| Opening Hours | 9:00 - 17:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0136-47-2068 |
| Notes | Fresh local vegetables |
| Location / Getting There | 127 Rusutsu, Rusutsu-mura, Abuta-gun, Hokkaidō 048-1731 10 minute walk |
Fresh produce
Rusutsu is famous for its ski field, resort and the outlying farmlands. These farm lands produce a large variety of fresh and delicious vegetables. Rusutsu is especially famous for its daikon (radish), asparagus (green, white & purple), and potatoes. Fresh vegetables of the season are delivered directly to Farmers’ Market, making it a popular place to buy groceries for a cheap price! This supermarket is connected right next to Rusutsu Pizza Do, so it’s also a good spot to grab some lunch.
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Flowers on sale
The selection is quite vast, and each product is brought in by individual farmers. Anything from celery to chili peppers, every product has a picture of the farmer and information about them. It would be hard to find a better bargain in Hokkaido than at Farmer’s Market. Prices for cabbages, pumpkins, onions can be as little as ￥100, so there are many bargains to be found. Not are there vegetables to be found, but there are soups, seasoning, an assortment of breads, and flowers.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | Around ￥1000 - ￥2000 |
| Opening Hours | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0136-47-2068 |
| Notes | Non smoking Seating 50 Next to Rusutsu Furusato Park |
| Location / Getting There | 10 minute walk from Rusutsu ski field 127-191 Rusutsu, Abuta District, Hokkaido 048-1731 |
Inside seating
Rusutsu Pizza is a popular restaurant that is part of Rusutsu Furusato Park. It is also attached to the equally popular Rusutsu local supermarket. Rusutsu is not only well known for its ski fields and resort, but also for its local farm lands. The variety of vegetables produced from these farms are used to make these delicious pizzas. The restaurant has plenty of seating and offers views of Mt Sorioi. As it is on Rusutsu Furusato Park, it’s also a good place to take your order outdoors during summer and enjoy a picnic on the grass!
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Sausage, asparagus and tomato pizza
Rusutsu Pizza not only sells pizzas, but the menu also has pork and rice, udon noodles, and a selection of side dishes, such as fried potatoes and asparagus salad. And as with all restaurants, Rusutsu Pizza has the ever popular dessert menu. To order your pizza you can do so via an automatic ticket machine. The machine is in Japanese but photos are provided, simply use the touch screen to make your selection. Once you have inserted your money and get the printed ticket, take it to the kitchen counter to pick up your order.
| Opening Hours | 10:00 - 21:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-210-0151 |
| Notes | Tax free shop |
| Location / Getting There | 〒 060 - 00262 Hokkaido Sapporo-shi Chuo-ku South 2-west West 3-15-1 5 minute walk from Odori subway station |
2nd floor mens & women
Forever 21 is a world wide fashion retailer of women’s, men’s and kids clothing and accessories. There are numerous stores around Japan, and in February 2016, Sapporo Forever 21 first opened its doors to the public. There are 4 floors; the 1st floor (ground floor) is women & denim, the 2nd floor is for men and women, and the 3rd floor is women, accessories, shoes & lingerie. The B2 floor is also for women and has an entrance that connects with Poletown.
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Find a bargain
Forever 21 is a tax free retail store which is an added bonus, plus throughout the year there are bargains and sales which occur regularly so you can pick up a real bargain. Clothing and other accessories can be found for as little as ￥300 each! The changing rooms, with full length mirrors, can be found on the 2nd floor, for any help just see the friendly staff. Forever 21 is easily located on the main street, known as “Eki Mae Dori”, which runs through the center of Sapporo. It is a popular clothing store for tourists and also for locals.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | Each dish from ￥200- ￥1000 each |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 23:30 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-213-5608 |
| Notes | Japanese Izakaya |
| Location / Getting There | Located in Paseo West at Sapporo station 060 0806 Hokkaido Sapporo City Kita-ku Northern 6th west 4-3-1 Paseo 1F |
Grilled chicken
Tori yo Sakana yo (which translates to “chicken! fish!”) is a Japanese style bar/restaurant. As with all Izakayas in Japan, this restaurant serves up small dishes of Japanese cuisine. There is a good selection of salads, seafood and meat. Grilled chicken, and grilled pork on skewers is a popular dish. As is the large selection of delicious sashimi and grilled fish. Not all the dishes are Japanese, however. There are pizzas, pastas, and a nice serving of avocado with melted cheese.
