Choice of Japanese restaurants from our site (Japanese version).
Eating places with full English or other foreign language assistance is rare, but many foreign visitors are still enjoying Japanese food.

Let's have fun at Izakaya!
As well as authentic Japanese restaurants, we have "Izakayas," where you can enjoy both tasty dishes and alcoholic beverages. Since items on the menu are reasonably priced, "izakayas" are popular among people from different walks of life, such as students, business people and families with children. They have extensive menus, covering not only sashimi (sliced raw fish), yakitori (skewered grilled chicken) and other Japanese dishes, but also Chinese and Western cuisine. It is also fun to go to an "izakaya" dishes and try various dishes together.

Let's speak Japanese at an Izakaya!
Wining and dining in a large group is called "enkai" in Japanese. We make a toast by saying "kampai" at the outset of "enkai." Now where will you have your "enkai" and at which "izakaya" tonight? Here are some words and phrases you may use at an "izakaya."
Kampai! (Cheers!), Oishi (Delicious), Okawari (Refill), Biru (Beer), Wain (Wine), Uisuki (Whiskey), Kora (Coke), Ocha (Japanese tea), Toire wa doko desuka? (Where is a rest room?), etc.

Tips when eating at Japanese restaurants or Izakaya

JR-Sapporo station and Odori station area
Obanzai Kujira-tei
Oysters, Seasonal dishes, and Soba restaurants "Hiraku"
Yoitokoro

Sumiyaki Robata Kushiro
Yoshino
Hakodate "Kaiyo-tei" Susukino
Robata dining Tantan
Aji-dokoro "Matsumae"

Other
Kazaguruma
Tanuki-no-Kakurega
Hikarizushi

Kazaguruma

My annual trip back to Japan from Canada would not be perfect without enjoying the perfect combination of food and drink at Kazaguruma, my all-time favourite izakaya. Only the ingredients that meet the high standard by “Taisho,” owner and chef, are selected for exquisite dishes. You don’t want to miss the sashimi that is prepared from freshly caught fish and seashells right off the Hokkaido coast. The tasty dishes become even tastier with a variety of sake from all over Japan. Kazaguruma is the place that makes me realize that I’m back home. It must be also the place that makes your trip to Hokkaido very unique! (By Yasuko Sakurai)

Open : 17:00 - 24:00
Closed on Sundays and Dec. 31 - Jan. 4
Address :
B1 Gin-no Shizuku 17 Building, N17, W4, Kita-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-736-4236
Access : One block west and one block south from Kita 18-jo Station (Namboku Line)

No English menu. Services available in Japanese only

Sumiyaki Robata Kushiro

Open :
Mon-Fri 17:00-23:00
Sun 17:00-24:00
Address :
B1F Susukino Building, S4, W3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-533-1717
Access : 1-min. walk from subway Susukino station (Nanboku Line)

No English menu, but the menu has pictures.

Sumiyaki Robata Kushiro (Japanese)

Obanzai Kujira-tei

Open :
11:30-14:00, 17:00-22:00
Closed on Sundays and National holidays
Address :
2F Fujiya-Okamoto Building, N2, W2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-219-8113
Access : 5-min. walk from subway Sapporo station (Nanboku Line)

Chinese menu available. No English menu. Some clerks can speak English.

Yoshino

Open :
11:45-15:00, 17:00-23:00 (Last.Order 22:30)
Closed on Sundays
Address :
S3, W4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (Tanuki-kouji 4-chome)
Phone : 011-221-4430
Access : 5-min. walk from subway Susukino station or Odori station (Nanboku Line)

No English menu, but some clerks can speak English.

Open :
17:00-25:00
Address :
8F Hokusei Building, S4, W3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-219-3929
Access : 1-min. walk from subway Susukino station (Nanboku Line)

We have no clerks who can speak English, but many foreign visitors enjoy dinner.

Robata dining Tantan (Japanese)

Open :
17:00-23:00
Closed on Sundays and National holidays
Address :
2F President Building 100, S1, W5, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-241-6166
Access : 5-min. walk from subway Odori station (Nanboku Line)

English and Chinese menus available.

Hakodate "Kaiyo-tei" Susukino

Open :
Mon-Fri 17:00-23:00
Sun 17:00-24:00
Address :
B1F White building, S6, W4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-562-2999
Access : 10min. walk from subway Namboku-line Susukino station

No English menus.

Yoitokoro

Open :
16:30-23:00
Address :
4F Sapporo chuou building, N1, W3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-261-0098
Access : 5min. walk from subway Namboku-line Odori station

English menu available.

Aji-dokoro "Matsumae"

Open :
17:30-23:00
Closed on Sundays and National holidays
Address :
4F Dai-ni-Kanko-kaikan, S4, W5, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-552-0258
Access : 5min. walk from subway Namboku-line Susukino station

No English menus.

Tanuki-no-Kakurega

Open :
Mon-Sat 17:30-24:30
Sun 17:00-24:00
* Make a reservation
Closed on Thursdays
Address :
1F Dai-Ichi-Nichiei building, Chuo1jo, 3chome, Shiroisi-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-816-5595
Access : 13min. walk from subway Tozai-line Higashisapporo station
or 10min. by taxi from JR-Sapporo station. (costs about 1,500yen)

Some clerks can speak English.

Open :
Mon-Sat 5:00-14:00
Closed on Sundays, between Dec 29 and Jan 4, and on other days fixed by Sapporo Central Wholesale Market (see calendar here)
Address :
Maruka Wholesale Center, 1-20, North 12, West 20, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Phone : 011-612-9810
Access : 10 min. walk from Nijuyon-ken subway station (Tozai Line) or JR Soen Station