Nijo Ichiba Ohiso is a japanese seafood and sushi budget eat in Nijo Market, Sapporo.
A Nijo Market sushi-and-donburi counter. The cheapest kaisendon (mixed seafood-over-rice) bowls land 1,800 yen; uni-ikura-crab triple bowls 2,800.
Tip: Walk in early; the queue stretches by 09:00 in summer.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0053, Japan
Sapporo Station's ekiben stalls run morning through evening, with Hokkaido salmon and crab bento under 1,500 yen. The Ishikari Sake Bento is the postcard buy.
Try: Ishikari Sake Bento
Tip: Ishikari Sake Bento around 1,300 yen; two pieces of salmon nigiri on top.
Hokkaido University's campus dairy sells Clark's Milk soft serve for 350-450 yen across five flavours. The cheapest authentic Hokkaido dairy in Sapporo.
Try: Clark's Milk soft serve
Tip: Open campus term-time only; haskap is the menu's outlier flavour.
Daimaru Sapporo's depachika sells bento boxes from 30-plus Hokkaido caterers. 800-1,500 yen for a full lunch box; closing-hour discounts at 19:00 daily.
Try: Department-store bento
Tip: Discount stickers go on at 19:00; up to half-price by 20:00.
A Toyohira-ku soba house pouring nishin soba (buckwheat noodles with simmered Hokkaido herring) under 1,200 yen. Tatami and table seating, lunchtime regulars.
Try: Nishin soba
Tip: Cash and IC card; closed Wednesdays.
A Sapporo Chinese-Japanese kitchen famed for its zangi-on-rice bowl. Five minutes from Nishi 11-chome subway; lunch sets land 800-1,200 yen.
Try: Zangi rice bowl
Tip: Cash preferred; closed Sundays.
Sapporo's reference zangi (Hokkaido fried chicken) counter. Set meals under 1,000 yen with free rice and cabbage refills; weekend lines run 15 minutes.
Try: Hokkaido zangi teishoku
Tip: Same set-menu price all day; the Sapporo Station branch is the queue overflow.
