Kusuriya San no Wine Bar is a wine bar in Maruyama, Sapporo.
A Kitayama natural wine bar set into a former pharmacy. Biodynamic French and Hokkaido pours, plus a cheese board of Hokkaido fromage producers.
Food program: Cheese boards
Tip: Closed Tuesdays; bookings via Tabelog for Friday and Saturday only.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0801, Japan
A Maruyama room marrying Hokkaido wagyu yakiniku with a curated Hokkaido and Burgundy list. Counter and table seating with a charcoal-grill centrepiece.
Signature pour: Hokkaido pinot noir with shin-shin
Wine focus: Hokkaido red wines paired with wagyu
Food: Hokkaido wagyu yakiniku
Tip: Book the shin-shin and Hokkaido pinot pairing; reservations through Tabelog.
A Maruyama room marrying Hokkaido wagyu yakiniku with a curated Hokkaido and Burgundy list. Counter and table seating with a charcoal-grill centrepiece.
Signature pour: Hokkaido pinot noir with shin-shin
Wine focus: Hokkaido red wines paired with wagyu
Food: Hokkaido wagyu yakiniku
Tip: Book the shin-shin and Hokkaido pinot pairing; reservations through Tabelog.
A Susukino sake bar stocking nearly 300 Hokkaido-produced sake bottles. Otokoyama, Kunimare and Chitosetsuru are the everyday pours; cellar bottles too.
Signature pour: Otokoyama junmai daiginjo flight
Wine focus: Sake (300+ Hokkaido producers)
Food: Hokkaido seafood small plates
Tip: Flight of three Hokkaido junmais is the easy intro; closed Sundays.
A Tanukikoji wine-and-cocktail bar working under the concept cocktails as liquid cuisine. Hokkaido-foraged ingredients across both glassware.
Signature pour: Hokkaido-foraged ingredient cocktails
Wine focus: Wine-and-cocktail crossover
Food: Hokkaido-ingredient cocktails
Tip: Counter only; reservations via phone strongly recommended.
A small Susukino sake counter pouring exclusively Hokkaido sake. Twenty-plus producers by the glass, the kitchen leaning on sashimi and grilled fish.
Signature pour: Kunimare junmai daiginjo by glass
Wine focus: Hokkaido junmai sake
Food: Sashimi platters and ochazuke
Tip: Counter only; the staff speak basic English and will tailor flights.
Nikka Whisky's flagship Hokkaido bar in Susukino, pouring rare expressions of Taketsuru, Yoichi and Miyagikyo from the company's own cellar.
Signature pour: Taketsuru Pure Malt flight
Wine focus: Nikka Whisky flagship pours
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Reservations via the Nikka site; the Yoichi single-cask flights need a week's notice.
A Susukino whisky bar with a one-piece wooden counter and an exceptional Japanese whisky inventory. The Suntory bottle bar in the city's neon spine.
Signature pour: Suntory Yamazaki 18 by glass
Wine focus: Japanese whisky and global rare bottles
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Counter only; reservations preferred for Friday and Saturday seats.
