Kowari is a japanese fine-dining restaurant in Susukino, Sapporo.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Susukino, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0063, Japan
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.
OrderSankan three-crab course: one whole king-crab leg, hairy-crab sashimi and snow-crab nabe.
Book1 week ahead
TipTax-free service for international visitors; window tables on the fifth floor face Susukino.
Chef Yasutomo Tanaka opened this Susukino counter in 2017 at age 30 and switched to all-nigiri omakase on the fourth anniversary. Priced at ¥¥¥¥.
OrderOmakase nigiri progression; the chef builds the run from the morning's catch.
Book4 weeks ahead
TipReservations via Tableall; counter only.
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.
OrderCut-to-order seasonal omakase: shin-shin, kainomi and rare offal in single-slice portions.
Book4 weeks ahead
TipReservations via autoreserve.com; walk-in only after 22:00. Closed Wednesdays.
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 ¥¥¥¥.
OrderSushi-and-tempura omakase with Hokkaido shirako, botan ebi and seasonal matsutake.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipCounter only; reservations open three weeks ahead.
Chef Toshifumi Tanaka's rustic northern-Italian dining room, opened 2017 on the Odori central avenue. Priced at ¥¥¥¥. Tasting menu ¥15,000-22,000.
OrderAged Tokachi wagyu primal cut with house-made mozzarella di Okoppe.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipReserve in advance; the Friuli-Venezia Giulia influence shows in the antipasti.
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.
OrderKegani course: hairy crab steamed whole, plus crab sashimi and a chawanmushi.
Book1 week ahead
TipSusukino branch closed 2022; Honten is the principal Sapporo address now.
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.
OrderSankan three-crab course: one whole king-crab leg, hairy-crab sashimi and snow-crab nabe.
Book1 week ahead
TipTax-free service for international visitors; window tables on the fifth floor face Susukino.
Chef Yasutomo Tanaka opened this Susukino counter in 2017 at age 30 and switched to all-nigiri omakase on the fourth anniversary. Priced at ¥¥¥¥.
OrderOmakase nigiri progression; the chef builds the run from the morning's catch.
Book4 weeks ahead
TipReservations via Tableall; counter only.
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.
OrderCut-to-order seasonal omakase: shin-shin, kainomi and rare offal in single-slice portions.
Book4 weeks ahead
TipReservations via autoreserve.com; walk-in only after 22:00. Closed Wednesdays.
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 ¥¥¥¥.
OrderSushi-and-tempura omakase with Hokkaido shirako, botan ebi and seasonal matsutake.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipCounter only; reservations open three weeks ahead.
