: Country bread (campagne)
Obihiro confectioner Rokkatei's Maruyama outlet, the Sapporo home for Marusei butter sandwiches, Yukiya Konko chocolate cookies and seasonal Hokkaido sweets.
Tip: The two-floor Maruyama branch has the full take-home Marusei stock the airport often runs short of late in the day.
Worth the queue: Marusei butter sandwich
The Ishiya counter inside Daimaru Sapporo's depachika, selling boxes of Shiroi Koibito and the rest of Hokkaido's signature confectionery for travellers.
Tip: Sapporo Station-direct; the souvenir queue is shorter than at the airport.
Worth the queue: Shiroi Koibito white-chocolate cookie box
Kinotoya's Sapporo Station outlet, working the city's standard freshly-baked cheese tart at the platform-level retail level. Boxes of six are the souvenir.
Tip: Buy two boxes to share; the tarts have a 48-hour fridge life from purchase.
Worth the queue: Yakitate Cheese Tart
Kyoto-rooted Le Petitmec's Sapporo Stellar Place branch. French viennoiserie sized for daily eating; second only to Coron's croissant at the same mall.
Tip: Cheaper croissant alternative if Coron's queue is too long.
Worth the queue: Croissant au beurre
