Picante Kita 13-jo Honten is a japanese restaurant in Hokkaido University, Sapporo.
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.
Signature dishes: Soup curry knuckle pork, Lamb-leg curry, Tomato-spice broth
Must order: Knuckle pork soup curry, broth of choice (1-4 spice).
Tip: Four-minute walk from Kita 12-jo subway; 44 seats but expect 30 minutes at peak.
Address: Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0813, Japan
The miso-ramen counter consistently ranked top of Sapporo Tabelog at 3.96. Saimi blends three white misos with a clear pork-bone base; queue early.
Signature: Miso ramen, Spicy miso ramen, Salt ramen
Order: Miso ramen with extra ginger ground tableside.
Tip: Three-minute walk from Misono subway station; queue from 11:00 weekdays, 10:30 weekends. Closed Mondays.
The Murakami family ramen house, opened 1964, codified the Sapporo miso style with a thick lard cap sealing the broth heat-stable through winter.
Signature: Miso ramen, Shoyu ramen, Shio ramen
Order: Miso ramen with extra chashu; the lard cap stays piping.
Tip: Ten-minute walk from Nakanoshima subway; the Susukino branch is the late-night option.
Sumire's late-night Susukino outpost, one minute from the subway exit, pouring the same miso broth as Nakanoshima honten until 03:00 most nights.
Signature: Miso ramen, Shoyu ramen, Salt ramen
Order: Miso ramen, post-izakaya order.
Tip: Open until 03:00 weekdays and Saturdays; perfect bookend to a Susukino izakaya crawl.
The origin shop for Sapporo miso ramen. Founder Morito Omiya created the miso bowl here in 1955; the menu still leads with the original broth.
Signature: Miso ramen, Shoyu ramen
Order: Miso ramen, served the same way since 1955.
Tip: Closed Mondays; the lunch line builds around 12:00 and there are no reservations.
A Susukino miso-ramen specialist since 1999, Keyaki folds three regional misos around a pork-and-vegetable base. Constant one-hour queue at the small counter.
Signature: Miso ramen, Spicy miso ramen, Wantan miso ramen
Order: Miso ramen with extra noodle (omori) and a wantan add.
Tip: Hours 10:30-04:00; queue forms by 19:00. Sister-store Keyaki bowls also reach the Stellar Place sixth floor near Sapporo Station.
The shrimp-paste ramen shop south of Susukino, concentrating Hokkaido amaebi shells into a deep umami broth the city now exports nationally.
Signature: Ebi miso ramen, Ebi shio ramen, Shrimp paste ramen
Order: Ebi miso ramen; you can choose the shrimp-paste intensity.
Tip: Open until 03:00 most nights; expect a wait after midnight; midnight order is the local move.
