| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥500 - ¥2000 |
| Opening Hours | 10:30 - 21:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0142-82-3031 |
| Notes | Restaurant, coffee shop & gallery space, English menu available, No parking, outside seating (smoking), seating 40, credit card accepted |
| Location / Getting There | Located on the south west side of lake Toya, in the Lake Toya Hot Spring district 40-11 Toyakoonsen, Toyako, Abuta District, Hokkaido 049-5721 |
Delicious roast chicken meal
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Relax with a coffee
For appetizers there are Italian Olives, Fried Potato With Truffle Salt, or Fried Chicken. Inside there are artworks for customers to enjoy. As the name suggests, Toya Art & Crafts focuses on local craft blended with good local produce, wine & coffee. They have some delicious organic wines, and Hokkaido craft beers to choose from such as an Otaru Pilsner or the North Island Brown to name a few. Finally, with outside seating, you can sit back and enjoy a nice cup of tea, or coffee. The large tables inside are available for reservations making the restaurant a good place for parties as well as for small groups or couples.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥900 - ¥1300 |
| Opening Hours | 10:20 - 20:20 drinks 11:00 - 19:30 food |
| Closed | Nov 5 - Nov 22 |
| Contact | 0134-33-7381 |
| Notes | Seating 40, English menu available Non smoking |
| Location / Getting There | Take the Chuo (#9 天狗山ロープウエイ線) bus from Otaru station terminal, or Otaru canal terminal. Get off at "Tenguyama" (last stop). Top of Mt. Tengu 2-chōme-16-16 Mogami, Otaru, Hokkaido 047-0023 |
Plenty of seating to enjoy the view
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Fried Herring Set
The menu is in Japanese plus English. It is pictured so it is easy to order. Outlook Restaurant Tengu has some delicious Japanese dishes and some Western ones. They have a Hokkaido Potato Curry, a Fried Chicken Curry, and a delicious Fried Herring Rice Bowl just to name a few. For a more Western flavor, there are some pasta dishes, a Beef Stew with Naan bread, or a Sausage Set. The drink menu has tea, hot coffee, beer & wine (including a nice Otaru wine). And to finish off, Outlook Restaurant Tengu has an assortment of desserts to choose from.
| Mt Tengu Ropeway | ¥1200 Adult round trip ¥600 Child round trip *discount for groups of 20 or more ¥1500 Adults round trip ticket + ¥800 meal coupon: |
| Opening Hours | 9:30 - 21:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0134-33-7381 |
| Notes | Observatory, gift shop, restaurants, hiking path, Squirrel park, shrine, snow gallery, Wheelchair access |
| Location / Getting There | Take the Chuo (#9 天狗山ロープウエイ線) bus from Otaru station terminal, or Otaru canal terminal. Get off at "Tenguyama" (last stop). Takes about 15 minutes. 2-chōme-16-16 Mogami, Otaru, Hokkaido 047-0023 |
Great views
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“Tengu” of Japanese folklore
Once alighting the cablecar, you will first enter the gift shop and restaurant, where you can sit and have lunch, dinner or coffee. If you need lockers, there are a few here for ¥500 for the day, and which are cheaper than the lockers at the bottom of the mountain. It is here too, you can see the Otaru Winter Museum, and the Tengu Hall which has fantastic Tengu masks on display. Outside, there is “Nausea’s Tengu”, a giant Tengu sculpture, which if you touch the nose, your wishes will come true. Behind this is a squirrel enclosure (open only during the summer), and a shrine, known as “Tengusan Shrine”. The shrine in the evening is lit by lanterns and is especially beautiful during this time.
One of the observation points
Circling around the top of the mountain is a small hiking path. It takes about 25 minutes to walk around. It is a pleasant walk and while walking around there are a couple of clear vantage points that offer beautiful views over the surrounding area. Finally, for kids and adults there is a downhill bobsled track that runs for 400 meters. The track costs ¥500 for adults and ¥300 for children. The track is closed during bad weather. All this during the summer, and during the winter there is skiing and snowboarding as well! A great place for family and friends.
