Reposting this from r/sapporo:
## I think I still need some recommendations for where to eat out, particularly for good sushi, and maybe to help me decide on a good ramen shop. Also I would love to try some products with Hokkaido milk, if you have any recommendations. Last, I had amazing tonkatsu in Nara at Genki. I tried several locations in Tokyo and they all could not match up to it. And, I want to see some pretty sights, particularly the Sakura!
## In addition to what I have listed, I was also considering Noshi Park, but it’s quite out of the way and probably not worth seeing? Similarly I’m undecided about Asahiyama Memorial Park and Yurigahara Park.
# Day 1
* get a ticket for Nemuro Hanamaru Sushi
* have snacks at Mia Angela
* head to hotel
* Check out Rokkatei
* Take a walk at odori park
* Nakajima Park cherry blossoms and the shrine
* Tanukikoji Shopping Street
* eat at Nemuro Hanamaru Sushi
* Check out Gyokusuien
* Maybe have some ramen for dinner? Yukikaze, Sapporo Ramen Haruka? Other recommendations?
# Day 2
* Start the day at the fish market
* Explore the university grounds?
* Botanic Garden Hokkaido University
* Hokkaido Government Office
* Kinotoya Fromage Cheesecake
* Taku Maruyama
* Maruyama Park
* Hokkaido Jingu
* Sapporo zoo
* Okushiba Shoten, or Restaurant Molière
* Sapporo Fushimi Inari Shrine
* Mount Moiwa Observation Deck at the evening, take the ropeway either up or down, not sure what is better.
* See Makomanai-Park – Is it still worth visiting at this time of day? I was told it is illuminated.
* Tanukikoji Shopping Street
* Ghenghis Khan
# Day 3
* ??? Open to suggestions, maybe I can reduce my stay here by a day, or have more time for another city?
# Day 4
* Take a train to furano, explore around there
* See Ningle Terrace
* Visit Furano Cheese Factory
* Take transit to Farm Tomita
* Hinode Park
* eat at Marumasu? or other recommendations?
* Shikisai No Oka
* Kanno Farm
* Biei Shrine
* Hokusei-no-oka Observatory Park
* Zerubu Hill
* Take the bus to the blue pond
* Go to shiraghe waterfalls
* Go up to Tokachidake Observatory if the weather and time allows it
* Get to Asahikawa, stay the night
# Day 5
* Check out the ramen village
* Kamikawa-jinja Shrine
* Kaguraoka Park
* Tokiwa Park
* Any special places or foods I should check out here?
* I was thinking of trying Restaurant Honnete, あさひ川井泉２条店 or Maruichitei
# Day 6
* Head to otaru
* sushi? Maybe at Kukizen
* Tenguyama Observation Deck
* walk around canal
* Unga Park
* Tenjoji Temple
* Sumiyoshi Shrine
* Otaru Park
* Uminoya tonkatsu
* walk Sakaimachi Street
* Good donburi?
* Any good ice cream recommendations?
* onsen? Any recommendations?
# Day 7
* Moerenuma Park&Satoland
* Shiroikoibito Park
* エレファントビーンズ – pizza with egg
* Get to airport, get some Royce chocolate?
# Food I have considered, but could not fit into the itinerary
* Yakiniku Gurumans Ito
* とんかつ屋方
* Sushi Saiko
* Suage+? Picante Soup curry? Or another curry shop?
* Sakanagoten Sawada
4 comments
Days 2 and 4 seem way too overloaded
I haven’t been to Hokkaido in years, but at the time, Isezushi Otaru was great. I remember Masazushi in Otaru also being enjoyable. The Sankaku Fish Market also had different stalls with tasty options in a casual setting. Jun no Mise in Shakotan was astoundingly good for their uni don and chirashi don. Not a sushi restaurant, but features plenty of raw seafood. I went twice in two days.
I just visited Sapporo 2 weeks ago. I took a ticket and only had to wait one hour for my turn for Nemuro Hanamaru at dinner time, so try not to wander too far away.
I think it’s a wasted opportunity not to try Soup Curry when you’re in Hokkaido cause it’s a specialty there. Seems like it’s better then eating a pizza with egg?
Anything in Otaru is fit for a king. Find out if the nishin are running. They are great sushi when very fresh. Otherwise, if frozen skip it. Nishin are a traditional fish run there. They used to used them for fertilizer back before my day. There is a ramen shop in Sapporo that uses shrimp shells for a base. Oh, my word is it good. That is the only place Im willing to stand in line for ramen. Sorry, can’t think of the name. I don’t want to burden you with my favorite places there but I really go for venison steak, smoked duck and Otaru sushi. One more thing. I went on a sushi crawl in Otaru last year. Tickets that got me sushi in about 7 sushi-yas. During winter. Good thing I had plenty of antifreeze in me.