Local Guide
From sweets to delicacies. Delicious and stylish exquisite souvenirs from Sapporo

Sapporo is a treasure trove of foodstuffs, with agricultural products, marine products, and dairy products from all over Hokkaido. The city is overflowing with sweets, snacks, and alcoholic beverages made from high-quality ingredients, which make perfect souvenirs. From stylish sweets with cute packaging and sweets from confectionery stores that draw long lines to rice accompaniments and wine, here is a selection of delicious souvenirs that we recommend from Sapporo.

Hand-baked rice crackers made with 100% Michi-grown rice

The impressive package features an illustration of a samurai's face in the shape of a grain of rice, and each piece is individually wrapped.
The impressive package features an illustration of a samurai's face in the shape of a grain of rice, and each piece is individually wrapped.

Conveniently located just a 3-minute walk from Maruyama Koen Subway Station, this rice cracker store specializes in Hokkaido rice. Three varieties of rice are used, and the rice crackers are hand-baked according to variety, with various flavors, including soy sauce and salt, applied to the rice crackers.
The rice crackers made with "Yumepirika," a chewy variety, are characterized by their firm, chewy texture. The "Hukkurinko" rice crackers are thinly baked to take advantage of their light flavor, while the "Oborozuki" rice crackers, which have smaller rice grains, are made with a dough that retains the texture of rice knobbles, giving them a crunchy texture.
The store offers about 10 varieties of rice crackers, including the ever-popular "soy sauce" and "baked salt" flavors, as well as other odd flavors such as "lemon salted" and "truffle salted".

Product name/price: 140 yen and up per rice cracker.
Shelf life: Approximately 4 months from the date of manufacture in the unopened package.
Sold at Samurai Senbei and TOIRO THE GIFT (Sapporo Parco B2F)

Local Guide Comment
If your timing is right, you can watch the staff/staff member baking the hand-baked rice crackers in the store and even taste the freshly baked ones. In addition to hand-baked rice crackers, butter rice crackers and rice crackers are also available, all of which are excellent.
Samurai Senbei
  • Address 1-18, Minami 2-jo Nishi 25-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
  • Direction 3 minutes walk from Maruyama Koen Subway Station
  • Business hours 10:00-18:00 (17:00 on Sundays and national holidays)
  • Closed Closed during the year-end and New Year holidays and irregular holidays
  • TEL 011-618-0550
  • Parking None

Bean-to-bar chocolates made from cacao beans from around the world and Hokkaido agricultural products

Pom Chocolat
Pom Chocolat" using apples and "Hokkaido White 'Tokachi Kinako'" in board form

This store specializes in bean-to-bar chocolates made from raw cacao beans. The shop always sells about 15 kinds of original chocolates made by combining high-quality green cacao beans, which are purchased after carefully examining the quality and cultivation environment, with milk and sugar produced in Hokkaido. The production process is different for each cacao bean production area and type, and most of the processes are done by hand, so the shop produces a wide variety of products in small quantities. Some products are sold in limited quantities.
Recommended are the products made in collaboration with farmers and companies in various parts of Hokkaido. The "Pomme Chocolat" is a gem of caramelized Naganuma apples flavored with apple brandy from Tokachi, and coated with a nutty-tasting chocolate. The "Hokkaido White 'Tokachi Kinako'" is white chocolate with kinako made from two kinds of Tokachi soybeans, and all ingredients other than cacao are produced in Hokkaido.

Product name/price: Pom Chocolat (20g) 410 yen, Hokkaido White "Tokachi Kinako" 1 piece (55g) 1,188 yen, half size (25g) 594 yen.
Shelf life] Up to 1 month from the date of manufacture for Pom Chocolat, up to 120 days for Hokkaido White "Tokachi Kinako" from the date of manufacture.
Sold at SATURDAYS Chocolate Factory & Café (main store), Chocolate & Espresso SATURDAYS Stand (Stellar Place store), Sapporo Mitsukoshi Main Store, Marumi Coffee, etc.

Local Guide Comment
This chocolate workshop and store also has a café. In addition to coffee, visitors can enjoy rich chocolate drinks made with Bean To Bar chocolate and soft-serve ice cream.
SATURDAYS CHOCOLATE
  • Address 1F Birseth Square Odori, 2-7-1 Minami 2-jo Higashi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
  • Direction 3 minutes walk from Bus Center-mae Subway Station
  • Hours of Operation 10:00-18:00
  • Closed Wednesdays, Year-end and New Year holidays
  • TEL 011-208-2750
  • Parking Free of charge

Cheese chocolate confections with a raw texture that are so popular that people line up to buy them

SNOW WHITE CHEESE
SNOW WHITE CHEESE" looks lovely.

