31 japanese places in Sapporo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Sapporo | Japanese across every city.
This is the broad church of Sapporo eating, taking in the regional specialities that define Hokkaido's table. Jingisukan, the local grilled lamb, runs from Jingisukan Daruma and Matsuo in Susukino and Higashi-ku to the open-air Sapporo Beer Garden, while crab houses like Sapporo Kani Honke and Hokkaido Kani Shogun serve the cold-water catch. Soup curry, a Sapporo invention, is everywhere here, from Magic Spice in Shiroishi-ku to Suage+, Garaku and Picante.
Sapporo Beer Garden ★ 4.4
higashi-ku · Higashi-ku, Sapporo 065-0007, Japan
The brewery's flagship hall and Genghis Khan grill in an 1890 brick brewing house. Five halls, dome-grills and Sapporo draft from the source.
Jingisukan Daruma Honten ★ 4.5
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0805, Japan
The Susukino jingisukan room since 1954, with dome grills at every seat and a one-cut lamb menu. Atozuke-style dipping sets Daruma apart in the city.
Jingisukan Daruma 4-4 Ten ★ 4.3
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0804, Japan
Daruma's 2009 spillover branch behind COCONO Susukino, one minute from Susukino subway. Same single-cut lamb, same dome grills, slightly fewer queues.
Matsuo Jingisukan Kita 19-jo Higashi ★ 4.3
higashi-ku · Higashi-ku, Sapporo 065-0019, Japan
The Matsuo chain's flagship east-side branch in Sapporo, 10 minutes from Higashi-Kuyakushomae. Marinated lamb is the house style, opposite Daruma's atozuke.
Sapporo Kani Honke Honten ★ 4.2
sapporo-station · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0003, Japan
The seven-storey Honten near Sapporo Station, the city's reference crab restaurant since 1964, working all three Hokkaido crabs across course menus.
Magic Spice Sapporo Honten ★ 4.5
shiroishi-ku · Hongo-dori 8-chome Minami 6-2, Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo 003-0026, Japan
The original soup curry shop. Founder Taizan Shimomura coined the term here in 1993, riffing on Indonesian soto ayam with chicken broth and 30 spices.
Soup Curry Suage+ ★ 4.4
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0804, Japan
The Susukino soup-curry shop two minutes from the station. Chicken leg, knuckle pork and Hokkaido vegetables in a clearer broth than Magic Spice.
Soup Curry Garaku Sapporo Honten ★ 4.4
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0053, Japan
Founded 2007, Garaku built its name on a clear 21-spice broth and slow-cooked chicken leg. Underground room behind a stone facade near Bus Center.
Picante Kita 13-jo Honten ★ 4.3
hokkaido-university · Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0813, Japan
Picante opened 1996 north of Hokkaido University campus, one of the founding soup-curry houses after Magic Spice. The Hokudai-mae original keeps the queues.
Hokkaido Kani Shogun ★ 4.2
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0805, Japan
Susukino's other heavyweight crab house in Sapporo. Six floors of course menus across king, snow and hairy crab, plus a third-floor sushi counter.
Donguri Odori ★ 4.4
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0042, 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.
Cafe Morihico Maruyama ★ 4.4
maruyama · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0802, Japan
The Sapporo kissaten that built a coffee dynasty. Morihico opened 1996 in a wooden house behind Maruyama Park, hand-roasted beans and flannel drip.
Curry Shop S ★ 4.1
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0804, Japan
A second-generation Susukino soup-curry shop with farm-direct vegetables from Naganuma. Three broths plus a Pakistani-style fruit curry option.
Jingisukan Daruma Honten ★ 4.5
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0805, Japan
The Susukino jingisukan room since 1954. Single-cut lamb, dome grills at every seat, and an atozuke after-dipping style defining Sapporo Genghis Khan.
Sapporo Beer Garden ★ 4.4
higashi-ku · Higashi-ku, Sapporo 065-0007, Japan
The Sapporo Brewery's beer hall and Genghis Khan grill in an 1890 brick brewing house, with five themed halls and the all-you-can-eat lamb-and-beer course.
Magic Spice Sapporo Honten ★ 4.5
shiroishi-ku · Hongo-dori 8-chome Minami 6-2, Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo 003-0026, Japan
The original soup curry shop. Founder Taizan Shimomura coined soup curry here in 1993, riffing on Indonesian soto ayam with a chicken broth and 30-plus.
Soup Curry Suage+ ★ 4.4
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0804, Japan
The Susukino soup-curry shop two minutes from the station. Knuckle pork, chicken leg and Hokkaido vegetables in a clearer broth than Magic Spice.
Soup Curry Garaku ★ 4.4
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0053, Japan
Founded 2007, Garaku built its name on a clear 21-spice broth and slow-cooked bone-in chicken. Underground room behind a stone facade by Bus Center.
Picante Kita 13-jo ★ 4.3
hokkaido-university · Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0813, Japan
Picante opened 1996 north of Hokkaido University, one of the founding soup-curry houses after Magic Spice. Three Sapporo branches; this is the original.
Matsuo Jingisukan Kita 19-jo ★ 4.3
higashi-ku · Higashi-ku, Sapporo 065-0019, Japan
Matsuo's flagship east-side branch, 10 minutes from Higashi-Kuyakushomae station. Marinated lamb, opposite Daruma's atozuke after-dipping approach.
Donguri Odori ★ 4.3
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0042, 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.
Curry Shop S ★ 4.1
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0804, Japan
Second-generation Susukino soup-curry shop with farm-direct vegetables from Naganuma. Three broths plus a Pakistani-style fruit curry on the menu.
Sapporo Zangi Honpo ★ 4.0
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0063, Japan
Sapporo's reference zangi (Hokkaido fried chicken) counter. Marinated overnight with garlic and soy, fried to order; teishoku sets land under 1,000 yen.
Kowari ★ 4.5
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0063, Japan
Five-seat counter in Susukino mixing Italian, French and Japanese techniques on Hokkaido produce. Around ten dishes including four amuse-bouche, pasta.
Yakiniku Gurumans Ito ★ 4.5
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0063, Japan
Manager Kazuo Ito's high-grade yakiniku room opened 2011, one minute from Susukino subway. Priced at ¥¥¥¥. Tasting menu ¥6,000-15,000. Book 4 weeks ahead.
Susukino Yakitori Yokocho ★ 4.0
susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0806, Japan
A short alley off Minami 6-jo with five small yakitori stands, each running a binchotan grill. Order at the counter, pay cash, standing room only on weekends.
Cafe Ranban ★ 4.0
tanukikoji · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0063, Japan
A Tanukikoji-area kissaten across two stories with second-floor counter seating, working a range of single-origin coffee blends. At Chuo-ku.
Nijo Ichiba Ohiso ★ 4.6
nijo-market · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0053, Japan
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.
Daimaru Sapporo Depachika Bento ★ 4.2
sapporo-station · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0005, Japan
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.
Hatten An Hiragishi Soba ★ 4.1
toyohira-ku · Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-0933, Japan
A Toyohira-ku soba house pouring nishin soba (buckwheat noodles with simmered Hokkaido herring) under 1,200 yen. Tatami and table seating, lunchtime regulars.
Chinese Ryouri Hotei Honten ★ 4.2
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0061, Japan
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.