North Island Beer is a brewery in Susukino, Sapporo.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Friday is the brewer's own staff night; the four-tap sampler runs 1,800 yen.
Guided tour · 8h 30m
Discover the highlights of Otaru on a guided tour. Stroll along the canal, visit the Kitaichi Glass Factory, the Otaru Music Box Museum, and the Germain Beer Brewery.
Private tour · 3 hours
See Sapporo’s top city highlights on a private walk through the Red Brick Office, Clock Tower, Odori Park, Nijo Market, Tanukikoji, and lively Susukino.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Explore Sapporo’s beer scene with a local guide. Taste 10 craft beers across 3 breweries, discover the stories behind the brews, and enjoy a stress-free evening.
Address: Minami 4-jo Nishi 4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0804, Japan
The Otaru Beer brewery's Sapporo outpost, pouring its German-style craft lagers and pilsner direct from kegs trucked in daily from the Otaru brewhouse.
TipThe dunkel and the pilsner are the menu's reliability tests; pretzels at the counter.
A Susukino IPA-led tap-room with 12 rotating taps. Hokkaido craft brewers dominate the list alongside Sapporo's local hop-forward house labels.
TipFriday IPA cellar nights bring out the rarer Hokkaido brews; cash preferred.
Moon and Sun opened 2014 as Sapporo's downtown brewpub with in-store brewing equipment. House beers from 100-percent Hokkaido hops, seasonal fruit one-offs.
TipOrder a tasting flight to test the rotating lineup; pizzas pair well.
The Otaru Beer brewery's Sapporo outpost, pouring its German-style craft lagers and pilsner direct from kegs trucked in daily from the Otaru brewhouse.
TipThe dunkel and the pilsner are the menu's reliability tests; pretzels at the counter.
A Susukino IPA-led tap-room with 12 rotating taps. Hokkaido craft brewers dominate the list alongside Sapporo's local hop-forward house labels.
TipFriday IPA cellar nights bring out the rarer Hokkaido brews; cash preferred.
A craft beer stand inside Sapporo Station underground concourse, pouring eight Hokkaido craft taps to the commuter and pre-train crowd in the evening.
TipWalk-up only; the standing counter is sized for 15-minute pre-train pints.
The Kaitakushi-kan beer hall inside the Sapporo Beer Garden complex. Pours the historic Kaitakushi label alongside jingisukan and the brewery's flagships.
TipThe Kaitakushi label is the museum-only pour; available only at this hall and the brewery in Eniwa.
A Hokkaido fruit-led craft brewery's tap-room near Odori. Six house taps with seasonal Hokkaido fruit beers (haskap, blueberry) and a small bar snack menu.
TipClosed Mon-Tue; the haskap saison is the menu's quiet hero Tap list rotates weekly.