Impressive views up
To get to the mountain, you can drive or take a bus. Buses leave from Otaru station, and Otaru canal bus terminal. For night viewing, there is an ‘Otaru Nightview Shuttle Bus’ (小樽夜景シャトルバス). This shuttle bus leaves from the the Otaru Grand Park Hotel at 18:50 and 19:20. It does a run through Otaru, stopping further at Hotel Otaru Furukawa, Hotel Sonia, Hotel Nord, Otaru Canal Bus Terminal, The Bank of Japan Otaru Museum, Inaho Jujigai, and the Otaru Train Station Bus Teminal. It operates from the end April until the start of November and costs ¥210 per adult, and ¥110 per child.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥2500 - ¥5000 |
| Opening Hours | 11:30 - 5:00 Friday to Sunday 11:30 - 15:00 17:00 - 5:00 Monday to Thursday |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-213-1416 https://crabeentre.owst.jp/ |
| Notes | Seafood restaurant Outside seating 6, Inside seating 6, 2nd floor seating, Table seating 20 Sofa seating 30, No parking English menu available, reservations advised for groups |
| Location / Getting There | Sapporo, Susukino. 5 minute walk from Susukino subway station. Corner of Eki Mae Dori. 4-chōme-1-10 Minami 6 Jōnishi, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 064-0806 |
The oyster set
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Fish eggs on garlic bread
The second floor has five tables with seating for four. The window seating here gives views down the busy city street. The third floor up is for parties and large groups, and has couch seating. The food here is fantastic, with their oyster set being a must try. Equally delicious is the fish eggs on garlic bread! There are some set courses available that range from ¥4000 to ¥5500, where you can enjoy a selection of meats & seafood. Beer and wine is on the drink menu. The bar offers discounts and an all you can drink plan to have with your meal.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1500 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 0:00 |
| Closed | Wednesdays |
| Contact | 011-532-1202 |
| Notes | Soup curry restaurant, seating 25 , no parking , Japanese menu only (pictured) Smoking |
| Location / Getting There | 5 minute walk east from 'Asahiyama Koen-dori Station' street car line. South 9 West 15 15-chōme-1 Minami 9 Jōnishi, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 064-0809 |
Counter area
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The hamburg soup curry
The Nishi Tonden Dori Soup Curry menu includes chicken, a delicious vegetable curry, the hamburg curry (which is highly recommended), plus a pork curry, and interestingly, a ramen soup curry. There are around a dozen dishes to choose from. The spice level ranges from one to eight. Be warned, though, eight is one of the hottest curries in town. Their soup curry flavors include coconut and a creamy prawn flavor. Delicious! There are added extras that are available to make your meal even more mouth watering. And of course, the drink menu includes lassis, soft drinks and in the beer department, Sapporo Classic, and Guinness!
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1200 - ¥2500 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 22:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0139-42-2525 |
| Notes | Seafood shop seating 30, parking English menu available |
| Location / Getting There | Central Matsumae. 5 minute walk from Matsumae Castle & in Yano Onsen 温泉 049-1512 Hokkaido, Matsumae-gun, Matsumae, Fukuyama, 123 Hot spring inn Yano |
Come in for a bite
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Fantastic ‘Tuna Dinner’ set
Matsumae is a popular tourist spot for local and for tourists abroad. Yano caters to both, as their menu comes in Japanese and in English. It also has pictures of its dishes so its easy to order. Yano has some great seafood sets such as a tuna set, a fried shrimp set, or the crab cream croquette set. Other dishes include a spaghetti dish, curry set, or a hamburg set.Their crème de la crème though is the ‘Specialty of Matsumae’ set which has an assortment of local seafoods. The drink menu has soft drinks, teas & coffees, and beer.
