Aji no Sanpei is a japanese ramen restaurant in Odori, Sapporo.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
3 hours
Experience Japanese culture in Sapporo with a chopstick-making and hand-pulled ramen noodle workshop. Craft your own chopsticks and enjoy a hands-on ramen-making experience.
1h 30m
Learn how to make ramen from scratch in Sapporo. Knead the dough, cut the noodles, and enjoy your handmade ramen with a delicious broth.
Guided tour · 2h 15m
Enjoy 3 bowls of ramen in Sapporo. Learn ramen origins, types, prep, and trends with a ramen expert. Visit 3 shops in Susukino, Tanukikoji, and downtown.
Address: Minami 1-jo Nishi 3, Daimaru Fujii Central 4F, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0061, Japan
The bakery that invented chikuwa pan in 1983. Donguri sells around 2,300 of the fish-cake-and-mayo loaves a day across its nine Sapporo branches.
OrderChikuwa pan and Hokkaido potato bread, hot from the rack.
TipBuy three to four loaves at once; everyone in town does. Open 09:00-21:00 daily.
A Susukino miso-ramen specialist since 1999. Keyaki folds three regional misos around a pork-and-vegetable base; queue stretches an hour at the small counter.
OrderMiso ramen with extra noodle and a wantan add.
TipHours 10:30-04:00; queue forms by 19:00 most nights.
The shrimp-paste ramen shop south of Susukino, concentrating Hokkaido amaebi shells into a deep umami broth the city has exported nationally.
OrderEbi miso ramen; choose the shrimp-paste intensity at the counter.
TipOpen until 03:00 most nights; expect a wait after midnight; midnight is the local move.
Shingen's Susukino branch is the line-out-the-door miso shop with a Shinshu-style broth lighter on lard than classic Sapporo miso. Open until 01:00 nightly.
OrderAged miso (Koshu) ramen, the menu's deepest broth.
TipCloses when the soup runs out; queue from 11:30 lunch and after 21:00 dinner.
Matsuo's flagship east-side branch, 10 minutes from Higashi-Kuyakushomae station. Marinated lamb, opposite Daruma's atozuke after-dipping approach.
OrderLamb-shoulder loin with the family aizome marinade and the trio comparison set.
TipBook the comparison set through byFood or Pelago in advance; popular with families.
The bakery that invented chikuwa pan in 1983. Donguri sells around 2,300 of the fish-cake-and-mayo loaves a day across its nine Sapporo branches.
OrderChikuwa pan and Hokkaido potato bread, hot from the rack.
TipBuy three to four loaves at once; everyone in town does. Open 09:00-21:00 daily.
A Nijo Market sushi-and-donburi counter run by a Hakodate fishmonger. The Sapporo-style kaisendon stacks raw crab, uni and ikura over rice; market hours.
OrderSanshoku-don of king crab, sea urchin and salmon ikura.
TipWalk in early; the queue stretches by 09:00 in summer; cash accepted alongside cards.
