| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | around ￥1500 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 21:30 Main store 11:00 - 22:00 Factory location 11:00 - 22:30 Tanuki-koji location 11:00 - 22:00 Esta location 10:30 - 23:00 Paseo location |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-521-4218 Main store 011-207-4020 Factory location 011-231-6665 Tanuki-koji location 011-218-8002 Esta location 011-213-5636 Paseo location |
| Notes | Electronic menus in english, korean and chinese |
| Location / Getting There | Various locations throughout Sapporo, Asahikawa, and Tomakomai |
Do it yourself!
Fugetsu is chain of around a dozen Okonomiyaki stores throughout Hokkaido. Okonomiyaki is a Japanese dish of a savory batter mixed with your choice of ingredients. These usually include eggs and shredded cabbage, green onion, meat (generally thin pork belly, often mistaken for bacon), octopus, squid, shrimp, vegetables, konjac, mochi or cheese. At the numerous Fugetsu restaurants, the customer has the option to cook your okonomiyaki on your own, or have a waitperson do it for you!
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Yakisoba
The menus are electronic, and at Fugetsu, you can choose the language. Once you have chosen your dish, just simply hit your order on the touch screen. Fugetsu not only has okonomiyaki, but it also has ‘yakisoba’ which is a fried noodle dish. This dish is made by the waitperson and is a popular item on the menu. To make your own okonomiyaki, simply mix the ingredients together in a bowl and pour onto the oiled hotplate. Flip it like a pancake until cooked through. Lastly, pour on the sauce, add aonori (seaweed flakes), katsuobushi (bonito flakes), and top it all off with mayonnaise!
| Admission | Free |
| Opening Hours | - |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-511-5917 |
| Notes | Buddhist temple |
| Location / Getting There | 5 minute walk from Nakajima station Hokkaido, Sapporo-shi, Chūō-ku, Minami 7 Jōnishi, 4 Chome−1−1 |
Immersed in history
Sapporo Gokoku Shrine is located in Sapporo, next to Nakajima Park on the southern side. The shrine was founded in 1888. It was built in honor and to comfort the spirits of the Tsunada soldiers who fought during the Meiji period. The shrine grounds are large and there is plenty of space to wander around and take photos. It is very quiet on weekdays, and is a pleasant walk from Nakajima park. The shrine is beautiful in all seasons, especially in autumn and spring with the cherry blossoms and the autumn leaves in the expansive gardens around the shrine.
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Gokoku shrine during spring
Behind the shrine, there are some beautiful old graves where you are free to wander round. There is a water basin, where you can purify your hands. The shrine has amulets they sell, and also offer blessings for things such as health, travel, business, and for good luck. Weddings, as well, as funerals are held here. For more information on booking the shrine, please contact them on their contact number (Japanese is required). Throughout the year, Sapporo Gokoku Shrine has numerous events. The public are welcome to come to the shrine and enjoy these events. For more information, check the table below.
| January 1st | New Year Day's festival from 7:00. From 10:00 prayers and blessings for cars are offered. Call for reservation |
| Febrauary 3rd | Setsubun Festival (bean throwing at spirits) from 15:00 |
| June first Saturday | Shinkuen Festival from 10:00 - 15:00 |
| July 5th | Concert Festival from 18:00. For members. |
| July 6th & 7th | Great Festival |
| August 7th & 8th | Taga Shrine Festival |
| October 15th | Shicho-go-san Festival |
| December 31st | Night Festival |
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ￥3000 average |
| Opening Hours | 17:00 - 24:00 17:00 - 23:00 Sundays |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-281-5522 |
| Notes | Seating 80 Space available to hire Party plans Credit cards accepted WiFi |
| Location / Getting There | Tanuki-koji Chuo-ku Minami 3-chome West 2-chome Sato building 1 basement floor 5 minute walk from Odori or Susukino subway station |
Underground dining
Meer Lounge is a cool and trendy spot in the busy shopping arcade of Tanuki-koji. Located underground in a cave like setting, it’s a large restaurant that is popular for couples, small groups and parties. There are private rooms available to hire for groups of six, fourteen , and twenty people. The space can also be rented for wedding afterparties of up to forty to eighty guests with a DJ booth and projector! For all occasions you can enjoy a good selection of food plus a drinking plan from their extensive menu.
