| Entry | Free |
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥600 |
| Opening Hours | 21:00 -5:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-206-9691 |
| Notes | Club, lounge area, dance floor, |
| Location / Getting There | 5 minute walk from Susukino subway station. The club can be accessed via the Round One building. Upon entry simply take the escalator down to Jinx on the basement floor. 3 Chome-6-1 Minami 5 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 064-0805 |
Jinx is a relatively new club in the heart of Susukino, Sapporo. The club caters for tourists and for a younger crowd. Unlike most other clubs in Sapporo, it is free entry! The age limit to get in is from twenty years old, and there is no dress code. For entrance into the club is not obvious at first but it’s easy to find. Along the main road through Susukino (entertainment district) you can find the large Round One building. Simply enter this building and take the escalator down. There will be Jinx staff standing out the front to guide patrons in.
The variety of music here, includes allmix, EDM, house, hiphop, R&B, reggae, electronic, and live. There are small tables and chairs inside the main floor, plus a dance floor. With a capacity for eight hundred party goers, it’s spacious and is a good spot for groups of friends. The average age group is usually in the low twenties. There are VIP areas that have couches and tables so if you want to kick back in a bit of style, simply enquire at the entrance. With free access, Jinx is not a bad spot to check out when you are out on the town. Being open until the early hours, it’s an option at any time.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1000 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 23:30 11:00 - 21:45 Sunday |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-219-1057 Sapporo station location 011-569-0850 Odori location http://www.bariki-ya.com/ |
| Notes | Ramen, open late night, seating 10, Japanese menu only (has pictures) |
| Location / Getting There | One location is next to Yodobashi Camera, across from Sapporo station. The 2nd location is a 6 minute walk from Odori subway station. 5 Chome Kita 6 Jonishi, Kita Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0806 1 Chome-45 2F Minami 2 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0062 |
Bariki-ya Ramen has a couple of stores in Sapporo. Their most prominent store being right next to the popular Yodobashi Camera electronics store. The ramen here is your basic ramen layout. They have an ordering machine at the entrance of the restaurant. This ordering machine is only in Japanese but they do have pictures so you can simply click on the picture after putting the money in. The extras (including the lunch set), and drink menu are not pictured so you may need help translating if you can’t read Japanese.
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The ramen here is your basic ramen. They have the miso ramen, salt ramen, or soy sauce ramen bowls. These are the common base flavors of all ramen shops. The extras that can be ordered for your soup bowl include boiled egg and strips of nori (dried seaweed). These ingredients really add to the flavor making for a nice lunch or dinner. Ramen shops are generally quite small and narrow. This goes for Bariki-ya Ramen as well, so if you have a large group, it can be a little difficult to fit everyone in. If you can, this is a nice little ramen store.
| Opening Hours | 8:30 - 20:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-213-5053 http://www.dousanhin.com/shop/sapporo_jr |
| Notes | Hokkaido goods store, part of tourism information center, parking available; ¥340 per hour (Sapporo Station North Exit Underground Parking) |
| Getting There | The plaza is directly across the walkway from the Sapporo station west ticket gate. 060-0806 Sapporo Kita-ku Kita 6 Jo Nishi 4-chome JR Sapporo Station West Street north exit |
The Hokkaido Dosanko Plaza is part of the large tourism information center at Sapporo station. The information center not only has the Dosanko Plaza but also a cafe area and help desk. The Dosanko Plaza makes up the food section here. It is a small supermarket that sells over 2,000 specialty Hokkaido food products and souvenirs. All the items sold here can be found only in Hokkaido. It makes the perfect spot to pick up some souvenirs to take home with you. This store is not only a popular spot for tourists, but you will find many of the locals come here to pick up some specialty food items.
