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14 places

Sushi Miyakawa

Order The full omakase course; chef chooses the season's best Hokkaido catch.

Sapporo's only three-star Michelin sushi room. Chef Masaaki Miyakawa works Hokkaido seafood across two seatings at a seven-seat Maruyama counter.

Sushiya no Saito

Order The Kiwami evening omakase, 8 to 9 plates plus nigiri progression.

Chef Akira Saito's Ezomae-style sushi counter at the south edge of Susukino, working only Hokkaido catch into Kiwami and Miyabi omakase courses since 2000.

Sushi Hidetaka

Order Omakase; the dry-aged tuna progression is the house signature.

Chef Hidetaka trained at Sapporo's Michelin-starred Sushi Zen before opening this eight-seat cypress counter. Located in Susukino. Priced at ¥¥¥¥.

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Kowari

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.

Sushi Tanaka

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 ¥¥¥¥.

Yakiniku Gurumans Ito

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.

Sushi Saiko

Order Sushi-only omakase.

A Susukino omakase counter opened 2012, ten seats, using nearly all-Hokkaido seafood. A short walk from Hosui Susukino subway; quiet room, omakase only.

Sushi Zen Daimaru

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.

Semina

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  • Odori

Order Aged Tokachi wagyu primal cut with house-made mozzarella di Okoppe.

Chef Toshifumi Tanaka's rustic northern-Italian dining room, opened 2017 on the Odori central avenue. Priced at ¥¥¥¥. Tasting menu ¥15,000-22,000.

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Himeshara

Order Omakase nigiri progression with the small-rice signature; uni and aged tuna lead.

Chef Akira Tanaka's Maruyama-area sushi counter, opened 2003, with a nine-seat single-plank hinoki bar from 500-year-old Kiso cypress. Priced at ¥¥¥¥.

Sapporo Sushi Yokota

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 ¥¥¥¥.

Hokkaido Kani Shogun

Order Sankan course with one whole king crab leg, hairy-crab sashimi and snow-crab nabe.

Susukino's other heavyweight crab house in Sapporo. Six floors of course menus across king, snow and hairy crab, plus a third-floor sushi counter.

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