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Sapporo weekend: miso ramen, soup curry and jingisukan ★ 4.7

First-time visitor, two days2 days

A weekend in Sapporo built around the three dishes the city invented: miso ramen, soup curry and jingisukan. Crab and uni at Nijo Market in the morning; a Susukino bar to close. Designed to land the canon in 48 hours.

  1. Day 1: Saturday: Nijo Market, soup curry and jingisukan

    Morning
    Walk to Nijo Market by 08:00. Sanshoku kaisendon at Nijo Ichiba Ohiso (king crab, sea urchin, salmon ikura); coffee after at Cafe Morihico Maruyama via the Tozai subway.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Magic Spice Sapporo Honten in Shiroishi-ku, the soup-curry shop where founder Taizan Shimomura coined the term in 1993. Chicken-leg soup curry at the kakuteru spice level.
    Evening
    Dinner at Jingisukan Daruma Honten in Susukino for the city's atozuke-style lamb at the dome grill. Close with a Hokkaido whisky at The Nikka Bar Sapporo on Minami 4-jo.

  2. Day 2: Sunday: ramen, Hokkaido University, Susukino bars

    Morning
    Coffee and chikuwa pan at Donguri Odori from 10:00; eat on the Odori Park benches. Walk to Hokkaido University and the Marche Cafe and Labo for a Hokudai Clark's Milk soft serve.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Menya Saimi in Toyohira-ku, consistently ranked top of Sapporo Tabelog miso ramen. Then walk to the Sapporo Beer Garden in Higashi-ku for the brick-brewery tour.
    Evening
    Dinner at Sushiya no Saito in Susukino, an Ezomae omakase counter on Minami 6-jo with no fixed holidays. Close at Bar nano gould in Tanukikoji for Hokkaido-foraged cocktails.

Sapporo budget two days: under 5,000 yen a day ★ 4.3

Budget traveller, two days2 days

A two-day budget plan for Sapporo on under 5,000 yen of food per day. Donguri's chikuwa pan, Sapporo Zangi Honpo teishoku, Sumire's late-night miso ramen and the Hokudai dairy stand. Cheap eats anchored in the city's signature dishes without the premium prices.

  1. Day 1: Day 1: Donguri, Zangi, Ramen Yokocho

    Morning
    Chikuwa pan and Hokkaido potato bread at Donguri Odori from 10:00. Around 600 yen for two breads; eat on the benches at Odori Park.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Sapporo Zangi Honpo Susukino for the zangi teishoku under 1,000 yen, with free rice and cabbage refills. Walk through Tanukikoji arcade afterward.
    Evening
    Dinner at Ramen Yokocho. Pick a shop with a queue; bowls run 850-1,400 yen. Close at Sumire Susukino for late-night miso ramen if still hungry by midnight.

  2. Day 2: Day 2: Curb Market, Hokudai dairy, late ramen

    Morning
    Walk to Sapporo Curb Market by 08:00 for a small kaisendon at one of the stalls. Around 1,800 yen for the cheapest sushi-bowl variant; cash and card both accepted.
    Afternoon
    Walk to Hokkaido University. Lunch at Picante Kita 13-jo, the founding soup-curry house north of campus. Then a Hokudai Clark's Milk soft serve at the Marche Cafe and Labo for 400 yen.
    Evening
    Dinner at Keyaki Susukino, the miso-ramen specialist on Minami 6-jo, with bowls 900-1,400 yen. Open until 04:00, the budget late-night standby.

Sapporo winter three days: Snow Festival, miso ramen and crab ★ 4.5

Winter visitor, three days3 days

A three-day winter plan built around Snow Festival in early February. Hot miso ramen at Aji no Sanpei, jingisukan at the Sapporo Beer Garden, crab kaiseki at Kani Honke and a day trip to Otaru for sushi at Sankaku Market.

  1. Day 1: Day 1: Snow Festival arrival

    Morning
    Coffee and toast brunch at Cafe Morihico Maruyama from 10:00 on weekends; the four-minute walk from Maruyama Koen subway is the cushion for the queue.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Aji no Sanpei in the Daimaru Fujii Central building on Odori. The original 1955 miso ramen from founder Morito Omiya, the bowl that started Hokkaido ramen.
    Evening
    Walk Snow Festival snow sculptures at Odori Park into Susukino. Dinner at Soup Curry Garaku Sapporo Honten for the warming spice broth on a winter night. Close at Bar Yamazaki in Susukino for a classic Sapporo cocktail.

  2. Day 2: Day 2: Crab, jingisukan, late ramen

    Morning
    Brunch at Nijo Ichiba Ohiso for sanshoku kaisendon (king crab, sea urchin, salmon ikura). The 07:30 morning opening beats the summer queue but in winter it's quieter; closed Wednesdays.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at the Sapporo Kani Honke Honten near Sapporo Station, a kegani (hairy crab) kaiseki course in the city's reference crab restaurant since 1964.
    Evening
    Dinner at Jingisukan Daruma Honten in Susukino for atozuke-style lamb at the dome grill. Late-night close at Keyaki Susukino Honten for hot miso ramen at 02:00.

  3. Day 3: Day 3: Otaru day trip

    Morning
    JR Hakodate Line to Otaru, 30 minutes. Sushi at Sankaku Market for the morning bowl; the small market shops open from 06:00 and serve fresh donburi to lunch.
    Afternoon
    Walk the Otaru Canal; LeTAO Honten for double-fromage cheesecake and a Hokkaido milk tea on the second-floor cafe. Otaru Beer brewery stop on the return if there's time.
    Evening
    Back in Sapporo. Dinner at Sushiya no Saito in Susukino for an Ezomae omakase course on Hokkaido seafood. Close at The Nikka Bar Sapporo for a Hokkaido whisky tasting flight.
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