[Tanukikoji Shopping Street Guide] Enjoy Shopping and Food Where Old and New Charm Coexist

Majisand serves fruit sandwiches packed with a pastry chef’s strong attention to detail.
Because the shop uses the best fruit available at the time, there are no standard year-round menu items.
The fruit sandwiches are truly exquisite, bringing together carefully selected fruit chosen from many perspectives including ripeness, cake baked to create overall balance, and rich yet clean-tasting Hokkaido fresh cream.
Soft serve ice cream and crème brûlée are also available, and each one reflects the pastry chef’s dedication and serious craftsmanship.

This is the Sapporo branch of Mermaid Coffee Roasters, whose main store is in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
You can enjoy a varied menu centered on house-roasted coffee and homemade baked sweets, along with homemade lemonade, chai, and more.
Another nice point is that it opens early, from 8:00am.
A breakfast menu is also available, including freshly toasted bread.
The coffee beans, selected by professional roasters, are roasted in small batches at the shop to prevent oxidation.
They are carefully hand-picked and brewed with great care so as not to lose the beans’ natural flavor.
You can dine in or take your drink to go, making it a perfect coffee stop while strolling through Tanukikoji Shopping Street.

Beer Hall Lion Tanukikoji opened in 1914.
What is now Beer Hall Lion was created so people could enjoy beer born in Sapporo, known as the place where beer was first made by Japanese people.
The store’s symbol, Baron Lion, welcomes guests from the balcony, and inside you will find a Taisho Roman atmosphere in what could be called a stylish retro interior.
Fresh draft beer, poured in the traditional single-pour style, tastes exceptional in this space that still carries the weight of history and countless toasts over the years.

Soup Curry GARAKU is a famous soup curry restaurant so popular that lines form every day, and numbered tickets are handed out to waiting customers.
It is a soup curry specialty restaurant with extremely high recognition among locals.
Its most distinctive feature is the soup. The owner’s originality in combining Japanese-style dashi, learned while working at a udon restaurant, with spices is said to have created the flavor that made this restaurant so popular.

Tanuki COMICHI is a food complex built around the concept of sharing the history and appeal of Tanukikoji Shopping Street while creating new energy through food.
The two-story facility brings together Approx. 20 diverse restaurants.
You can enjoy many kinds of food here, including Hokkaido specialties such as jingisukan, pork rice bowls, and Ezo-style soba, as well as both Japanese and Western dishes. The atmosphere also varies by shop, from izakaya and kappo restaurants to cafes.
Its convenient location, only Approx. 4 minutes on foot from Tanukikoji Station on the Sapporo Streetcar, is another plus.

moyuk SAPPORO is a popular mixed-use complex and a landmark of Tanukikoji Shopping Street.
Not only does moyuk SAPPORO bring together a variety of shops, it also showcases the latest technology and trends.
One of its major highlights is AOAO SAPPORO, an urban aquarium packed with attractions including a penguin zone and soothing nature aquariums.
There are also family-friendly spots such as moyuk Sky Garden, a rooftop terrace where you can relax while looking out over central Sapporo, including the Sapporo TV Tower.

Matsumoto Kiyoshi is one of Japan’s leading major drugstore chains.
It sells not only medicine and supplements, but also cosmetics, daily necessities, and food.
A wide variety of medicine is easy to buy, and cosmetics and daily goods are quite reasonably priced.
Because you can find almost everything there, it is valued as a shop that supports everyday life for local residents.
High-quality cosmetics and daily necessities are available at low prices, making it especially popular with international visitors.
Matsumoto Kiyoshi Sapporo Tanukikoji Store is Approx. 3 minutes on foot from Nishi 4-chome Station on the Sapporo Streetcar Ichijo Line, or about 1 minute on foot from the Minami 3-jo bus stop on the Soranuma Line.

This is the Tanukikoji branch of Kokumin Drug, a drugstore chain headquartered in Osaka with stores across Japan.
Pursuing its corporate philosophy of “serving the beauty and health of the people,” the store specializes in medicine and cosmetics.
Among the highly skilled counseling staff are some who can speak English and Chinese. (Depending on the store and the season, there may be times when only Japanese-speaking staff are available.)
Of course, it also carries a wide range of daily necessities beyond medicine and cosmetics.

SAPPORO Gyoza Factory is a popular Sapporo restaurant where you can enjoy freshly made gyoza sold directly from the factory.
It has several locations in the city, and the Tanukikoji branch is a popular one located inside the Sapporo Tanukikoji Shopping Street, known as the oldest shopping street in Hokkaido.
Even within this lively shopping street lined with Approx. 200 shops, it is always bustling with especially large numbers of customers.

This souvenir shop is located inside the arcade of Tanukikoji 4-chome in central Sapporo, close to both Odori Park and the Clock Tower. It boasts one of the largest selections in the city, so you can finish all your souvenir shopping here alone.
In addition to classic Hokkaido sweets such as Shiroi Koibito, Rokkatei treats, Jaga Pokkuru, and Royce, it also offers a wide and plentiful selection of ramen, alcohol, souvenir goods, and more.

