The best Sushi in Sapporo
Also spelt 寿司, すし, edomae sushi and omakase sushi. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
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Selected from published food guides and local reporting. How the list works
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Number 1.Sushi Miyakawa
- Open
- Two evening sittings, 5pm and 7.30pm, shut Weds
- Where
- Lichtrare Maruyama 1F, Kita 4-jo Nishi 25-2-2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Miyakawa trained in Tokyo and Hong Kong before opening here, and the steamed abalone with its liver sauce is what regulars talk about. Seven seats, two sittings, booked a month ahead.
What to orderSteamed abalone with its liver sauce, then the chutoro zuke
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Number 2.Sushisai Wakichi
- Open
- Sittings at 6pm and 8.30pm, shut Mondays
- Where
- Minami 2-jo Nishi 25-1-22, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (behind Maruyama Class)
The shop name comes from kichiji, so order the kinki with its skin blistered over flame. Eight seats behind Maruyama Class, and the whole thing runs to about 36,000 yen. Closed Mondays.
What to orderKinki nigiri, skin seared
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Number 3.Sushizen Honten
- Open
- 11.30-2.30 and 5.30-9.30, shut Tue and Wed
- Where
- Kita 1-jo Nishi 27-2-7, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (3 min from Maruyama-koen station exit 1)
Shimamiya opened this in 1971 and it still sets the local standard. Ask for the hokkigai, seared just enough to sweeten it. Two closed days, Tuesday and Wednesday, catch people out.
What to orderHokkaido hokkigai nigiri, lightly seared, inside the omakase
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Sushidokoro Arima
- Open
- Sittings at 6pm and 8.30pm, shut Sun and holidays
- Where
- Minami 3 Nishi 4 Building 4F, Minami 3-jo Nishi 4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Arima cooks as well as he cures, so begin with the yamato-mushi, kinki steamed in dashi with yam. Seven seats on the fourth floor, and no Sunday or holiday trade.
What to orderYamato-mushi, then the blanched botan ebi nigiri
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Himeshara
- Open
- Two sittings, 5pm and 7.30pm, shut Wednesdays
- Where
- Minami 8-jo Nishi 20-1-2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (10 min walk from Nishi 18-chome station)
Moved out of Susukino to a quiet residential block, so allow time to find it. The botan ebi with its prawn miso and eggs piled on is the chef's own registered design. Shut Wednesdays.
What to orderBotan ebi nigiri with prawn miso and roe
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Susukino Sushikin
- Open
- Sittings at 6pm and 8.30pm, shut Wednesdays
- Where
- Matsuoka Building 1F, Minami 4-jo Nishi 4-7, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (2 min from Susukino station)
Down an alley off Minami 4-jo, with Edomae groundwork under the chef's own ideas. The murasaki uni is the grade Toyosu buyers fight over. Two sittings only, and Wednesday is the closed day.
What to orderMurasaki uni nigiri, and the hamaguri
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Sushi Hidetaka
- Open
- 6pm to 11pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- Enju Building 1F, Minami 7-jo Nishi 4-1-2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
The chef came out of Sushizen, so the Edomae work is orthodox even when the fish is Hokkaido's. Order the otoro zuke. Eight seats along a cypress counter, and Sunday it is shut.
What to orderOtoro zuke nigiri
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Sushinokura
- Open
- Sittings at 6pm and 8.30pm, shut Sun and holidays
- Where
- Otoi Building B1F, Minami 2-jo Nishi 4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (5 min from Odori station)
Ikawa runs the basement single handed. His squid, seared with a soldering iron, is the piece that made the shop. Four or five seats, closed Sundays, and the booking is the hard part.
What to orderThe squid nigiri, seared with a soldering iron
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Kuriya
- Open
- 6pm sitting, 5pm Sundays, shut Mondays
- Where
- Ishida Building 2F, Hongo-dori 8-chome Kita 1-22, Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo (5 min from Nango 7-chome station)
Out at Nango 7-chome, a subway ride from the centre, which is why seven seats here are gettable. Ando blends three vinegars for his rice. Mondays closed, and dinner starts at six sharp.
What to orderThe omakase, for the aged nigiri on three-vinegar rice
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Maruzushi
- Open
- Noon lunch and 5.30pm dinner, shut Sun and holidays
- Where
- Minami 6-jo Nishi 4-4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (5 min from Susukino station)
Book two days ahead for lunch, which is the cheaper way in. The kazunoko, sun dried then steeped for a week, is the house piece. Perfume is not welcome, and Sundays are out.
What to orderKazunoko, sun dried and steeped a week
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Nemuro Hanamaru (JR Tower Stellar Place)
- Open
- 11am to 10pm daily, ticket queue, no bookings
- Where
- Sapporo Stellar Place Center 6F, Kita 5-jo Nishi 2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Conveyor sushi on the sixth floor of the station building, and the hokkigai and uni hold up. No bookings: take a ticket from the machine and expect a long wait at meal times.
What to orderHokkigai and murasaki uni off the belt
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Kanezushi (Kita 2-jo Higashi)
- Open
- Noon to 8pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- Kita 2-jo Higashi 7, Chuo-ku, Sapporo (5 min from Bus Center-mae station)
An old shop east of the Sosei river, fifty odd seats, none of the counter tension. Lunch sets stay under 8,000 yen, so come at midday. Sundays closed, and the kitchen stops around eight.
What to orderThe lunch nigiri set
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Sushi no Uomasa
- Open
- 6.30am until noon, shut Sun and Wed
- Where
- Inside Sapporo Asaichi, Kita 12-jo Nishi 20-1-20, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Inside the Sapporo Asaichi hall, where the city's kitchens buy, and the 3,300 yen omakase runs to ten pieces with uni, crab and ikura. Doors open at six and the rice can run out by noon.
What to orderOmakase sushi, ten pieces with miso soup, 3,300 yen
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