| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1000 - ¥1500 |
| Opening Hours | 7:30 - 21:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-271-5555 https://www.ufs.co.jp/brand/ucp/index.html |
| Notes | Cafe & dining, seating 60, no smoking, English menu available, card accepted |
| Location / Getting There | Located in Sapporo in Aurora Town. Aurora Town is an underground shopping walkway that runs underneath Odori Park. It's a 2 minute walk from Odori subway station Odori Nishi 2-chome Aurora Town, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0042 |
The UCC Cafe Plaza is a pleasant ding & cafe restaurant in Sapporo. It is one of many restaurants that line the underground shopping walkway, Aurora Town. Aurora Town can be found running directly underneath Odori Park in the middle of town. The cafe is a good spot to enjoy a fresh coffee, or a very affordable lunch, or both! They also have some delicious desserts as well. Why not try one of their signature waffles. UCC Cafe Plaza uses the siphon method for brewing their coffee, which delivers an aromatic and flavorful cup of coffee. Their drip method can be seen as you enter the cafe.
The coffees here are pretty good and cheaper than most other coffee shops in the area. They have a whole variety of sandwiches that come with a salad. There is also a nice Japanese style curry plate. There is a set menu option with their dishes. These come with a salad and a coffee. Enjoy! UCC Cafe Plaza is well known for its waffles. They have half a dozen waffles dripping with fruit, honey, syrup and other sweet goodness. Also keep an eye on their seasonal menu. You can pick up something sweet or savory here as well.
| Opening Hours | 10:00 - 21:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-251-7600 |
| Notes | Shopping complex in an underground passageway lined with boutiques, restaurants & cafes. |
| Location / Getting There | Pole Town is located in central Sapporo. It runs underground between Odori subway station & Susukino subway station 4 Chome Odorinishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0042 |
Pole Town is an underground walkway that runs from Odori park to the nightlife district in Susukino. The entrance can be found at the exit of Susukino subway station and the exit of Odori subway station. It is also part of a larger underground shopping complex including Aurora Town and the Chikaho Underground Walkway. This network of shopping walkways are fantastic especially during the cold winter months. You can avoid the winter chill and walk all the way from the Susukino entertainment district all the way to Sapporo station. The distance runs just under two kilometres.
Pole Town is home to eighty boutiques, restaurants and stores. This includes over a dozen restaurants including the Italian dining restaurant, Pronto, a gyudon restaurant, and a pork katsu restaurant. There are also a couple of bakeries. Walking past Kinotoya Bake will bring some delicious smells, as will Krispy Kreme Donuts. There is a discount store, 3 Coins, plus flower shops, clothing boutiques, an ATM, and souvenir stores. At the Odori end of Pole Town there is a large TV known as ‘Hiroshi’. This spot is a popular meeting spot at the exit of the subway station.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥120 - ¥400 per plate |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 21:30 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-209-3440 |
| Notes | Sushi train style restaurant, seating 20, no smoking, English menu available with pictures, free tea |
| Location / Getting There | Located in the 'Apia Joyful Walk' area (under Sapporo station) on the basement floor. 〒060-0005 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo Ward, Kita 5 Jonishi, 4 Chome-Apia Joyful Walk B1F |
Kurkuru Sushi is a kaiten sushi restaurant in Sapporo. Kaiten Sushi being the sushi on a conveyer belt that runs past every table at the centre of restaurant. And for extra fresh sushi, you can place an order with the sushi chefs standing behind the conveyer belt. Being so close to Sapporo station, Kurukuru Sushi caters very well to travelers and sightseers coming in from distant countries. The staff here are really friendly have some English ability. And to make ordering easier for those who may be lacking in the Japanese language, there is an English menu available.