A cheese confectionary specialty store that pursues new possibilities for cheese. The shop sells confections made with cheese, created under the supervision of four cheese studios in Hokkaido, utilizing the wisdom and techniques of pioneers in the field.
The signature product is "SNOW WHITE CHEESE. It is a confection made with raw texture cheese chocolate and almond cream wrapped in a crispy dough, and has an impressive rich cheese flavor that comes out when you eat it.
Other popular products include "SNOW GOLD CHEESE," a crunchy sable topped with mellow cheese chocolate, and "CREAM & EDAM," a cheese cake made with cream cheese and Edam cheese.

SNOW WHITE CHEESE: 702 yen for 5 pieces, 1,036 yen for 8 pieces, etc.
Shelf life: 90 days at room temperature from the date of manufacture.

Local Guide Comment
The store is so popular that many people line up from early in the morning and are organized to enter even before the store opens. It is best to visit as early in the morning as possible, as all items are often sold out by noon.
SNOW CHEESE
  • Address Daimaru Sapporo B1F Hoppetown, Kita 5-jo Nishi 4-7, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
  • Direction Directly connected to JR and Subway Sapporo Sta.
  • Business hours 10:00 - 20:00
  • Closed January 1
  • TEL 011-828-1111 (Main phone of Daimaru Sapporo Store)
  • Parking Pay parking (450 yen for the first hour, 150 yen for every 20 minutes thereafter)
  • Memo Parking is free for 2 hours if you spend 2,000 yen or more in Daimaru Sapporo, and free for 3 hours if you spend 30,000 yen or more in Daimaru Sapporo.

Hokkaido's unique pistachio "monaka" made by a famous parfait store

A single piece of
A single piece of "Chu" has two layers, half pistachio bean paste and half azuki bean paste.

This pistachio confectionary specialty store, owned by the famous parfait store "Parfait, Coffee, Sake, Sato" in Sapporo, sells a variety of sweets combining pistachios and Hokkaido ingredients. The most popular item is the "Pistachio Hokkaido Bear Monaka," a monaka shaped like a traditional Hokkaido souvenir wooden bear; available in three varieties, the standard is a room temperature monaka with a monaka dough filled with pistachio and red bean jam. There is also a refrigerated monaka with pistachio cream filled with strawberries and grains of red bean paste, and a frozen monaka with a combination of pistachio ice cream and milk ice cream. All of them are a perfect match for the red bean paste and cream, and offer a rich pistachio flavor.
In addition to monaka, there are a variety of other products such as macaroons, canelés, raw chocolate, and puddings, all of which are pistachio confections. Pistachio lovers will love these products.

Product name/price: Pistachio Hokkaido Bear Monaka (room temperature) 450 yen.
Shelf life: 36 days from the date of manufacture.
Sold at "Sato-do, Parfait, Coffee, Sake, Sato Daimaru Sapporo Store" and "Parfait, Coffee, Sake, Sato

Local Guide Comment
There is also a café space inside the store, where you can not only buy souvenirs but also eat them. Please enjoy pistachio cakes, soft-serve ice cream, parfaits, etc. with coffee.
Sato-do, parfait, coffee, sake, Sato Daimaru Sapporo
  • Address 8th floor, Daimaru Sapporo Store, Kita 5-jo Nishi 4-7, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
  • Direction Directly connected to JR and Subway Sapporo Sta.
  • Business hours 11:00-21:00
  • Closed January 1
  • TEL 011-211-5313 (11:00-21:00)
  • Parking Pay parking (450 yen for the first hour, 150 yen for every 20 minutes thereafter)
  • Memo Parking is free for 2 hours if you spend 2,000 yen or more in Daimaru Sapporo, and free for 3 hours if you spend 30,000 yen or more in Daimaru Sapporo.

Goat milk with a clean and refreshing taste

Chèvre milk
Chèvre milk" (150ml) bottled with goat's milk, and pudding using goat's milk, etc.

This store is located in the Aurora Town underground shopping center directly above Odori Subway Station, and sells a variety of products made with goat's milk. We recommend the "chevre milk," which has the most recognizable goat milk flavor. The goats are raised in a stress-free environment on the company's own farm in the Hidaka region of Hokkaido, milked to avoid exposure to air, and immediately pasteurized for bottling, resulting in a refreshing taste with no odor or peculiarities.
The shop also sells cream puffs, puddings, soft-serve ice cream, and baked goods, all of which are of course made from their own goat milk. All products are made with goat's milk, making them perfect not only as souvenirs, but also as snacks during your travels.

Product name/price: Chevre milk (150ml) 340 yen, goat milk cream puffs 350 yen, etc.
Shelf life】Chevre milk: 5 days in refrigerated storage (frozen: about 1 year from the date of manufacture), goat milk cream puffs: only on the day of sale if kept refrigerated.
Sold at Petit Chevre Aurora Town and Esta stores.

