| Pricing Guide (Avg. cost per person) | ¥500 to ¥1000 for lunch |
| Opening Hours | 9:00 - 17:00 Yoichi 9:00 - 18:00 Date |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0135-31-2222 Yoichi 0142-68-6270 Date |
| Notes | Fresh supermarket Small restaurants on site |
| Location / Getting There | Located along route 5. A 40 minute drive past Otaru. 1 Chome-930 Oe, Niki, Yoichi District, Hokkaido 048-2402 On route 276, past Lake Shikotsu. 1 hour 30 minute drive from Sapporo. 637-1 Otakiku Sangaitakicho, Date, Hokkaido 052-0303 |
Take your pick
There are two Mushroom Kingdoms located in Hokkaido. They can be both found along highways and serve as a souvenir stop, supermarket, restaurant and a rest stop while driving around the island. As this is a popular place for those on the road, there is a huge amount of produce that can found here. You can choose from over a thousand kinds of products! As the name suggests, mushrooms are in abundance here, and most of the dishes at the large eatery use mushrooms in their ingredients.
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Farmland Niki
If you don’t like mushrooms, then not to worry! The souvenir shop sells local wines, jams using fruit from Hokkaido, dairy products including cheeses, and also snacks, sweets, and desserts. The spacious restaurant has seating for 120 people, plus external seating that is open from April to October. The menu includes soba noodles, udon noodles, and ramen. Next to the main building is the ‘Farmland Niki’ supermarket. It is here that fresh vegetables are brought directly from neighboring farmers and stocked. So, for some shopping, a bite to eat, or just as a pit stop, Mushroom Kingdom is a good spot to mark on your map.
| Opening Hours | 9:00 - 17:30 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0158-29-2730 |
| Notes | Souvenir shop Toilets open 24 hours Tea house & road stop Takeout food stall |
| Location / Getting There | 5 minute drive from Takinoue city center. Located on route 273. Asahimachi, Takinoue, Monbetsu District, Hokkaido 099-5602 |
First floor
Located on highway 273, the Aroma Village serves as not only a rest area, but it’s a top spot in Takinoue to buy some souvenirs or something for the home. The first floor of this large building has plenty of things to buy, jams, cutting boards from local wood, agricultural products, serving wear and cutlery, plus a large variety of herbs. All the items are locally produced. If you are stopping in for a snack, then the Aroma Village has a small eatery and coffee on the first floor, which has some herbal teas on the menu.
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Ice cream & noodle shops
The small eatery also has some delicious sandwiches, with homemade sausage and cassis or rhubarb jam. They also have fresh cream cheese, fromage blanc, mitarishi dumplings, and zenzai (a sweet bean soup). On the second floor of Aroma Village they have local information on all the sightseeing spots and things to do in Takinoue. Next to the Aroma Village you will find two small huts. One serves up ice cream, the other has a variety of soba and udon noodles. They also have a steak sandwich, with cheese!
| Admission | Free |
| Opening Hours | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0123-34-7800 |
| Notes | World's largest tomato plant Garden & flower store Local market Restaurant on site Free parking |
| Location / Getting There | 15 minute bus ride from Eniwa Station Hokkaido, Eniwa, Makiba, 281−1 061-1421 |
Plenty of produce
The Tomato Forest (or Tomato no Mori) is a HUGE tomato plant, that is so big, it was certified on November 13th, 2013 as the “World’s Largest Tomato Plant”. Impressive! Found in the town of Eniwa, this plant is an ordinary variety of tomato plant and is grown from one grain, which is gown through hydroponics. This feet of botanical accomplishment has seen the tomato plant reach dimensions of around 40 square meters, and produces up to 17,000 tomatoes annually! You can buy the tomatoes from the Garden Center Flower Ranch next door.
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Entrance to store, and the tomato forest
If you’re a gardener, or if you looking like to buy fresh, local produce, then the Garden Center Flower Ranch is a great spot! You can find a huge selection of ornaments for the garden and home, furniture, herbs, and a selection of indoor and outdoor plants. During the year, this store has seminars led by herbalists and gardeners to offer advice and information! They also have a wide variety of flowers to choose from. Eniwa is surrounded by many farmlands that produce fruit and vegetables. The Garden Center has a small market of local fruits and vegetables, (especially tomatoes!). These fresh foods are great not only for kitchen, but also as souvenirs! While looking around and shopping you can also stop in at the ‘Camel’ Italian restaurant for some lunch.
| Opening Hours | 9:00 - 18:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 0123-35-2321 |
| Notes | Garden store Market |
| Location / Getting There | 15 minute bus ride from Eniwa Station Hokkaido, Eniwa, Makiba, 281−1 061-1421 |
| Opening Hours | 10:00 - 21:00 Sapporo Station Esta 10:00 - 20:00 Pivot Department store 10:00 - 21:00 Ario Department Store |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | http://www.uniqlo.com/jp/ 011-280-5121 Sapporo Station Esta 011-219-5123 Pivot Department Store 011-743-9240 Ario Department Store |
| Notes | Shops are located in all major cities in Hokkaido Tax free shop Credit cards accepted |
| Location / Getting There | Sapporo Esta - 2 minute walk from Sapporo station Pivot Department Store - 5 minute walk from Odori Subway station Ario Department Store - 10 minute walk from Naebo station |
Uniqlo store at Pivot Department store
Uniqlo is a world wide clothing store that was originally founded in Japan in 1984. Interestingly, the name comes from the contraction of “Unique Clothing”, though when the company registered the name, staff misread the ‘C’ for a ‘Q’ and that is how the brand name was born. There are around thirty stores around Hokkaido, with a dozen of these being in Sapporo. If you are looking for a store while in Sapporo, the three main stores in central Sapporo are at Esta (Sapporo station), Pivot Department store (near Odori park), and at Ario Department store.
