Rokatei Otaru Canal Shop

A confectionary store famous for their “Marusei Butter Sand”. The first floor is a shop while the 2nd floor is a self service cafe. Buy just 1 sweets and you get 1 free cup of coffee. Sweets are sold for as low as ¥90! It’s a bargain deal!

国際通り

沖縄で一番の繁華街だ。 東西に約1.6km続く道沿いには、デパートや土産物店、レストラン、カフェ、居酒屋などが立ち並び、地元の人と観光客でいつも賑わっている。 通りの中間地点くらいに24時間営業していて便利な「ドンキホーテ 国際通り店」がある。 なお、土産物屋はどこも朝9時くらいから夜10時くらいまで開いている。

Rokkatei

Sapporo Main Store” with “very good cost performance”, “Rokkatei – Sapporo Main Store”, and Biss Sweets,” which has “six popular stores from various parts of Hokkaido,” and “Kitakaro Sapporo Main Building,” which is a renovated building in a wonderful historical building, are especially recommended. 

Ryoriya So, NISEKO/Japanese Cuisine

Branch of Michelin 2-star kaiseki restaurant (traditional Japanese) in Sapporo, open only in winter.

Meat Suzuki

A delicatessen located in Yanaka Ginza shopping street. The most popular item is the “Genki Menchikatsu” / 220 yen. Made from high-quality beef (Wagyu and Australian) and deep-fried in lard, the menchikatsu is crispy on the outside and very juicy inside, filled with the flavor of meat. It is good to buy it freshly made […]

Daruma Do

The originator of yakiudon in Kokura. The yaki udon is 500 yen, and the “Kokura set meal,” which includes yaki udon with a small dish and miso soup, is very reasonably priced at 750 yen.

Uratenma

Also known as the “Sacred Land of Barhopping”, Uratenma houses many cheap but delicious restaurants with warm atmospheres. There are some restaurants that use just a simple vinyl plastic sheet for their entrance, have a cheap-looking interior, or require you to drink and eat while standing, but the overall atmosphere is very welcoming and somewhat […]

時分時

Sushi Kubota

まぐろや黒銀

世界中から厳選して仕入れた本マグロを扱う鮮魚店。 その場でさばかれたマグロを、刺身や寿司、丼などで提供している。 持ち帰りはもちろん、店内にあるイートインスペースで楽しめる。

Osaka Eki-Mae Building（Basement）

There are four large buildings on the south side of JR Osaka Station, each joined underground. The 1st and 2nd floors underground include a food court with reasonably-priced high-quality restaurants, making the area popular with office workers both for lunchtime and dinner. Many of the businesses have been there for a long time, giving it […]

Sushi Soejima

Robata Renga

The Outer Market

The outer market has around 300 specialty shops selling items, most of which are tableware and kitchen goods, to restaurant chefs and professionals. Some shops even sell snacks for you to eat while promenading. The general public is allowed to purchase from the above mentioned stores too, a treat for you cooking diehards who want […]

Food Court(New Chitose Airport)

The food court offers 8 shops all serving different types of cuisine, and the windows give you a nice view of the airport runway.

Royce’ Chocolate World

The first ever chocolate factory inside an airport. Look through the glass to see the manufacturing process. There is also a museum about chocolate and a shop.

Hakodate Asaichi (Morning Market)

As the largest seafood market in Hokkaido, vegetables, fruits, sweets and dried seafood are also sold in the 250 store market. In other words, it’s the “wonderland of food” that has every imaginable Hokkaido food. Its liveliness is contagious and fun to walk around. Sure you can try a bite from various stores selling squid […]

CAFE TROIS CHAMBRES

In the retro atmosphere, you can enjoy drip-brewed (authentic) coffee. The cheesecake set menu is highly recommended. Smoking is allowed in the restaurant, so if you do not like cigarettes, do not go there.