The best Jingisukan (Genghis Khan Lamb Grill) in Sapporo

Editorial picks

Selected from published food guides and local reporting. How the list works

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   Number 1.Sapporo Jingisukan Daruma (Honten)

   Susukino Susukino

   Open

   5pm to 11pm, no bookings, expect a queue

   Where

   1F Crystal Building, Minami 5-jo Nishi 4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

   Order the plain jingisukan plate of hand cut mutton, then the tea rice at the end. Fourteen counter seats, no bookings, and the queue peaks about seven; nine is calmer.

   What to orderJingisukan plate of hand-cut mutton

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   Number 2.Fukurotei

   Minami 8-jo Nishi, south of Susukino Nakajima Park & Toyohira

   Open

   5pm to 10.30pm, last orders 10, shut Mondays

   Where

   1F Capital YMD Building, Minami 8-jo Nishi 5, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

   Grill first, dip after, the Tsukisamu way, and the sauce is why regulars come back. Order the premium raw lamb. Full most nights and off the main drag, so phone and book.

   What to orderPremium raw lamb jingisukan

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   Number 3.Sapporo Beer Garden (Kessel Hall)

   Kita 7-jo Higashi, Higashi-ku, on the Beer Museum grounds Sapporo Station & Kita-guchi

   Open

   11.30am to 10pm, last orders 9.30, shut 31 Dec

   Where

   Kita 7-jo Higashi 9-2-10, Higashi-ku, Sapporo

   Pick Kessel Hall for the domed pot rather than the newer rooms. The lamb shoulder buffet runs two hours. It is a coach party place, so book, and go early for a table.

   What to orderKing Viking lamb shoulder buffet

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4. Sapporo Jingisukan Shirokuma (Honten)

   Susukino, Joyful Shukou-koji Susukino

   Open

   6pm to 1am, Sundays 5pm to 10pm, odd days shut

   Where

   1F Joyful Shukou-koji, Minami 6-jo Nishi 3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

   A past Michelin Bib Gourmand pick, buying whole carcasses, so the board shifts week to week. Take the Icelandic lamb shoulder. Closing days move monthly, so ring before travelling.

   What to orderIcelandic lamb shoulder

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5. Shibetsu Barbecue (Honten)

   Tanukikoji 7-chome Odori & Tanukikoji

   Open

   11.30am to 11pm, closing days vary

   Where

   Tanukikoji 7-chome arcade, Minami 3-jo Nishi 7-7, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

   Sheep from the company's own Shibetsu farm, bought a carcass at a time, which is why the offal cuts appear. Order the Suffolk shoulder loin. Book, because the arcade traffic fills it.

   What to orderHokkaido Suffolk lamb shoulder loin

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6. Tsukisap Jingisukan Club

   Tsukisamu-higashi, inside the Hakko Gakuen farm Shiroishi & Shin-Sapporo

   Open

   11am to 8pm, shut Wednesdays

   Where

   Tsukisamu-higashi 3-jo 11-2-5, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo (Hakko Gakuen farm)

   The 1953 club where the grill then dip style began, out on a farm past Tsukisamu. Mutton only, charcoal fired, with two rice balls. Fifteen minutes' walk from the subway, and Wednesdays are shut.

   What to orderJingisukan mutton set with rice balls

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7. Jingisukan Higenoushi (Honten)

   Tanukikoji, opposite Norbesa Odori & Tanukikoji

   Open

   5pm to 1am, shut only over new year

   Where

   Minami 3-jo Nishi 5-35-3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

   Two branches; the Tanukikoji original, reworked in 2025, is the one to sit in. Ask for the thick cut raw lamb steak. The solo diner set is good value but sells out early.

   What to orderThick-cut raw lamb steak

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8. Namaram Jingisukan Yamagoya

   Susukino, Miyako-dori Susukino

   Open

   5pm to 11pm, weekend lunches, shut Wednesdays

   Where

   1F Dai-5 Green Building, Minami 4-jo Nishi 4-13-2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

   Counter only, twenty stools, and it fills. The raw lamb shoulder is the order; ask whether the limited Ishikari hogget is on. Sources disagree on the closing day, so check.

   What to orderRaw lamb shoulder, nama-ram katarosu

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9. Jingisukan Hitsujikai no Mise Itadakimasu

   Susukino Susukino

   Open

   11.30am to 2pm and 4pm to 9.30pm, open daily

   Where

   Minami 5-jo Nishi 5-1-6, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (detached house, east facing)

   The owners run their own sheep farm, so Hokkaido Suffolk turns up in cuts other places never carry. Take the mixed plate. Counter seating, no bookings, and lunch is quieter.

   What to orderMixed-cut jingisukan plate

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10. Jingisukan Yoshitsune

    Kita 7-jo Nishi, by the Hokudai south gate Sapporo Station & Kita-guchi

    Open

    5pm to 11pm, shut Sundays and holidays

    Where

    Kita 7-jo Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo (facing Kita 8-jo dori)

    Going since 1962 by the university's south gate, still full of students and returning graduates. The marinated mutton is the whole point. Evenings only, and it shuts Sundays and public holidays.

    What to orderMarinated mutton jingisukan

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11. Matsuo Jingisukan (Sapporo Ekimae)

    Sapporo Station, off the underground walkway Sapporo Station & Kita-guchi

    Open

    11am to 3pm and 5pm to 11pm, open daily

    Where

    B1 Nihon Seimei Sapporo Building, Kita 3-jo Nishi 4-1-1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

    The Takikawa house that marinates its lamb before it hits the pot, which suits anyone new to mutton. Lunch is the cheap way in. Directly off the station underpass, so it is busy at one.

    What to orderAji-tsuke marinated lamb

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    Worth it, Matsuo Jingisukan (Sapporo Ekimae).00 votes. Not worth it, Matsuo Jingisukan (Sapporo Ekimae).00 votes.

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12. Arco

    Tanukikoji Odori & Tanukikoji

    Open

    5pm to 9pm, shut Mondays

    Where

    Minami 3-jo Nishi 7-7-3, inside Tanukikoji arcade, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

    Nine seats in a Showa era room off the arcade, mutton only, hand cut. The one plate mixes belly, loin and leg. Ring ahead; Mondays are shut and walk-ins rarely fit.

    What to orderHand-cut New Zealand mutton plate

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13. Lamb House Kekere

    Odori Nishi 16, by Nishi 18-chome Maruyama & Nishi 18–28

    Open

    6.30pm to 10pm, closing days vary

    Where

    Odori Nishi 16-1-11, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

    Charcoal shichirin grilling in a small room out west, a minute from Nishi 18-chome station. Raw lamb shoulder is what to have. Evenings only, it seats few, and closing days are not fixed.

    What to orderRaw lamb shoulder over the shichirin

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    Want to try, Lamb House Kekere