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The famous logo
So, why is Uniqlo so popular? The huge Uniqlo chain aims at the casual clothing market. They have clothing for men. women, and children. This brand is popular due the cheap prices where you can buy simple and well made casual clothing, whether it be for relaxing at home, or for hanging out with friends. The stores in Hokkaido are mostly tax free, which is a welcome plus for tourists (just remember to bring your passport). Each main city throughout Hokkaido has a Uniqlo store, so if you are either in Sapporo or traveling around, a Uniqlo store will be close by!
| Opening Hours | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-231-3355 |
| Notes | Sembei souvenir store |
| Location / Getting There | 8 minute walk from Sapporo station Sapporo-shi, Chūō-ku, Kita 4 Jōnishi, 5 Chome-1-3 Nippon Life North Kitchen Building 1F |
Sembei sampler
If you’re looking for a tasty souvenir as a gift or for a Japanese snack to take home, then Harimaya Senbei could be the place for you! Senbei are a type of Japanese rice cracker. They come in various shapes, sizes, and flavors, usually savory but sometimes sweet. Senbei are often eaten with green tea as a casual snack and offered to visiting house guests as a courtesy refreshment. This store is an easy walk from Sapporo station and is just down the road from the Former Hokkaido Government Building
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Store layout
This store has over thirty kinds of boxed sembei at this store. If you can’t decide on which sembei to buy, there are glass containers with sembei inside. Feel free to sample these rice crackers at your leisure and choose the one that takes your fancy! The sembei are from all over Japan. Sold in small box sets, they make for an ideal souvenir to take home. Of course, if you want to sit down and have some green tea and munch away on your tasty purchase, then there are half a dozen small tables at which to sit. So, while in Sapporo and looking for a souvenir, keep Hariyama Sembei in mind!
| Opening Hours | 10:00 - 20:30 *Open until 20:30 on Saturdays |
| Closed | - |
| Contact | 011-214-2111 http://sapporo.parco.jp/page2/ |
| Notes | Some tax free shops, clothing stores, restaurants, Starbucks, jewelry stores |
| Location / Getting There | 5 minute walk from Odori subway station 3 Chome-3 Minami 1 Jonishi, Chuo, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8502 |
| 8th floor | Restaurants & dining ATM, restrooms, baby room, smoking room, public telephone |
| 7th floor | Travel agency / Gallery / Living goods Men's restroom |
| 6th floor | Men's / Ladies' / Kid's / Music / Sport Restrooms, baby room |
| 5th floor | Men's / Goods / Café |
| 4th floor | Ladies' / Café Restrooms |
| 3rd floor | Ladies' / Interior / Nail salon / Hair salon Ladies' restroom |
| 2nd floor | Men's / Ladies' Restroom |
| 1st floor | Men's / Ladies' / Jewelry / Accessories Public telephone |
| B1st floor | Ladies / Cosmetics / Café / Goods |
| B2nd floor | Accessories / Cosmetics / Ladies' / Food ATM, restrooms, baby room, public telephone, information |
Parco is a popular department store found in the middle of Sapporo. Parco has ten floors and has a variety of shops, fashion brands, lifestyle goods, cosmetics, coffee shops and a large range of restaurants. There are over hundred stores, with most of them participating in the tourist tax free program, with Union pay available in all stores.
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| 8th floor | Eight restaurants at Parco Dining. See below for more details |
| 7th floor | Saison ATM is located here with a small information counter. There is also as a H.I.S travel agent, plus an event space, music store, a phone repair shop, and a large living goods store. |
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| 6th floor | This floor has shoe stores, furniture, kid's clothing, glasses, electronics, music stores, and smart phone accessories. |
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| 5th floor | This floor is catered mainly for men with half a dozen men's clothing stores. There is also a green tea café, plus a ladies' bag store and swimsuit store. |
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| 4th floor | This ladies' floor has many clothing & shoe shops. It also has anime and manga stores, plus a `Kawaii` fashion clothing with matching café. Good for customers who are into the anime Japanese culture. |
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| 3rd floor | The third floor has ladies' clothing and a few men's clothing stores. The interior living store `Franc Franc` can be found here, as well as a store selling old wooden furniture. There is also a hair salon, and a nail salon located here. |
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| 2nd floor | The second floor of Parco has a variety of men's and women's clothing stores. There are some brand name shops including 'Diesel' and 'United Arrows'. There are also some shoe stores, and a glasses store. |
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| 1st floor | The first floor has the main entrances onto two streets. Ladies' and men's clothing stores, and accessory stores are on this floor. The entrance to Starbucks is also here. The Stabucks has window seating and WiFi. |
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| B1 floor | This floor has ladies' clothing stores, a kimono store, negligee, cosmetics, bags, and imported goods. |
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| B2 floor | The bottom floor of Parco has a main entrance leading off from Poletown walkway. This floor has cosmetics, souvenirs, a real estate shop, wine & cheese, gift certificates, and a 'Foodies Market' that has ten shops selling different kinds of delicious foods. |
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