Yama Arashi is a popular ramen store in Hiragishi. It is not a far walk from Toyohira River. It is the main store of three ramen stores of the same company. The other being Yamarashi Black Tiger Ramen, which is in central Sapporo and there is also Tenjo Tenge Ryuga Dokuso, which is on the way to Jozankei. The main store Yama Arashi, has a good selection of ramen dishes. All of Yamaarashi’s ramen is made from Hokkaido ingredients the soup uses only carefully selected pork from Hokkaido. The broth is made from pork loin and the soup is boiled for 10 hours and then soaked in a special sauce. The end result is a great and delicious ramen. 

This is a small ramen restaurant in the south western area of Sapporo. It is just a three minute drive past Sapporo Dome. The restaurant is just off Hitsujigaoka Dori Avenue and is also across from Sapporo International University as well as Sapporo Kokusai Daigaku Museum. To order at this store, as with most ramen stores, there is an ordering machine near the entrance. Simply put in your money and push your selected item. The buttons are only in Japanese so its recommended to have someone who speaks Japanese (if you don’t), or an app on your phone. The ramen here is not overly exceptional, and has slightly above average ratings, but you get a lot for your dollar.

At Ramen 296, you can order your standard shio (salt), miso, or shoyu ramen. Plus they have variants on these dishes. The Kiyota Ramen dish seems to be the most popular and is their flagship dish. Extras can be ordered to on your dish. Plus there are soba noodles which can be ordered as a side dish or own its own. 

Haruichiya Sandaime Menjuku is a large ramen restaurant in Hiragishi in the eastern district of Sapporo. It is along the busy road of Shiroishi Nakanoshima avenue and is very close to Tsukisamu Park. This ramen restaurant specializes in four deiffrent kinds of oils that they use to enhance the flavor of the broth. There is ‘shrimp oil’ for a couple of the dishes, a ‘spicy oil’ for miso ramen, ‘hydrangea oil’ for salt ramen and the last being ‘katsuo oil’. All of them are homemade using carefully selected ingredients, and are used properly according to the characteristics of the soup and sauce.

For the eggs used as a topping for the ramen, Hokkaido selected eggs are use. They are soaked in a special soy sauce overnight and are half boiled to accentuate the taste. The broth is also handmade using Hokkaido ingredients and each dish uses different flavors to create a well rounded menu. There are around eight ramen dishes on the menu to choose from. these include your typical salt, miso, and soy ramen based dishes. Plus they also have a spicy miso ramen, or a couple of shrimp ramens. There are extras to be added if need be, and they have some side dishes, such as a Chinese dumpling dish.