10 editor picks in Sapporo.
Sapporo's drinking culture centres on Susukino, one of the country's great nightlife districts, where the bartending lineage runs long. The Nikka Bar and Bar Yamazaki are old-guard fixtures, joined by Bar Garbo and Bar Kamata in the same quarter. Beer Bar North Island and Sake Naga round out the local side, while Bar nano gould pours just over in Tanukikoji and Moon and Sun Brewing keeps a pub in Odori.
10 cocktail bar places in Sapporo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Sapporo · Cocktail Bar across every city.
Drink Taketsuru Pure Malt flight
Nikka Whisky's Hokkaido flagship in Susukino, pouring rare expressions of Taketsuru, Yoichi and Miyagikyo from the company's own cellar warehouse.
Drink Sapporo (signature vodka-based cocktail)
Founded late 1950s by mixologist Tatsuro Yamazaki, Bar Yamazaki is one of Japan's classic Susukino cocktail bars; the Emperor's Imperial Prize landed in 1993.
Drink Hokkaido-foraged ingredient cocktails
A Tanukikoji cocktail bar with the concept cocktails as liquid cuisine.
Drink Suntory Yamazaki 18
A Susukino whisky bar with a one-piece wooden counter and exceptional Japanese whisky inventory.
Drink Otokoyama junmai daiginjo
A Susukino sake bar stocking nearly 300 Hokkaido-produced sake bottles.
Drink North Island brewery six-tap rotation
Directly run by the North Island brewery on the outskirts of Sapporo, pouring six original house craft beers.
Drink 100-percent Hokkaido hop pale ale
Moon and Sun Brewing opened 2014 as Sapporo's downtown brewpub with in-store brewing kit.
Drink Kunimare junmai daiginjo by the glass
A small Susukino sake counter pouring exclusively Hokkaido sake.
Try Bar snacks with Taketsuru
Nikka Whisky's Susukino flagship runs late, pouring rare Taketsuru, Yoichi and Miyagikyo from the cellar.