This is the Sapporo Tanukikoji Main Store of Don Quijote, the popular discount store chain known across Japan for its overwhelming selection and surprising prices.
Open 24 hours a day and year-round, it stays busy day and night thanks to the convenience of being able to shop anytime.
You can find products in almost every category, including daily necessities, clothing, food, household goods, cosmetics, and electronics.
Japanese-made cosmetics, electronics, and clothing are especially popular with international visitors.
The store is known for its unique cluttered layout, where goods are packed together in a way that feels like a treasure hunt, making for a new kind of shopping experience.
MEGA Don Quijote Sapporo Tanukikoji Main Store also houses specialty shops including restaurants, so you can enjoy lunch or dinner there as well.

#C-pla is a specialty capsule toy shop with locally themed stores across Japan.
Capsule toys are toys or small goods sold in capsules through dedicated vending machines.
Each vending machine contains several products, and the item you get is random.
Capsule toys are often found in only a few machines in one corner of a larger facility, but specialty capsule toy shops offer a much wider variety.
Capsule Toy Shop #C-pla Tanukikoji 5-chome Store is no exception, with about 700 types of capsule toys available.

Daikoku Drug is a drugstore chain with stores across Japan, centered in Osaka.
In addition to medicine, it also carries food and daily necessities, and its biggest feature is low prices.
Its broad product range and low prices make it feel closer to a discount store than a typical drugstore.
Japanese-made cosmetics and skincare items are also sold at low prices, so it is recommended for anyone who wants to buy in bulk at reasonable prices.

Tsuruha Drug is a major drugstore chain with locations throughout Japan.
Headquartered in Sapporo, it has overwhelming name recognition and market share in Hokkaido.
It is valued as a store that supports local residents’ everyday lives by making it easy to buy medicine, daily necessities, and food at low prices.
Many of its health foods and cosmetics are made in Japan, offering an appealing balance of high quality and affordability.
Tsuruha Drug Tanukikoji 5-chome Store stays open until 11:00pm, so it is easy to visit even if your daytime hours are taken up with sightseeing.

Sapporo Niikuraya Main Store is a long-established Japanese sweets shop founded in 1960.
It offers many classic Japanese sweets such as monaka, but its signature and most popular item is Hanazono Dango.
Available in five flavors, black bean paste, white bean paste, matcha, sesame, and soy sauce, these dumplings are made with 100% domestically produced uruchi rice and are exceptionally soft with a wonderfully chewy texture.
The second floor of the shop is a cafe, where you can order not only Hanazono Dango but also soft serve ice cream and coffee.
Its cozy comfort and retro atmosphere, just like an old-fashioned Japanese coffee shop, are part of its charm.
Why not stop by for something sweet while giving your tired legs a rest after sightseeing?

Sake to Ginshari Seisu is known for its wide variety of drinks, led by sake, along with shochu and craft gin, plus many dishes that pair perfectly with them.
The menu is rich in drinking snacks, including fresh raw oysters and other seafood from Hokkaido.
Popular items such as fried chicken wings, corn box, and fried dashi rolled omelet are also not to be missed.
And the dishes pair wonderfully not only with alcohol, but also with the carefully selected rice cooked with great attention to origin and preparation.

Oden to Sakana Chikuwa is a place where you can enjoy carefully prepared oden and à la carte dishes in a calm atmosphere.
The broth, the key to its oden, is made from flying fish and is known for its deep richness and clear appearance.
You can enjoy a flavor unique to Oden to Sakana Chikuwa, different from the seasoning style that is mainstream in Japan.
The various oden ingredients are also excellent, each given an extra touch to bring out even more umami while preserving the ingredients’ natural flavors.
Especially popular are the classic daikon radish, soaked through with flavor to the center, and beef tendon simmered for a long time until it becomes tender enough to fall apart.

Shibetsu Barbecue Main Store is a restaurant where you can enjoy jingisukan, one of Hokkaido’s signature dishes, cooked over charcoal.
One of its attractions is that it buys whole lambs raised on its own farm or sourced through carefully selected channels, which allows you to enjoy rare cuts such as misuji and ichibo.
Popular menu items include assorted platters where you can compare rare cuts and standard cuts, as well as the Suffolk rice bowl served with a sauce finished with Hokkaido kelp and bonito broth.
The rare Suffolk lamb, with its sweet fat and a texture that is both pleasantly firm and easy to bite through, is definitely worth trying.

Shitamachi Wolf Osakana-ten is an izakaya known for fresh seafood with a true Hokkaido feel.
In addition to thick-cut fresh sashimi, you can enjoy luxurious seafood rice bowls and kegani hairy crab, loved for its refined umami.
The à la carte dishes that pair well with drinks are also appealing, and one signature item is the extra-large striped Atka mackerel finished over charcoal.
One popular menu item is Kaiburo, a hot pot made using only shellfish. Fresh Hokkaido shellfish are rich in umami, and the soup filled with their flavor is also exceptional.
If you are visiting with a group, the assorted sashimi platter is also recommended.

Kounoen Yasunaka Cha is a Japanese tea specialty shop with nearly 100 years of history, a long-established store that has grown together with the history of Tanukikoji Shopping Street.
One of its most popular features is its fragrant hojicha, finished using its own original roasting method.
Hojicha has a light mouthfeel and low刺激, making it an excellent match for many kinds of dishes.
Compared with gyokuro or sencha, which many people imagine when thinking of green tea, you will probably find it easier to drink.
It would also make a perfect souvenir for sharing Japanese food culture.