Rokkatei Maruyama Shop is a bakery in Maruyama, Sapporo.
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.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0802, Japan
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.
Worth the queue: Hokkaido milk cream puff
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
Donguri's Susukino arcade branch, open later than the Odori shop with the same chikuwa-pan menu plus an extended evening curry-pan and pizza-pan line.
Tip: Curry pan stays warm in the hot case until 22:00; the late-night snack of the city.
Worth the queue: Chikuwa pan
An Odori wagashi-and-bakery counter weaving the Hokkaido bean-paste tradition into European-style breads. The sweet-potato (imo mochi) cake is the queue draw.
Tip: Closed Sundays; the imo mochi cake sells out by 16:00 in autumn.
Worth the queue: Imo mochi sweet potato cake
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.
Worth the queue: Hokkaido milk cream puff
