| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1200 ¥400 for coffee |
| Opening Hours | Kinotoya Cafe (Odori Park) 8:00 - 21:00 Kinotoya Bake (Pole Town) 10:00 - 22:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | For store information https://www.kinotoya.com/shop_list/ |
| Notes | Cafe, sweets store, restaurant, 8 locations in Sapporo & 2 locations at Chitose airport |
| Location / Getting There | Various locations throughout Sapporo and at Chitose Airport. |
Kinotoya is a Sapporo based company that has a chain of coffee stores and sweets stores in the Sapporo and Chitose areas. Their stores can be found throughout the city near the main shopping hubs. The company was established in 1983 in Hokkaido. The company not only sells coffees and confectionary, but they are active with environmental initiatives. Their stores are predominantly confectionary stores that can be found in the big department stores in Sapporo, such as Daimaru and Marui-Imai. These stores are located on the basement floor in the food section. If you don’t have time to pick up some sweets, there is a Kinotoya located in the Shin Chitose Airport!
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They also have a small store (Kinotoya Bake) in the underground walkway of Pole Town located between Susukino and Odori. Here they sell freshly baked cheese tarts and you can smell is definitely mouth watering as you walk past. For lunch and a coffee, their most popular cafe is right on Odori Park. Kinotoya Cafe has indoor as well as outdoor seating which is great for summer. The store is part of the Odori Bisse building. Here you can grab a nice coffee with a huge selection of cakes and for lunch they have salads, pizza, and soups.
| Opening Hours | 10:00 - 20:00 |
| Closed | – |
| Contact | 011-221-9130 https://www.zara.com/jp/ |
| Notes | Clothing store for men, women, and children |
| Location / Getting There | Located in central Sapporo. 5 minute walk from Odori subway station 2 Chome-9-1 Minami 1 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0061 |
Zara is a famous worldwide chain of clothing stores that can found all over the world. It originated in Spain and opened its first store in 1975. Since then, the Zara (which was initially named the store Zorba), has spread out to 96 different countries around the world. Zara finally reached the shores of Hokkaido and opened a store in the heart of Sapporo. This popular clothing store consists of three levels and caters to women, men and children so there is something for everybody.
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The store can be found in the Ikeuchi Zone department store. Its a nice area in the shopping district and is next to one of the Starbucks in town. The basement 1 floor is for mens, the first floor (ground floor) is for ladies clothing plus it is here you can find accessories, jewelry, and other fashion goods. The next level up on the second floor is also for ladies plus kids clothing can be found here. Throughout the year they have sales and bargains, especially during the change of seasons, so keep an eye out! There are also various restaurants and cafes around making for a nice shopping day out.
| Dates | Last weekend of July |
| Opening Hours | Fireworks start from 19:30 until 20:30 |
| Contact | - |
| Location / Getting There | Held near the Toyohira River Minami Bridge in Sapporo. It's a 10 minute walk from Nakajima Koen subway station or Horohira-Bashi subway station 64064-0809 1 Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido |
The Doshin/UHB Fireworks Festival (better known as the Toyohira River Fireworks) is part of the Sapporo summer fireworks schedule. It is located along the banks of Toyohira River, and it os one of the three large firework displays in Sapporo. The festival is held on the last Friday of July. Due to its easy access from central Sapporo (about a 10 minute walk from Susukino or Odori), this firework festival is one of the most popular events for the summer. Over the hour, approximately 4,000 fireworks light up the night sky over Sapporo creating a beautiful effect against the city’s skyline.
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The event is on during the Sapporo Beer Garden , so why not go to both? The fireworks start at 19:30 and go for an hour. This event does get very busy, so its a good idea to get there early and find a spot! Bring a mat, something to drink and enjoy the warm evening. If you are lucky enough to know someone living along the river, the views from the apartment building are the best. Many of the locals are in their yukatas (summer kimono), so you can get some good photos of the crowds.The fireworks are on every year, and in the case of persistent heavy rain, they are rescheduled to a later date.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥750 - ¥1000 |
| Opening Hours | Open 24 hours |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-530-5900 Central Sapporo https://www.matsuyafoods.co.jp/matsunoya/ |
| Notes | Self ordering machine, no smoking, various locations throughout Hokkaido, English Chinese Korean Japanese menu |
| Location / Getting There | Central Sapporo location, its a 3 minute walk from Odori subway station. 2 blocks north from Odori park. 3 Chome-3-11 Kita 1 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0001 Sapporo, Susukino location. A 1 minute walk from Susukino subway station 〒064-0804 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo Ward, Minami 4 Jonishi, 3 Chome-1-1 Third Green Building |
Tonkatsu is one of the many Japanese dishes that can be found throughout the country. Tonkatsu is a Japanese dish which started in the 19th century. It is a dish that consists of breaded, deep fried pork cutlet, usually served with rice and a shredded cabbage. Tonkatsu Matsunoya is a chain of restaurants throughout Japan. There are eight stores throughout Sapporo, with two being in central Sapporo. These restaurants are good value, as they are quick, cheap, and delicious! And ordering is easy as well, for tourists as well as Japanese.
