Wine to Yakiniku Maruyama JIN is a wine bar in Maruyama, Sapporo.
A Maruyama room marrying Hokkaido wagyu yakiniku with a curated Hokkaido and Burgundy list. Counter and table seating with a charcoal-grill centrepiece.
Food program: Hokkaido wagyu yakiniku
Tip: Book the shin-shin and Hokkaido pinot pairing; reservations through Tabelog.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0801, Japan
A sommelier-led natural wine bar 10 minutes from Maruyama Park station. Calming wooden interior with washi-paper walls; Hokkaido and French growers feature.
Signature pour: Hokkaido pinot noir by the glass
Wine focus: Hokkaido and natural French wines
Food: Small plates with Hokkaido seafood
Tip: Reservations recommended; counter seats look across into the kitchen.
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.
A sommelier-led natural wine bar 10 minutes from Maruyama Park station. Calming wooden interior with washi-paper walls; Hokkaido and French growers feature.
Signature pour: Hokkaido pinot noir by the glass
Wine focus: Hokkaido and natural French wines
Food: Small plates with Hokkaido seafood
Tip: Reservations recommended; counter seats look across into the kitchen.
