| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1000 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 22:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | - |
| Notes | Izakaya, seating 30, no parking, all you can drink plan |
| Location | The izakaya is in the Tanuki koji shopping arcade on the 4th block. It is a 5 minute walk from Odori subway station or Susukino subway station. 〒060-0063 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo Ward, Minami 3 Jonishi, 5 Chome−32 |
If you are looking for a cheap and convenient izakaya in central Sapporo, then Shimonya is an option. It is on the fifth block of the Tanuki Koji Shopping Arcade. This izakaya (Japanese style bar), is a popular place to grab a beer. They have a cheap ‘all you can drink’ plan. They serve Sapporo classic on tap, in icy cold beer mugs. With plenty of table seating, this makes a popular spot for small groups. The menu here serves up a lot of pub style Japanese food to enjoy with your beer.
A lot of the food here is very affordable and a lot of it is fried food. You can get some delicious deep fried here on sticks. Goes well with the beer. They also have a lot of seafood here too plus some meat dishes. If you don’t like beer, then there are spirits and cocktails. They have a good highball drink here too! Being in the Tanuki Koji shopping arcade, you are close by to everything, whether it be Odori or Susukino. This bar is a good place to start a night out and enjoy some drinks with friends.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1000 |
| Opening Hours | 11:30 - 16:00 Lunch 17:00 - 20:30 Dinner |
| Closed | Mondays |
| Contact | 011-8153-030 |
| Notes | Ramen restaurant |
| Location | The restaurant is to the east of Sapporo. It is a 8 minute walk east from Toyohira River. From Hiragishi subway station, it is a 12 minute walk. 9 Chome-6-1 Hiragishi 1 Jo, Toyohira Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-0931 |
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.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1000 |
| Opening Hours | 11:30 - 21:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-398-3428 |
| Notes | Ramen restaurant, no parking |
| Location | The restaurant is to the south of Sapporo. It is past Sapporo Dome on Hitsujigaoka Dori avenue. It is a 25 minute drive from central Sapporo. 1 Chome-4-13 Kiyota 3 Jo, Kiyota Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 004-0843 |
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.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥800 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 15:00 Lunch 17:00 - 20:30 Dinner |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-822-3344 |
| Notes | Ramen restaurant, seating 26, counter seating 6, parking, smoking upstairs only |
| Location | This store is located on the eastern side of Sapporo, not too far from Toyohira river. It is along Shiroishi Nakanoshima avenue. By public transport, it is just a 7 minute walk south from Misono (JR) station. 6 Chome-1-22 Misono 11 Jo, Toyohira Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-0011 |
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.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥650 - ¥1000 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00 - 23:45 weekdays 11:00 - 01:45 Fridays & Saturdays |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-200-0930 |
| Notes | Ramen restaurant, online ramen shopping available, no parking |
| Location | This store is located on the main street Ekimae Dori, in the Suskino district. It is a 5 minute walk from Nakajima subway station from exit 1. 〒064-0807 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo Ward, Minami 7 Jonishi, 3 Chome-7-12 Saito Building 1F |
Keimimansai is a very good ramen restaurant on the main street in Susukino, Sapporo. It is a late night ramen shop as well, making it a nice place to stop at on the way home after a night out. It is right next to Rad Brothers making it easy to find! There are eleven different ramen dishes here which is a good selection for a ramen store. They have chicken flavored ramen, beef tendon ramen, boiled egg ramen, kimchi ramen, and natto ramen to name a few! The ramen here isn deliccious and affordable. You can get some great deals here too!
Ramen is very filling on its own but here you can find some fantastic set meals. The set meals are a bowl of ramen with a side dish and a bowl of rice. Some of the side dishes you get with your ramen include fried chicken and rice (fried chicken set), chinese dumplings and rice(gyoza set), fried rice (half fried rice set), or the rice with nori and wasabi (mini mountain wasabi bowl combination). These set meals are all around the ¥1000 mark. There is also a counter where you can add some extra toppings for free! This ramen store is definitely a good restaurant to check out while in Susukino.
| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥1000 |
| Opening Hours | 10:30 - 23:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-391-1571 Ebetsu 011-860-1887 Shiroishi |
| Notes | Fried chicken restaurant, parking available, 2 locations in Sapporo, take out available |
| Location | One location at Ebetsu. For public transport it is a 20 minute walk south from Ebetsu strain station (Hakodate line). 〒067-0073 Hokkaido, Ebetsu, Yayoicho, ３５−9 For the Shiroishi location, it is by route 12 and a 20 minute drive from central Sapporo. If using public transport it is a 12 minute walk from Nangonana chome subway station (Tozai line). 8 Kita-1-8 Hondori, Shiroishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 003-0027 |
Karayama is a large chain of restaurants throughout Japan. There are two locations in Hokkaido and they happen to be in Sapporo and in the adjoining city of Ebetsu. Karayama specializes in ‘karaage’. Karaage is essentially bite-size pieces of chicken thigh dusted with flour and deep-fried in hot oil. This popular dish is eaten in many Japanese households. Karayama has numerous karaage recipes and have a good lunch and dinner set menus. For example there is a karaage curry dish, or a fried chicken with egg on rice. This store is very affordable and you can find some delicious dishes here.
