Donguri Odori Chikuwa Pan is a street-food stop in Odori, Sapporo.
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.
Tip: Eat warm on the Odori Park benches; buy two more for the train.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0042, Japan
During the Snow Festival in early February, Odori Park hosts a long food street of grilled corn, hot ramen, jingisukan bites and Sapporo Beer Garden taps.
Try: Hokkaido festival food stalls
Tip: Cash only at most stalls; the Tsudome venue also has indoor warming stalls.
Hokkaido's largest food festival runs Sep into early Oct at Odori Park, with 300 stalls of seasonal Hokkaido ramen, curry, meat dishes and sweets.
Try: Hokkaido seasonal stall food
Tip: Each chome has a different theme; 10-chome is the meat block.
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.
During the Snow Festival in early February, Odori Park hosts a long food street of grilled corn, hot ramen, jingisukan bites and Sapporo Beer Garden taps.
Try: Hokkaido festival food stalls
Tip: Cash only at most stalls; the Tsudome venue also has indoor warming stalls.
Hokkaido's largest food festival runs Sep into early Oct at Odori Park, with 300 stalls of seasonal Hokkaido ramen, curry, meat dishes and sweets.
Try: Hokkaido seasonal stall food
Tip: Each chome has a different theme; 10-chome is the meat block.