Local Guide Comment
The store also has an eat-in corner, making it a great spot for a light break while shopping or sightseeing in town. You can take a break while enjoying soft-serve ice cream or cream puffs.
Petit Chevre Aurora Town Store
  • Address Next to the Little Bird Square in Sapporo Underground Mall "Aurora Town", Odori Nishi 1-13, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
  • Direction 1 min. walk from Odori Subway Station
  • Business hours 10:00 - 20:00
  • Closed Same as Auroratown's holidays
  • TEL 011-596-0673
  • Parking None

Salmon and salmon roe in soy sauce from Hokkaido, which makes the meal go down a treat.

Salmon Rooibe Pickles
Salmon Rooibe Pickles" was launched in 2001 after much trial and error. It is now Sato Suisan's best-selling product.

Rooibe, a local dish of Hokkaido, is sashimi made by slicing frozen salmon or trout into thin slices before thawing. It is said that the raw smell of the fish is reduced and its melt-in-your-mouth texture and umami taste are enhanced by making the fish rooibe instead of raw.
Salmon Rooibe Zuke" is a salmon delicacy made by marinating wild Hokkaido salmon rooibe and salmon roe in a salmon soy sauce sauce made from salmon and then freezing it. It is sold frozen or thawed, in cups or jars, and thawed salmon rooibe pickles are also sold by weight in 100g increments.
The umami flavor is concentrated and the saltiness is just right, so when served over rice, it is so delicious that you will want to have more and more servings. For those who like to drink, it is perfect as a snack, and for those who are health-conscious, it is also recommended to eat it on salads instead of dressing.

Product name/price: 140g jar of salmon rooibe pickles, 1,640 yen, etc.
Shelf life: Approximately 2 weeks from the date of manufacture, 60 days for frozen products.
Sold at Sato Suisan's main store, Marui Imai store, Sapporo Mitsukoshi store, New Chitose Airport store, and other branches.

Local Guide Comment
In addition to salmon rooibe pickles, there are many other products made from natural Hokkaido salmon, such as smoked salmon and salmon roe and ikura shoyu pickles. Purchasers are also offered free refrigerants and cool bags, making it a great souvenir for those visiting from afar.
Sato Suisan Honten
  • Address Koyo Bldg. 1F & 2F, Kita 4-jo Nishi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
  • Direction Approx. 1 min. walk from JR/Subway Sapporo Stn.
  • Hours of Operation 9:30-18:30
  • Closed January 1
  • TEL 0120-310-643
  • Parking Parking is available for a fee (110 yen per 20 minutes, other rates vary by Property).

Sapporo's local wine, which has been attracting attention in recent years

All brands of
All brands of "Hakkenzan Wine" have a relatively bitter and robust flavor.

Hakkenzan Wine is a local Sapporo wine created in 2011. It is brewed at a winery located at the foot of Hakkenzan in the suburbs of Sapporo and sold at the Hakkenzan Kitchen & Marche, which is attached to the winery.
Hakkenzan is a fan-shaped area on the southern slope of the mountain, which provides good sunlight and drainage. In winter, the trees are covered with deep snow and protected from the cold winds, making it an ideal place for fruit tree cultivation. The company offers several brands, including "Saint Croix" and "Hoheikyo Dam Aged Wine" made from grapes grown on its own farm, "Canon" (white) and "Berl" (red) made from Hokkaido grapes, and "Niagara Brut," a dry sparkling wine that was selected for the JR East luxury sightseeing train "Shikishima" in 2017. We are developing several brands.
The company focuses on local production for local consumption, selling processed products made from nearby agricultural products. Popular products include "Red Wine Salt" and "Hot and Spicy Nanban Sauce" made with chili peppers produced in the suburbs.

Product name/price: Cannon Berl, 2,420 yen each; Niagara Brut, 2,750 yen; Toyohirakyo Dam Aged Wine, 4,180 yen, etc.
No expiration date.
Sales outlet] Hakkenzan Kitchen & Marche

Local Guide Comment
At the Hakkenzan Kitchen & Marche Restaurant, visitors can enjoy pizzas and other dishes made with nearby vegetables and pork. Eat-in is only available Fridays through Sundays and on holidays, but take-out menus are available daily.
Hakkenzan Winery
  • Address 194-1 Tomiyama, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
  • Direction Approximately 40 minutes from JR Sapporo Station by car
  • Direction Take a bus from JR Sapporo Station or Makomanai Subway Station, get off at Toyotaki Elementary School, and walk about 25 minutes.
    From May to November: Take the reservation-only Kappa Liner bus from JR Sapporo Station, get off at Hakkenzan Chuo Exit (stop only from May to November), and walk about 5 minutes.
  • Business hours Store 10:00-17:00
    Take-out menu 11:00~L.O.16:30
    Restaurant: 11:00~L.O.16:30 on Fridays through Sundays and holidays
  • Closed Closed irregularly *Check the "Notice" column on the website.
  • TEL 011-596-5778
  • Parking Free of charge

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