Sapporo Curb Market Stalls is a street-food stop in Hokkaido University, Sapporo.
The retail side of Sapporo Central Wholesale Market, around 60 stalls of Hokkaido seafood and produce. The morning sashimi-don shops open with the market.
Tip: Arrive before 09:00; restaurants open 07:00 with the first market deliveries.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0011, Japan
The Hokkaido University dairy stand sells five flavours of Clark's Milk soft serve, made in-store from the campus farm milk; haskap is the standout.
Try: Hokudai Clark's Milk soft serve
Tip: Open campus term-time only; closed during winter break. Five flavours including haskap.
Sapporo Station's ekiben stalls run from morning through evening, with Hokkaido salmon and crab bento alongside the famous Ishikari Sake Bento.
Try: Hokkaido ekiben (station bento)
Tip: The Ishikari Sake Bento is the postcard ekiben; under 1,500 yen with two pieces of salmon nigiri.
Sapporo's bakery-as-street-food. Donguri sells about 2,300 chikuwa pan a day across nine branches; the Odori shop is the canonical eat-on-the-bench stop.
Try: Chikuwa pan (fish-cake bread)
Tip: Eat warm on the Odori Park benches; buy two more for the train.
A short alley off Minami 6-jo with five small yakitori stands, each running a binchotan grill. Order at the counter, pay cash; standing room only on weekends.
Try: Yakitori skewers
Tip: Cash only; counter standing room only after 21:00. Order tsukune and negima.
Sapporo's reference zangi (Hokkaido fried chicken) stand. Marinated overnight with garlic and soy, fried to order; teishoku sets under 1,000 yen.
Try: Sapporo zangi (fried chicken)
Tip: Free rice and cabbage refills with the teishoku; takeaway also available.
The Hokkaido University dairy stand sells five flavours of Clark's Milk soft serve, made in-store from the campus farm milk; haskap is the standout.
Try: Hokudai Clark's Milk soft serve
Tip: Open campus term-time only; closed during winter break. Five flavours including haskap.
A 42-metre alley of 17 ramen shops south of Susukino since 1951. The narrow lane is Sapporo's tourism focal point for ramen, open through the night.
Try: Sapporo miso ramen
Tip: Pick a shop with a queue; most do miso, a few specialise in shio or shoyu.