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Crispy fried prawns
What can one find on the menu? Quite a lot! Meer Lounge has an assortment of western style dishes that are ordered to share. Pizzas, salads, seafood, meats, pastas, delicious hor d’oeuvres, and desserts can all be found here. Meer Lounge’s extensive drink menu will satisfy any thirsty customer. The ‘all you can drink’ option is definitely popular with diners. There is also a set menu option as well for dinner parties. And, if it’s for a special occasion, or for that special somebody, Meer Lounge offer sparklers & a message with a dessert plate. Enjoy a nice dinner. with friendly staff at Meer Lounge.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ￥1000 - ¥2000 ￥2500 - ¥5000 Party Course |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 15:00 lunch 17:00 - 23:30 dinner |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-213-5452 |
| Notes | Seating 150 Smoking section Party plan available |
| Location / Getting There | Paseo West Dining, 2 minute walk from Sapporo station. Kita-ku, Kita 6 Jo Nishi 4. Sapporo Station Paseo underground B1F |
Kyushu Tavern Fuuri is a Japanese style izakaya located in Paseo dining area, Sapporo. They have a good selection of Japanese dishes whether it be for single meals or for large parties. This large restaurant has an extensive menu that has set meals that come with a miso soup and salad. The menu has shabu-shabu (hot pot), Miyazaki chicken namba, Japanese curries, tempura, omelettes, fried rice, noodles, salads, and rice dishes, to name just a few. And why not dig into the dessert menu as well!
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If you are looking for more than a nice lunch or quiet dinner, then there are rooms available for parties, where banquet courses are available. The banquet course, depending on price, has from seven to nine different courses. There are ‘nomihodai’ all you can drink plans included. These courses and all you can drink plans go for two hours at a set price! The drink menu includes beer (Suntory Malts), whiskeys, Japanese sake, cocktails, and soft drinks. Bookings need to be made a day in advance.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ￥1500 - ¥2600 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 21:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-531-2923 |
| Notes | English menu provided Seating 40 |
| Location / Getting There | 2 minute walk from Nakjima koen station Sapporo, 3 Chome-2-5 Minami 9 Jōnishi, Chūō-ku. |
Side dish of cold soba noodles
Fukuzumi is a soba restaurant that is set out in a traditional Japanese setting. Soba is a traditional thin buckwheat noodle served either hot or cold. Fukuzumi serves up some delicious Japanese dishes with soba noodles as a set dish. The menu comes in Japanese with pictures, as well as an English menu that has information about Soba noodles. Fukuzumi can be found across from Nakajima Park, which makes it a good spot to grab some lunch after some sightseeing in the park.
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Seafood tempura set
There is a lot to choose from and the dishes are big, so make sure you bring a healthy appetite. The meals at Fukuzumi Soba, are mainly set dishes which come with a small bowl of soba noodles, a soup, some pickled vegetables, and a plain rice. There are about twenty different Japanese dishes on the menu, including tempura, Japanese curry, katsu-don and niku-don (pork on rice), oyaku-don (chicken & egg on rice), to name few. You can enjoy some delicious Japanese cuisine whilst sitting in a nice Japanese setting!
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ￥520 - ¥1000 |
| Opening Hours | 10:30 - 22:00 10:30 - 20:00 Sundays |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-252-3333 http://toov.cafe.coocan.jp/ |
| Notes | Art Gallery English menu |
| Location / Getting There | 5 minute walk from Nakajima Koen Station |
A nice cuppa
To Ov Café is a small gallery / coffee shop. It is located right near Nakajima Park , and is a great spot to have a nice quiet coffee, or a nice luncheon whilst perusing over some local art. The menu comes in English as well as Japanese, and has a selection of coffees, teas and soft drinks. If you are looking for something sweet, then there is cake, ice-cream, and some delicious apple & pear pie. There are a couple of warm meals also on the menu. There are some hot chicken or salmon sandwiches, a coconut curry, or a carbonara pasta set.
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Counter & table seating
To Ov Café also serves as a small art gallery. The gallery is a nice spot to check out some local artists work, whether it be painting, photography, sculpture, or a craft workshop. Each exhibition lasts for two weeks and is free to enter. Works are for sale, depending on the artist. If you are interested in exhibiting some work than you can talk to the friendly owner. The waiting list is generally eight months to a year in advance, so plenty of time to get your work ready! It is free to exhibit your work, though the owners take a small percentage of anything sold. While around the Nakajima park area, To Ov Café is a nice spot to relax!
