Hakodate city is a place that feels exotic. There are many spots where you can enjoy discovering the…

Nippon Seishu (日本清酒) is a long-established brewery that has brewed sake for more than a century in t…

When you ask people what they think of when they think of Otaru there are many people who think of g…

At the “Sankaku Market” there are fresh fish shops, marine products shops, vegetable fru…

It takes 30 to 40 minutes from the center of Sapporo via highway to reach Haruka Horse Ranch. It is …

In 1956, Mr. Matsuo opened a sheep meat specialty store in Takigawa City(滝川市). This long-established…

When going west from Otaru, you will arrive at the entrance of Shakotan immediately after passing Yo…

In addition to providing dishes typical of the Hokkaido region using ingredients from Hokkaido this …

Normally conveyor style sushi isn’t the best tasting, but Kurukuru Sushi in the Tomakomaki area of H…

You will find them near the canal, on a busy street corner of Otaru by the Denuki Koji area(小樽出抜小路)….

The owner wanted to open a Genghis Khan restaurant for over 25 years. After 18 years of research he …

Matsuriya’s Yamahana store is always an exciting place to visit when in Sapporo. Their menu includes…

The Nijo market (二条市場) is in the center of Sapporo. It is a longtime popular market where all the be…

The shopkeeper buys carefully selected coffee beans in popular flavors and roasts them to perfection…

In Hokkaido, Japan in 1993, soup curry wasn’t well known. What the people of Sapporo (札幌) did know a…

Susukino, Sapporo ‘s entertainment district is marked with a special symbol. As you look in th…