Jingisukan Daruma Honten is a yakiniku restaurant in Susukino, Sapporo.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Minami 5-jo Nishi 4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0805, Japan
Daruma's 2009 spillover branch behind COCONO Susukino, one minute from Susukino subway. Same single-cut lamb, same dome grills, slightly fewer queues.
OrderSapporo-cut lamb plate at the dome grill; order another before you finish the first.
TipOpens 17:00 daily; queue forms early on weekends and after Susukino last-trains begin running.
The Susukino soup-curry shop two minutes from the station. Chicken leg, knuckle pork and Hokkaido vegetables in a clearer broth than Magic Spice.
OrderKnuckle pork soup curry with 21 vegetables; the broth is lighter than Magic Spice.
TipLong queue from 12:00; Suage2 is the same operator one block over with the same menu.
Daruma's 2009 spillover branch behind COCONO Susukino, one minute from Susukino subway. Same single-cut lamb, same dome grills, slightly fewer queues.
OrderSapporo-cut lamb plate at the dome grill; order another before you finish the first.
TipOpens 17:00 daily; queue forms early on weekends and after Susukino last-trains begin running.
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.
OrderLamb-shoulder loin with the family aizome marinade and the trio comparison set.
TipBook the comparison set through byFood or Pelago in advance; popular with families.
The seven-storey Honten near Sapporo Station, the city's reference crab restaurant since 1964, working all three Hokkaido crabs across course menus.
OrderKegani hairy crab in the steamed kaiseki course paired with crab sashimi.
TipThe Susukino branch closed in 2022; the Honten is now the principal Sapporo address.
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.
OrderChicken-leg soup curry at the kakuteru spice level; rice on the side, fork-and-spoon.
TipSix heat levels from junrei to sumire; ask for haskap lassi as the cooler. Closed Wednesdays.
The Susukino soup-curry shop two minutes from the station. Chicken leg, knuckle pork and Hokkaido vegetables in a clearer broth than Magic Spice.
OrderKnuckle pork soup curry with 21 vegetables; the broth is lighter than Magic Spice.
TipLong queue from 12:00; Suage2 is the same operator one block over with the same menu.
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.
OrderTender chicken leg with Hokkaido vegetables; spice level five for first-timers.
TipQueue forms 11:30 on weekends; the Tanukikoji branch is a five-minute walk west.