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To order is on a self serve basis. There are some touch screens which have the menu on them for customers. The menu comes in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean. Simply choose your dish, take the ticket and wait for your number to come up. It’s that simple. The dishes are tasty, and the menu has some great sets which come with miso soup and rice. Perfect on a cold day! If you don’t like pork, there is the option of seafood (oyster, flatfish, shrimp) that is deep fried and equally good!
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1000- ¥1400 |
| Opening Hours | 11:30 - 23:00 (Last order 22:45) |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-271-3900 Sapporo 011-688-8126 Kotoni (West Sapporo) https://www.picante.jp/ |
| Notes | Soup Curry restaurant chain, seating 16, separate smoking seating for 8 |
| Location / Getting There | Central Sapporo, its a 3 minute walk from Odori subway station. 2 blocks north from Odori park. 1F, Aoyama Building 1F, 1-8-8 Kita 2-Jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 4 minute walk from Kitajunijo subway station, near Hokkaido University Sapporo Kita-ku Kita 13 Jo Nishi 3-chome Acro View Kitadaimae 1F |
Soup curry is amazing! It is one of the great Hokkaido dishes. Picante is one of the well known soup curry restaurants in Sapporo. They have a couple of shops in Sapporo, and one other being down in Sendai, on the main island. They have some simply delicious dishes on the menu. Also, at Picante restaurants, you can buy their soup curry boxes. These soup curry packs allow you take home and replicate the deliciousness which soup curry never fails to bring. You can also order these soup curry boxes via their website. makes for a great gift or souvenir to take home!
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So, what what is on the menu at Picante? They have a crispy chicken and vegetables which is fantastic and recommended, plus a grilled garlic soft lamb dish, a stewed Hokkaido beef dish, a premier Maitake mushroom dish, a vegetable dish, a dish from Okinawa using brown sugar, or the ‘Pika Special’ which is a soup curry with tempura soft boiled egg & mushroom tempura. When ordering your first choose your soup type, second step is to choose your meal, and third you choose your spice level, and lastly, choose any toppings you want. The hottest level uses the super spicy ‘habanero pepper’ (be careful not to mistake it for a carrot!). Enjoy
| Opening Hours | JR call center 6:30 - 22:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Notes | Ticket counters, restaurants, tourist information center, lockers, wheelchair access, souvenir stores. JR Hakodate main line for Otaru, Niseko, Hakodate, and Asahikawa. Access to the subway Namboku, and Toho lines, Transport to Sapporo New Chitose Airport, Limited Express Lilac and Kamui for Sapporo & Asahikawa Limited Express Okhotsk for Sapporo, Asahikawa & Abashiri Limited Express Suzuran for Sapporo, Chitose, Noboribetsu, & Muroran. |
| Contact | 011-222-6131 011-222-7111 JR call center |
| Getting There | Located in the central Sapporo. A 40 minute express train ride from the New Chitose Airport. Or a 55 minute bus ride from New Chitose Airport 4 Chome Kita 6 Jonishi, Kita Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0806 |
Sapporo Station is the hub of the city of Sapporo. All travelers will pass through its gates before branching out to different parts of the city, or for most, different cities in Hokkaido. It originally opened in 1880 and was revamped in 2003. With its ten platforms, it is an easy station to use! From New Chitose Airport, it is a 40 minute express train ride or 55 minute bus ride. The JR train arrives on the elevated platform giving views over the south of Sapporo (which includes Odori park, and Susukino). Once arriving simply follow everyone down the stairs or escalators to the ground floor. From here, you can either head to the western exit or eastern ticket exit.
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The east exit leads to JR tower (the highest building in Sapporo), plus the Esta building and Bic Camera (a popular tourist spot for shopping) which is on the south east side of Sapporo station. On the west side of Sapporo station, the west exit leads to the Sapporo subway station. You can also find the Daimaru department store, plus the tourist information site, souvenir store, and JR ticket counter for Hokkaido travel, and Paseo West which has about twenty different restaurants! Also above the station there is the department store, Stellar Place. The west exit out of the gates is the main exit if you need to head into the heart of Sapporo. It is at Sapporo station, you can find JR Hakodate main line for Otaru, Niseko, Hakodate, and Asahikawa. There is access to the subway Namboku, and Toho lines, transport to Sapporo New Chitose Airport.