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Succulent sashimi
As with the food menu, the drink menu offers beer, a wide range of spirits, soft drinks and juices. There is a “Nomihodai” option (all you can drink), which goes for 2 hours. The nomihodai includes tap beers, and a selection of spirits. The “Tori Yo Sakana Yo” Restaurant restaurant is located in the Paseo restaurant section. It’s in a convenient area, and close to the station and Stellar place department store and Daimaru department store, so it’s a good spot for some lunch or dinner.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ￥1500 - ￥2500 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 22:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-213-5660 |
| Notes | English menu |
| Location / Getting There | Located at Sapporo station Paseo 〒060-0806 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Kita, Kita 6 Jonishi, 2 Chome, Paseo West 1F |
Hamburger soup curry
Okushiba Soup Curry is a delicious soup curry restaurant based right near Sapporo station. This soup curry restaurant offers a few traditional soup curry dishes plus some unique ones, in a nice retro Japanese setting. Along with the soup curries they also excel in shrimp soups and puddings, plus fried chicken and beef cutlets. The staff are very friendly, and the menu does come in English with photos which is easy to follow. The hard part, is which dish to choose!
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Cool décor
The owner, Yosuke Okushiba, has based the shrimp soup (of which this restaurant is themed) on his grandmothers traditional recipe, that has been passed down from generation to generation. The soup curry servings are big and the bowls are HUGE, which will leave any customer content. They have the traditional vegetable dishes, chicken, and pork dishes. The unique dishes include the hamburger patty with egg soup curry, sliced beef curry, and their original karage (fried chicken) soup curry.
| Admission | Adults : ￥420 Aged 7 - 15 : ￥300 6 and under : free |
| Opening Hours | 9:00 - 16:30 (16:00 last entry) |
| Closed | Mondays（on Tuesday when Monday is a National Holiday） Winter - November to April |
| Contact | 011-221-0066 hubg@fsc.hokudai.ac.jp |
| Notes | Wheelchairs available to borrow The botanic garden does not allow pets on garden grounds. Service animals are permitted. Toilets available. No car parking Parking available for motorcycles and bicycles. |
| Location / Getting There | North3, West8, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0003, Japan 10 minute walk from Sapporo station |
Woodlands
The Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens were established in 1886 as a part of the Old Sapporo Agricultural College. They were opened by Dr. Miyabe Kingo, a graduate of Sapporo Agricultural College (now Hokkaido University). The gardens cover 13.3 hectares and are the second oldest botanical gardens in Japan! The collection of plants and trees numbers over 4,000 species. These include alpine plants, and wild plants from Hokkaido, and can be enjoyed in the Spring, Summer, and Autumn.
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Natural History Museum
The gardens also contain a tropical greenhouse, a natural history museum, memorial building, and early Hokkaido homes. The natural history museum was built in 1884, and is the oldest museum in Hokkaido. Its old and spooky facade houses Ainu artifacts, biological specimens, and the stuffed body of ‘Taro’, one of two surviving sled dogs from Japan’s 1958 Antarctica mission. The exhibits documenting the lives of the Ainu and Uilta (indigenous peoples of Hokkaido) were collected from 1870 – 1930. There is also the Miyabe Kingo Memorial Building with displays of articles belonging to Miyabe, the first director of the botanical gardens.
Rose garden area
Other features of the Botanical Gardens are a Herbaceous Plants Garden, a Rose Garden with 200 rose bushes from 20 different varieties, a Canadian Rock Garden (in commemoration of the partnership between the University of British Colombia and the University of Hokkaido) ,and the Alpine Plants Rock Garden with over 600 species of alpine plants home to Hokkaido and its climate. The Northern Peoples Ethnobotanical Garden has around 200 species of plants used by the indigenous peoples of North East Asia for building, clothing, food, hunting, medicine and rituals.
The botanical gardens, are only a 10 minute walk from Sapporo station on the south exit. It is also a few minutes on the west side of the Old Hokkaido Government Building so you can fit the gardens into a sightseeing schedule. The gardens are a nice spot to walk around, sit on one of the many lawns, and take in the nature. Visitors can enjoy the seasonal flowers and the autumn leaves.