Once inside and seated, you will be given a menu and a sheet of paper to write down your order. Each plate consists of two mouth watering sushi pieces. There are six plates that are on offer. From cheapest to the most expensive they range in colors being white, blue, silver, red, gold, and black. White being your most basic sushi at ¥120 a plate to those looking at the high end sushi at ¥400 for the black plates. The green tea here is free and simply top up when need be. This is a nice little sushi restaurant with friendly staff and easily accessed.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥500 - ¥1500 |
| Opening Hours | 08:00 - 21:00 Sapporo, Odori location 10:00 - 16:00 KitaHiroshima Hall 09:00 - 20:00 New Chitose Airport (last food order 19:00) |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-231-1487 Sapporo, Odori 080-9458-1486 KitaHiroshima Hall 0123-25-8111 New Chitose Airport |
| Notes | Cafe and dining, 3 locations in Hokkaido, extensive dessert menu |
| Location / Getting There | Sapporo location can be found under Odori Park on the B2 floor of Nishi 4 building, and is right next to the exit at Odori Subway station at the entrance of Chikaho Underground Walkway. 4-6-1, Odori Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido Sapporo Odori Nishi 4 Building B2F Kita-Hiroshima cafe is a 14 minute walk from Kita-Hiroshima station, next to Hiroshima shrine. 4-2-1, Central, Kitahiroshima-shi, Hokkaido Kitahiroshima City Hall 5th floor |
There are three Ishiya Cafe’s in Hokkaido. There is a small cafe in Kita-Hiroshima (which is a thirty minute drive from Sapporo), another Ishiya can be found at the New Chitose Airport. The last Ishiya Cafe and main store is right in the heart of Hokkaido. This cafe is on the basement floor, and right in front of the Odori Subway station. The Ishiya Cafe brand has a variety of meals to have for lunch. They are equally skilled at offering some heavenly desserts to go with a hot cup of tea or coffee (something to enjoy before a flight at the airport perhaps).
The interior of the cafe’s have been designed to create an English style atmosphere. You can enjoy a nice hot drink in comfortable surroundings. The savory food on the lunch menu includes mainly Italian style dishes. Try some of their pastas or sandwich rolls! The desserts at the cafe include huge hot cakes drizzled with goodness, parfaits, and ‘Shiroi Koibito’ ice creams. Ishiya also has a sweets store based on the ground floor of the Nishi 4 Building in Sapporo. This sweets store is conveniently directly above the Ishiya Cafe in Odori.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥600 - ¥1000 |
| Opening Hours | Depending on store |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | https://www.lotteria.jp/ |
| Notes | English menu available, fast food burger restaurant |
| Location / Getting There | There are thirty Lotteria stores throughout Hokkaido. Restaurants can be found in Sapporo, Hakodate, Asahikawa, Tomakomai, Obihiro, Kushiro, and Obihiro. |
Lotteria is one of the big four fast food restaurants throughout the country. The other three being McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Mos Burger. The company ‘Lotte’ was founded in 1948 by a Korean national, Shin Kyuk-Ho. After stowing on a ship to Japan the company has grown from selling chewing gum to becoming a major multinational corporation. The first Lotteria restaurant opened in 1972 in Tokyo, Japan. The most popular items on their menu include hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and teriyaki burgers. Lotteria’s biggest claim to fame is the invention the shrimp burger in 1977. This burger has since been copied by McDonalds and Mos burger in Japan.
Other items on the menu include sandwiches, french fries, and desserts such as crepes, apple pie, and frozen cake sticks. The burgers here are pretty good, though not the cheapest compared to the other fast food restaurants. But if you want a quick and easy meal whether you are on the fly or out shopping, Lotteria is an option for you. Since its first store in Tokyo, the chain spread to Yokohama, and Ueno. In 1979, the Lotteria brand was established in South Korea, and then spread to South East Asia such as China, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam. For further locations around Hokkaido, see below.
| Opening Hours | 10:00 - 20:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-281-6160 http://www.ikeuchi.co.jp/top/ |
| Notes | Small department store, no parking |
| Location / Getting There | Located in central Sapporo. It is a 5 minute walk from Odori subway station and Odori park. |
Ikeuchi Zone is a small department store in the shopping district of Sapporo. It is has eight floors plus two basement floors. Ikeuchi’s origins can be dated back to June 1893, during the Meiji era. The first store was ‘Ikeuchi Hardware Store’ and was established by Yosoyoshi Ikeuchi. A hundred years on and the Ikeuchi name has developed into its own separate department store. The current building was completed in 2011. The building has restaurants, clothing boutiques, an English language school, a kimono store, an art gallery, and antique stores.
| Floor Guide | |
| 8th Floor | Western food bar Hakodate Gotoken Charcoal fire tavern Sumibi Izakaya En |
| 7th Floor | Sapporo Ayumi Osteopathic Clinic Seitai Beauty Clinic Interac English school |
| 6th Floor | Yuzawaya handcraft supplies |
| 5th Floor | Kukura Beauty Counseling Sapporo Aoba Clinic Price Contact Clinic Pola the Beauty Cosmetics Eyelash Salon Blanc |
| 4th Floor | Can Do cheap goods store |
| 3rd Floor | Nail Salon Andova Chimatsu Kimono store Amway Plaza Sapporo (cosmetics, food, cafe) |
| 2nd Floor | Zara |
| 1st Floor | Zara |
| B1 Floor | Zara |
| B2 Floor | Baby, The Stars Shine Bright / Alice & The Pirates ladies' boutique Kist men's & ladies' boutique Volks Sapporo Showroom hobby store |
