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The best Soup Curry in Sapporo

Also spelt スープカレー, supu kare, Sapporo soup curry and soup kare. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Ajanta Sohonke (Kita 23-jo Higashi)

    Open
    11am and 5pm, until the soup sells out
    Where
    2-18 Kita 23-jo Higashi 20-chome, Higashi-ku, Sapporo 065-0023

    The yakuzen bowl here predates the words soup curry, so order the torikarii with its two bone-in legs. Lunch stops the moment the pot empties, and the shop shuts between three and five.

    What to orderTorikarii, the yakuzen chicken-leg soup curry

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  2. Number 2.Magic Spice (Sapporo honten

    Open
    11am to 3pm, 5.30pm to 10pm, shut Wed and Thu
    Where
    8-chome Hongo-dori Minami 6-2, Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo

    This is the shop that put the words soup curry on a menu in 1993. Take the Hokkaido bowl at nehan heat; the two closed days, Wednesday and Thursday, catch people out.

    What to orderHokkaido (北恵道) chicken and vegetables at nehan heat

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  3. Number 3.Kitaro (Sumikawa honten)

    Open
    11.30am to 2pm, 5.30pm to 8pm, Sat lunch only
    Where
    1F Sumikawa Building, 4-2-1 Sumikawa 6-jo, Minami-ku, Sapporo

    Open since 1985, and the tomato-forward soup has barely changed. Order chicken and vegetable so the fried aubergine comes with it. Sundays and the second Saturday are shut, and it sells out.

    What to orderChicken and vegetable curry, aubergine included

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  4. Okushiba Shoten (Jikka branch, Minami 1-jo Nishi 5)

    Open
    11am to 3pm and 5pm to 8.30pm, shut Mondays
    Where
    B1F President Matsui Building, 16 Minami 1-jo Nishi 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

    Prawn stock instead of chicken bones is what people come for, so take the Okushiba curry and the ebi soup. Mondays are dark, and the last lunch order is three sharp.

    What to orderOkushiba curry with the prawn-stock (ebi-dashi) soup

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  5. Soup Curry GARAKU (Sapporo honten

    Open
    11.30am to 3.30pm, 5pm to 9pm, closes irregularly
    Where
    B1F Pressant Minami 3 Higashi 2, 6-1 Minami 3-jo Higashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

    Moved across the Sosei river in October 2025, so old maps send you to the wrong block. Order the chicken leg in the dashi soup, and expect to queue at lunch.

    What to orderChicken leg in the wafu dashi soup

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  6. Curry SAVoY (Kita 8-jo Nishi 4)

    Open
    11.30am to 3pm, 5pm to 9.30pm, shut Wed, sells out
    Where
    B1F Inazu Building, Kita 8-jo Nishi 4-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo

    Regulars call the broth akujo no soup, the wicked woman's soup, and it earns the name. Chicken curry is the plate. Wednesdays are closed and the pot can empty inside the lunch hour.

    What to orderChicken curry, plain, no extra toppings

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  7. Picante (Hokudai-mae honten)

    Open
    11.30am to 9.45pm, open every day
    Where
    1F Acroview Hokudai-mae, 3-2 Kita 13-jo Nishi, Kita-ku, Sapporo

    Student Sapporo learned soup curry here in the nineties, and the room by Hokkaido University still fills with them. Take the crisp chicken and add maitake. It runs all day, so skip the one o'clock crush.

    What to orderCrisp PICA chicken with maitake added

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  8. Sapporo Rakkyo (Kotoni honten)

    Open
    11am to 9pm, shut the third Wednesday
    Where
    1F Capitaine Kotoni, 1-7-7 Kotoni 1-jo, Nishi-ku, Sapporo

    The sweetness in the broth comes from Sapporo-ki onions, a local variety. Shiretoko chicken is the order. It sits a few minutes from Kotoni station, and the third Wednesday of the month is closed.

    What to orderShiretoko chicken soup curry

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  9. Soup Curry Suage+ (Susukino honten)

    Open
    11.30am to 9.30pm, later at weekends, open daily
    Where
    2F Toshimatsu Building, Minami 4-jo Nishi 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (facing Norbesa)

    Everything arrives deep-fried rather than stewed, which is the house signature. Ask for the Shiretoko chicken with crisp skin. It is the branch tourists find first, so go early or late to dodge the wait.

    What to orderPari-pari Shiretoko chicken curry with fried vegetables

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  10. Soup Curry Yellow (Minami 1-jo Nishi 4)

    Open
    11.30am to 9pm, closing days vary
    Where
    B1F Create Building, 7-1 Minami 1-jo Nishi 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

    The broth is pressure-cooked, which makes it thicker and darker than most. Chicken and vegetable is the standard order. It reopened on a new site in July 2025, north-west of the old one.

    What to orderChicken vegetable curry

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  11. Kouhii Hausu (Nishi 15-chome tram line)

    Open
    11.30am to 8pm, shut Wednesdays
    Where
    1F Fushimi Corpo, 2-3 Minami 20-jo Nishi 15-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

    A coffee roaster from 1977 that was ladling soupy curry before the name existed. Chicken curry, clear broth, no additives. It is a tram ride out from the centre and Wednesdays are closed.

    What to orderChicken curry

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  12. Soup Curry MATALE (Maruyama Urasando)

    Open
    11.30am to 9pm, shut Thursdays
    Where
    1-8 Minami 1-jo Nishi 23-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0801

    Urasando's soup curry stop since 2009, calmer than the Susukino rooms. The herb-grilled lamb perfumes the onion broth, so order that. Reckon five minutes on foot from Maruyama-koen station, and skip Thursdays.

    What to orderHerb-grilled fresh lamb curry

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  13. Soup Curry Higemajin (Kita 1-jo Higashi 2)

    Open
    11am to 3pm, 5pm to 10pm, closing days vary
    Where
    1F Beans Court, 5-12 Kita 1-jo Higashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0031

    The Japanese-style dashi soup is the reason to come, and the Niku Danshaku loads it with simmered pork belly. Ask for the smaller rice, since the bowl already runs mostly soup.

    What to orderNiku Danshaku, the simmered pork belly bowl

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