28 japanese rooms in Sapporo, editor-picked by TableJourney. All cuisines in Sapporo | Japanese across every city.

Sapporo Beer Garden ★ 4.4

yakiniku · ¥¥¥

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

yakiniku · ¥¥

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

yakiniku · ¥¥

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

yakiniku · ¥¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥

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.

Yakitori Toriyoshi Susukino ★ 4.2

yakitori · ¥¥

susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0806, Japan

A Susukino yakitori counter working Hokkaido jidori chicken over white binchotan. Skewer-by-skewer omakase and a sake list weighted to Hokkaido breweries.

Hokkaido Kani Shogun ★ 4.2

Japanese · ¥¥¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥

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

kissaten · ¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥

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

yakiniku · ¥¥

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

yakiniku · ¥¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥

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 spices.

Soup Curry Suage+ ★ 4.4

Japanese · ¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥

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

yakiniku · ¥¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥

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

Japanese · ¥¥

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

Japanese · ¥

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.

Yakitori Toriyoshi Susukino ★ 4.2

yakitori · ¥¥

susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0806, Japan

A Susukino yakitori counter working Hokkaido jidori chicken over white binchotan. Skewer-by-skewer omakase and a sake list weighted to Hokkaido breweries.

Kani to Yakitori Enishi ★ 4.2

yakitori · ¥¥¥

susukino · 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.

Yakitori Bouzu ★ 4.1

yakitori · ¥¥

susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0804, Japan

A bright Susukino yakitori counter three minutes from the subway. Bin-chotan grill stays low and slow; sake list pulled almost entirely from Hokkaido.

Yakiniku Gurumans Ito ★ 4.5

yakiniku · ¥¥¥¥

susukino · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0063, Japan

Manager Kazuo Ito's high-grade yakiniku room opened 2011, one minute from Susukino subway. Fresh never-frozen wagyu and rare hormone cuts; one of the harder Sapporo yakiniku reservations.