Tasting menus, Michelin stars and the chefs redefining Sapporo.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Sapporo.
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Order The omakase: aged tuna progression and Hokkaido uni nigiri are the season-defining courses.
Three Michelin stars in the 2017 Hokkaido guide, the only sushi at that tier in Hokkaido. Seven seats, two seatings (17:00 and 19:30), omakase only.
Order Kiwami evening omakase with the aged tuna progression and uni-on-rice.
Ezomae omakase counter since 2000 at the south edge of Susukino. Two course menus, Kiwami and Miyabi, both lean on Hokkaido seafood with light aging.
Order Sushi-only omakase, no small dishes between, the way Saiko prefers it.
A Susukino omakase counter opened 2012 using nearly all-Hokkaido seafood. Ten seats at a single cypress slab, a short walk from Hosui Susukino subway.
8 of the fine dining on this list serve japanese sushi.
Order Aged tuna nigiri progression; the room runs two-week, three-week and five-week-aged cuts.
Chef Hidetaka trained at the Michelin-starred Sushi Zen before opening this eight-seat cypress counter in Susukino. Led by chef Hidetaka Yamada.
Order Hokkaido-only omakase with Otaru bafun uni, Esashi mackerel and Hidaka kombu rice.
The Daimaru branch of Sushi Zen, the Sapporo house founded 1971 whose Maruyama honten earned one Michelin star in 2017. Located in Sapporo Station.
Order Seasonal tasting menu; ingredients shift weekly with the chef's family farms.
Five-seat counter in Susukino mixing Italian, French and Japanese techniques on Hokkaido produce. Around ten dishes including four amuse-bouche, pasta.
Order Kegani course: hairy crab steamed whole, plus crab sashimi and a chawanmushi.
The city's reference crab restaurant since 1964, seven floors south of Sapporo Station. Course menus across king, snow and hairy crab, tax-free service.
Order Sankan three-crab course: one whole king-crab leg, hairy-crab sashimi and snow-crab nabe.
Susukino's other heavyweight crab house. Six floors, course menus across all three Hokkaido crabs plus a third-floor sushi counter and private tatami rooms.
Order Omakase nigiri progression; the chef builds the run from the morning's catch.
Chef Yasutomo Tanaka opened this Susukino counter in 2017 at age 30 and switched to all-nigiri omakase on the fourth anniversary. Priced at ¥¥¥¥.
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Theatel Sapporo
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Fino Hotel Sapporo Odori
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APA Hotel Sapporo
Located in Sapporo (Chuo-ku), APA Hotel Sapporo is within a 15-minute walk of Ramen Yokocho and Nijo Market...
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Order Cut-to-order seasonal omakase: shin-shin, kainomi and rare offal in single-slice portions.
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.
Order Sushi-and-tempura omakase with Hokkaido shirako, botan ebi and seasonal matsutake.
The Sapporo outpost of the Azabu-Juban one-Michelin-star Tenpura Yokota, opened as a sushi-and-tempura counter on Susukino's Daimex Plaza. Priced at ¥¥¥¥.
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Editor picks in Sapporo include Sushi Miyakawa, Sushiya no Saito, Sushi Saiko, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.