The Dosanko Plaza is full of delicious Hokkaido produce including items such as seafood, butters and cheese, meats, large crab, local vegetables, local liquor such as sake, wine and beer. They also have some nice sweets and confectionary here. Every three months, the store introduces a new item so keep an eye out. Apart from the food products, there are also handmade arts and crafts you can pick up as a souvenir. Some of these items include Ainu carvings and fabrics. The Hokkaido Dosanko Plaza is easily accessed as it is right by the western ticket gates at Sapporo station and is one of the first places you will see upon exiting the station.
| Admission | Free |
| Opening Hours | - |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0136-22-0352 https://konpirajikuchan.jimdofree.com/ |
| Notes | - |
| Location / Getting There | Located at the north end of the town of Kutchan. It's a 15 minute wlka from the centre of town or a 20 minute walk from Kutchan train station. 〒044-0057 Hokkaido, Abuta District, Kutchan, Kita 7 Jonishi, 1 Chome−８ |
Konpira Temple (or better known as ‘Konpiraji’ in Japanese) is a buddhist temple. It is the main temple in Kutchan and is a good place to visit while in town. It makes for a good spot to get some photos or to experience a little of the Japanese culture. A statue of the founding priest was constructed at the foot of Mt. Konpira which can be found at Lake Toya. Every year, at the temple, the annual Konpira Temple Festival is held. This festival celebrates Autumn and heralds the coming of winter. It is a three day festival and is held on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of October.
Being a buddhist temple, they have many statues around the grounds. The most common being the Ojizo-sama. These are usually small statues that have a child like appearance. They are often dressed in a red bib. This practice is believed to have begun when grieving parents who had lost a child put the deceased child’s bib on a Jizo statue in the hope their child would be protected in the other world. To get to the temple it is a fifteen minute walk from centre of Kutchan, or a five minute drive.It is located just to the north of central Kutchan. It is easily accessed as it lies at the end of the main street that runs through the town.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1500 |
| Opening Hours | 11:30 - 15:00 lunch 17:00 - 21:00 dinner |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0136-23-3166 http://markiecurry-niseko-kutchan.mystrikingly.com/ |
| Notes | Soup curry restaurant, seating 20, no smoking, delivery available, parking for 2 cars, English menu available, vegan option available |
| Location / Getting There | Located in central Kutchan along the main road that runs through Kutchan. It's a 10 minute walk from Kutchan train station. 〒044-0053 Hokkaido, Abuta District, Kutchan, Kita 3 Jonishi, 1 Chome−13−6 |
This soup curry restaurant can be found in central Kutchan which is by the Niseko skiing resorts. Kutchan is a country town and it is here, Markie Curry gets its fresh ingredients. The vegetables that go into their curries are supplied by local farmers plus Markie Curry has its own farm to grow fresh vegetables. This makes up the back bone of soup curries. Markie Curry also has its own secret spice recipe making for a delicious curry. There is seating for twenty, plus you can order ahead and they provide a delivery service which is a bonus (especially for cold winter months!).
The menu (also in English) is easy to follow. First, choose your meal from eight different soup curries. Second, choose your soup flavor. Markie Curry has a prawn base, coconut base, original base, and vegan base soup! Third, choose your spice level which ranges from zero to fifteen. There are kids meals here to by the way, that aren’t spicy for the little ones. Fourth, choose your rice size. Lastly, choose any extra toppings you would like. These topping range from an extra ¥100 to ¥300. For drinks they have lassies, coffees, juices, and beer. Too easy. Enjoy!
| Opening Hours | 12:00 - 18:00 |
| Closed | Public holidays |
| Contact | 011-3621-3677 |
| Notes | English speaking staff English, Chinese, Thai, Korean translations |
| Getting There | Located in central Kutchan in the Lucky supermarket. From Sapporo, it's a 1 hour 45 minute drive. 1 1 11 Minami Nijonishi Abuta Gun Kutchan Cho, Hokkaido 440032 |
There happens to be only one Western Union in the whole of Hokkaido. And that Western Union is in Kutchan. Kutchan is about an hour and forty minute drive from Sapporo. The town is adjacent to Niseko and is part of the hustle and bustle of the ski season and is bustling with travelers and locals during the winter. For this reason it seems the right choice to have a Western Union here. Western Union is an efficient and quick way to send money fast, to practically anywhere in the world!
The Western Union here opens midday until 6pm. It is open everyday which is very nice to know. It is located in the ‘Lucky Supermarket’ near the front entrance. There are also two ATM’s located at the supermarket which is also extremely handy to have at hand. These ATM’s take all cards. The staff here are very friendly and they have English ability. The process to send money takes about ten minutes. You will need a form of ID to send money, so with that simply fill out the form.
