The 10 Best Restaurants around Otaru Canal!

Otaru, which is at a close distance of 1 hour and 15 minutes by train from New Chitose Airport and 32 minutes from Sapporo, has become a popular place for sightseeing in Hokkaido. The area around Otaru Canal has a wonderful scenery and exquisite seafood. So, this time we will introduce the top 10 best gourmet restaurants you can enjoy around the Otaru Canal! When you come to Otaru, please visit there!

Otaru Masa Zushi

The image for gourmet of the Otaru canal is fresh seafood! This “Otaru Masa Zushi Main restaurant” is located about 10 minutes on foot from Otaru Station. This is a well-established restaurant known to people in Otaru. The restaurant is quiet and you can enjoy lunch and dinner elegantly.

There are not only tourists but also a large number of repeaters, as they can enjoy Sushi at a reasonable price, even though it’s a famous restaurant. However, since it seems to be crowded from early morning, we recommend that you go early as much as you can when visiting them. If you want to enjoy delicious Sushi around Otaru Canal, go here!

Kaisen-ya Yoshi-don

This restaurant is also a recommended place for delicious seafood around the Otaru Canal. Kaisendon(seafood bowl) is famous as a dish that tasted seafood. If you want to taste seafood, you cannot miss it. If you want to eat such a seafood bowl in Otaru, this “Kaisen-ya Yoshi-don” is recommended.

One of the most popular “Yoshi-tokusen Kaisen-don” at this restaurant is limited to 20 meals a day, but it is an infallible menu that we want you to eat at one time. The seafood is carefully selected by the generals, and fresh fish is abundantly used, and price is reasonable at 2500 yen. Also, we would like you to eat Hokkaido-don which includes Hokkaido specialties, crabs and sea urchins, and salmon caviar.

Marina Bar & Restaurant

Grand Park Otaru is a popular hotel located around the Otaru Canal. in the hotel, there is a restaurant where you can overlooks Otaru port, is “Marina bar & restaurant”. In this restaurant, you can enjoy Italian cuisines using fresh seafood caught in Otaru and “sushi of the field” using fresh vegetables at a reasonable price.

Tastes are first-class because they are created by specialized chefs. You can also enjoy a variety of local Otaru sake along with such fine cuisine. When you come to Otaru Canal for sightseeing, how about enjoying delicious Otaru gourmet while looking at the sea?

Naruto Honten

Speaking of specialties from Otaru, Hokkaido, it tends to be focused on fresh seafood caught in the surrounding sea, but in fact, broiler chickens are also famous. If you want to enjoy Otaru chickens, we recommend “Naruto” located about 8 minutes on foot from Otaru Station. In this restaurant, you can have a fried chicken.

An especially recommended item is “Half fried chicken”. The skin is crispy, while the inside is plump and juicy. Once you try, it is sure to become addictive! Also, at lunch time, you can have it with sushi or seafood bowl, so the quantity is perfect! Please taste it.

Ramen Shodai

Speaking of Japanese noodle cuisine representatives, it is a ramen that has various tastes throughout the country! Speaking of Hokkaido, ramen is also famous. There are many famous ramen such as the miso ramen from Sapporo, the salt ramen from Hakodate and the soy sauce ramen from Asahikawa! A restaurant which is famous as a ramen restaurant representing Otaru is this “Ramen Shodai”.

You can get the best soy sauce ramen in this restaurant. Especially recommended menu is “white tamari soy sauce” limited to 30 meals a day. The soup uses the fish and shellfish made in Otaru and brings out the taste, and the taste of soy sauce is also mellow. If you want to taste Otaru ramen around Otaru Canal, please go to this restaurant!

Ise-Zushi

In Otaru, Hokkaido, there is a street called “Sushiya Street”. There are many sushi restaurants in this street. Among them, Ise-Zushi is one of the restaurants that has won one star in Hokkaido Michelin. This restaurant is of the highest quality in terms of both natural ingredients and skills, so people from home and abroad never stop visiting.

Especially recommended is a Nigiri set “Shun” which gives you seasonal fish. In this restaurant, you do not put soy sauce. It is a popular restaurant around the Otaru canal, so it is better to make a reservation in advance. Please thoroughly enjoy the masterpiece.

Kitaichi Hall

“Kokuichi Hall” was reutilized the land used as a warehouse in old times. This is a coffee shop in the Kitaichi Glass 3rd Building. As it is used as a warehouse before, it is spacious. Thanks to the wide space, you can relax quietly.

What we particularly want you to try is the amazing cream puff set. The 15 cm diameter cream puff is a masterpiece that you can only eat here. Since a piano concert is also held, we reckon that you can spend elegant and luxurious moments.

Le TAO Main Shop

If you want to eat great sweets, we definately recommend here! Located at a 10-minute drive from Otaru Station, the “Le TAO Main Shop” offers popular creamy cheesecakes. It is a popular shop in Sakaimachi, Otaru.

You can taste the extremely popular thick creamy cheese cake called “Duble fromage” in the “raw” state that has not been frozen or thawed only at the Otaru Main Shop. If you take a bite, that taste melts in your mouth, and you should eat once! When you go sightseeing in the Otaru canal, please eat the cheesecake here before going home!

Rokkatei Otaru Canal Store

Located at an 8-minute walk from Minami-Otaru Station, the “Rokkatei Otaru Canal Store” offers sweet pastry unique to Hokkaido. Rokkatei is a famous confectionery shop in Hokkaido. On the first floor, there is a shop, and on the second floor you can have desserts such as soft cream and cream puff. You can drink coffee for free, so you can enjoy your dessert while relaxing.

Depending on the season, it is also a popular secret that you can enjoy the item with plenty of seasonal fruits. It is a shop recommended for women who have no eyes on sweet pastry in particular! Please stop by when you come to Otaru.

Natural Ramen Restaurant Mahoro

A popular ramen restaurant in Otaru, Hokkaido, is this “Natural Ramen Restaurant Mahoro”. They offer ramen without using chemical seasoning. Soups, char siu and lard are homemade.

In addition, it is also popular as a restaurant that offers “Morning Ramen” which is rare in the whole country. You can select the fried tofu, seasoned bamboo shoots, boiled egg and so on for 350 yen. You can stand at the counter and enjoy popular ramen at a great price. This is a popular ramen restaurant where you can eat ramen from the morning around the Otaru canal.

Let’s Eat Up Delicious Gourmet at Otaru Canal!

Did you like our recommendations? This time, we have introduced the 10 recommended gourmet restaurants around Otaru Canal, a popular tourist destination in Otaru, Hokkaido. Which shop did you want to go? The Otaru Canal has a charming nostalgic atmosphere, and we believe many people want to visit there. When you go to Otaru, please refer to this article and enjoy the delicious gourmet.