Yakitori Toriyoshi Susukino is a yakitori restaurant in Susukino, Sapporo.
A Susukino yakitori counter working Hokkaido jidori chicken over white binchotan. Skewer-by-skewer omakase and a sake list weighted to Hokkaido breweries.
Signature dishes: Bincho-charcoal skewers, Tsukune, Hokkaido chicken neck
Must order: Tsukune meatball with quail-egg yolk and a thigh-skin (kawa) finisher.
Tip: Counter only; book a week ahead. Hokkaido-only sake list, ask for Otokoyama or Kunimare.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0806, Japan
A Hosui-Susukino room pairing yakitori and Hokkaido crab in one menu. The three-crab platter lands alongside jidori-chicken skewers at the counter.
Signature: Three-crab platter, Yakitori skewers, Crab nabe
Order: Three-crab platter with a six-skewer yakitori set.
Tip: Reserve via Tabelog; counter seats look across into the open grill.
A bright Susukino yakitori counter three minutes from the subway. Bin-chotan grill stays low and slow; sake list pulled almost entirely from Hokkaido.
Signature: Negima skewer, Tsukune meatball, Kawa skin skewer
Order: Set of negima, tsukune and kawa skewers to start; finish with chicken-broth soba.
Tip: Walk-ins after 21:30 most nights; counter only, 12 seats.
A Hosui-Susukino seafood izakaya leaning on the morning catch at Otaru and Hakodate. Sashimi platters, seasonal nabe and a Hokkaido sake list.
Signature: Hokkaido seafood sashimi, Nabe hot pot, Seasonal grilled fish
Order: Eight-cut sashimi platter with the day's market catch.
Tip: Counter and small private rooms; reserve a Friday seat a week ahead.
A Susukino seafood izakaya with the owner's port-to-port purchasing run. Sashimi sets, grilled fish and Hokkaido sake at a 30-seat counter and tables.
Signature: Hokkaido catch sashimi, Hairy crab grilled, Salmon ikura don
Order: Daily sashimi set; grilled hokke (atka mackerel) is the menu's quiet hero.
Tip: Reserve through Tabelog; counter seats face the open kitchen.
A Hosui-Susukino izakaya pulling daily from multiple Hokkaido fishing ports. Sashimi platters, Ishikari nabe stew and grilled fish across a long menu.
Signature: Seafood sashimi platter, Ishikari nabe, Salmon belly grill
Order: Hokkaido sashimi platter with the day's six cuts, plus Ishikari nabe in winter.
Tip: Open 17:00 to 24:00; reserve a Friday seat a week ahead.
The Susukino jingisukan room since 1954. Single-cut lamb, dome grills at every seat, and an atozuke after-dipping style defining Sapporo Genghis Khan.
Signature: Sapporo-cut lamb, Onion-and-leek garnish, Tare dipping sauce
Order: One Sapporo-cut lamb plate per person to start; add another before the first is done.
Tip: Cash only; queues from 17:30; the 4-4 branch around the corner is the overflow.
A Hosui-Susukino room pairing yakitori and Hokkaido crab in one menu. The three-crab platter lands alongside jidori-chicken skewers at the counter.
Signature: Three-crab platter, Yakitori skewers, Crab nabe
Order: Three-crab platter with a six-skewer yakitori set.
Tip: Reserve via Tabelog; counter seats look across into the open grill.
A bright Susukino yakitori counter three minutes from the subway. Bin-chotan grill stays low and slow; sake list pulled almost entirely from Hokkaido.
Signature: Negima skewer, Tsukune meatball, Kawa skin skewer
Order: Set of negima, tsukune and kawa skewers to start; finish with chicken-broth soba.
Tip: Walk-ins after 21:30 most nights; counter only, 12 seats.
A Hosui-Susukino seafood izakaya leaning on the morning catch at Otaru and Hakodate. Sashimi platters, seasonal nabe and a Hokkaido sake list.
Signature: Hokkaido seafood sashimi, Nabe hot pot, Seasonal grilled fish
Order: Eight-cut sashimi platter with the day's market catch.
Tip: Counter and small private rooms; reserve a Friday seat a week ahead.
A Susukino seafood izakaya with the owner's port-to-port purchasing run. Sashimi sets, grilled fish and Hokkaido sake at a 30-seat counter and tables.
Signature: Hokkaido catch sashimi, Hairy crab grilled, Salmon ikura don
Order: Daily sashimi set; grilled hokke (atka mackerel) is the menu's quiet hero.
Tip: Reserve through Tabelog; counter seats face the open kitchen.
A Hosui-Susukino izakaya pulling daily from multiple Hokkaido fishing ports. Sashimi platters, Ishikari nabe stew and grilled fish across a long menu.
Signature: Seafood sashimi platter, Ishikari nabe, Salmon belly grill
Order: Hokkaido sashimi platter with the day's six cuts, plus Ishikari nabe in winter.
Tip: Open 17:00 to 24:00; reserve a Friday seat a week ahead.
The Susukino jingisukan room since 1954. Single-cut lamb, dome grills at every seat, and an atozuke after-dipping style defining Sapporo Genghis Khan.
Signature: Sapporo-cut lamb, Onion-and-leek garnish, Tare dipping sauce
Order: One Sapporo-cut lamb plate per person to start; add another before the first is done.
Tip: Cash only; queues from 17:30; the 4-4 branch around the corner is the overflow.
