Patisserie Ishiyama is a bakery in Maruyama, Sapporo.
A Maruyama patissier working only with Hokkaido milk, butter and seasonal fruit. The cream puff and the fromage cheesecake are the bench-test menu items.
Tip: Closed Mondays; the cream puff is the only thing that sells out before 16:00.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0801, Japan
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
Pain au Traditionnel in Maruyama in Sapporo is Maison Kayser's sister boulangerie, reopened 2026, baguette de tradition, pain au levain, cafe seats inside.
Tip: Boxes are sized to travel by bullet train from Sapporo with a freezer pack from the counter.
Worth the queue: Hokkaido baked cheesecake
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.
Worth the queue: Chikuwa pan (fish-cake bread)
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
