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Update-date: Jan 20 2024

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5 Restaurants to Enjoy Masterpiece Sea Urchin Menu Items in Hokkaido

Sea urchin is known as a high-quality ingredient among ingredients in season during the summer. Hokkaido has the largest number of sea urchins caught in Japan, and because of that, it has many restaurants where guests can casually eat this food. Here are five recommended restaurants among them that have excellent sea urchin menus. Enjoy sea urchin, a seasonal food, in a variety of eating styles.

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Susukino - Dosanko Wadokoro Izakaya Nasubi

Enjoy Hokkaido seafood, such as sea urchin, mainly from Okushiri Island and Rebun Island.

5 Restaurants where Guests Can Enjoy Masterpiece Sea Urchin Menu Items in Hokkaido

Dosanko Wadokoro Izakaya Nasubi is located a 5-minute walk from Susukino Station, very close to the Tanuki-Koji 5-chome arcade. This restaurant boasts cuisine that uses extremely fresh local seafood from Hokkaido. Among their food options, the Hokkaido-made sea urchin, mainly from Okushiri Island and Rebun Island, is highly recommended. Their Saltwater Sea Urchin, which does not use alum and is salted the day after it's unloaded, lets guests fully enjoy the rich flavors of the sea urchin itself.

This restaurant is well known as a refugee-style izakaya bar in Tanuki-Koji. It has an L-shaped counter that can be seen right as one enters. It has a lively atmosphere in which guests can freely enter, even alone, and enjoy good conversations with the staff. The restaurant has semi-private rooms with sunken kotatsu tables that are perfect for groups and lets guests enjoy highly fresh seafood cuisine while relaxing in a variety of situations.

Susukino - Via BRERA

The Italian cuisine options using carefully selected Hokkaido ingredients are all masterpieces.

Via BRERA is an Italian restaurant located a 3-minute walk from Susukino Station. The restaurant would especially like customers to try their Hokkaido Fresh Sea Urchin Peperoncino and Homemade Tagliolini. This masterpiece uses copious amounts of Japanese sea urchin from Hokkaido and draws out the most of the sea urchin's flavors. Their other options are all masterpieces that use Hokkaido ingredients, such as the Charcoal Grilled Hokkaido Beef T-Bone Steak Bistecca.

The restaurant's wine cellar draws the eyes of guests and has a collection of more than 100 varieties of wine, mainly from Italy. They are chosen to go well with the food. The interior, including the open kitchen with a live feel and the tables, has a relaxing atmosphere with a high-class feel, making it perfect for dates and anniversaries. Spend an elegant and comfortable time at this restaurant.

Via BRERA

Open: [Weekday,Day Before Holidays] Dinner 18:00 - 00:00 (last order 23:00)[Weekday,Saturday,Day Before Holidays] Lunch 11:30 - 15:00 (last order 14:00)[Holidays] Dinner 18:00 - 23:00 (last order 22:00)
Closed: Sunday
Average price: [Lunch] 1,500 JPY
Address: KT3 jo Bldg. 1F, Minami Sanjo Nishi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido Map
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Susukino - Sushi Shikura

Enjoy sushi using seasonal ingredients and cutting-edge individual foods in a chic atmosphere.

Sushi Shikura is in a good location, just a 1-minute walk from Susukino Station. They serve sushi carefully made piece by piece with seasonal toppings, as well as incredibly appealing, innovative individual foods that maintain the basics of Japanese cuisine while adding creative ideas. These options include Sea Urchin Rice, which includes rich and mellow fresh sea urchin mixed with rice, as well as the Hairy Crab with Sea Urchin and Salmon Roe, which luxuriously places sea urchin and salmon roe on rice.

The restaurant interior is a relaxing space that feels completely like a bar and is distinctly different from the usual image of a sushi restaurant. The cozy atmosphere, which features only counter seats, is quite pleasant and makes guests suddenly want to stay longer. Relax and enjoy sushi made with seasonal toppings as well as innovative individual foods.

Sushi Shikura

TEL: +81-11-522-5525
Address: B1F, Matsuoka Bldg., 4-7, Minami 4-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Access: 1-minute walk from Susukino station

Hakodate - Uni Murakami Hakodate Main Branch

This restaurant is managed by a company that processes fresh sea urchin, letting guests enjoy cuisine using high quality sea urchin.

Located a 5-minute walk from Hakodate Station in Hakodate Asaichi (morning market), Uni Murakami Hakodate Main Branch is popular with both locals and tourists. As this restaurant is run by a company that has processed fresh sea urchin for over 60 years since its founding, it takes the absolute greatest care with its sea urchin. The shelling of the sea urchins and other processes are done by hand by skilled artisans, and because alum is not added, guests can enjoy the actual flavors of the sea urchin.

The restaurant interior, based on a Japanese atmosphere that utilizes wood, has table seats as well as tatami rooms with sunken kotatsu tables that can seat more than 10 people, making this restaurant very easy to use. In this home-like space, guests can fully enjoy various luxurious menu items using sea urchin, such as the [Additive-free Fresh Sea Urchin Rice Bowl] and the [Sea Urchin Gratin from a Homemade Sea Urchin Restaurant].

Uni Murakami Hakodate Main Branch

Open: [Weekdays except Wednesday, Weekends, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch 8:30 am to 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm)
Closed: Wednesday
Average price: [Dinner] 5,000 JPY / [Lunch] 3,800 JPY
Access: 5 minutes walk from JR Hakodate station (at the back of Hakodate morning market).
Address: 22-1, Otemachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido Map
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Itoi - Jyunapapan

Appealing Western food with great cost performance, carefully made by the chefs.

Jyunapapan is located in a quiet residential area a little way from the city, a 10-minute drive from Itoi Station. Their policy is to serve cuisine with a truly great cost-performance ratio, and guests can feel quality that clearly exceeds the price of any of their menu items. In particular, the Fresh Sea Urchin Cream Sauce Pasta is a popular item that uses 100g of sea urchin in one dish. Jyunapapan also has diverse Western food menu options.

The restaurant interior is covered with ivory walls, and the floor, which brings to mind an old school, is dark brown, giving it an excellent contrast and relaxing atmosphere. They have a blackboard with the limited edition and limited seasonal menus written on it, so guests should check it out when they visit. Enjoy cuisine carefully made by the chef while comfortably relaxing.

Junapapan

Open: [Sunday,Tuesday - Saturday,Holidays] Dinner 17:30 - 21:00 (last order 20:30) / Lunch 11:00 - 14:00 (last order 13:30)
Closed: Monday
Average price: [Lunch] 1,500 JPY
Access: 20-minute walk from Itoi station
Address: 3-15-14, Sumikawa-cho, Tomakomai-shi, Hokkaido Map
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