$$$$ = 7000 yen + per person $$$ = 3000-5000 yen per person $$ = around 2000 yen per person $ = 1000 - 2000 yen per person 2016-2017 NISEKO AREA FOOD GUIDE: * = Recommendations A SHORT LIST OF PLACES TO EAT HIRAFU AREA FINE DINING ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! AN DINING LE COCHON* ! LUPICIA KAMIMURA Ala carte style restaurant Formerly the staff at the Barn, ! A short drive outside of Course dinner. Bookings serving Japanese dishes they moved up to Yamashizen ! town is Lupicia restaurant, during winter are quite hard to featuring local Hokkaido West. Chef Kazu is taking ! boutique, and bakery shop. come by so best to make your foods. care with his 3-course French ! They serve seasonal dishes reservations well ahead of $$$$ meal. Very generous portions, ! inspired by European and time. excellent salad starter, good ! Japanese cooking methods. $$$$ meat dishes, endless freshly ! $$$$ baked bread and nice wines. ! $$$$ ! ! JAPANESE/IZAKAYA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ABUCHA COTO BAR ! EBISU TEI* GINREI GOKORO Great for big parties because New this season, Mape-chan ! A solid long standing local (Stop light below Izumikyo) - they have nice big, long is serving Kyoto Obanzai here. Shime saba, tsubodai, Udon noodle shop with an tables. Your normal Izakaya (premade tapas) style foods !, sticks and the norms are assortment of hot and cold stuff here. Course menus and a nice selection of ! good here. Cozy place down dishes. available for larger parties. Japanese from around ! the road from Green Farm $ $$$ the country. ! Cafe. Make reservations $$ ! ahead of time. ! $$$ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ICHIMURA KOGETSU ! MINA MINA* NISEKO (Stop light below Izumikyo) - (Above Tuk Tuk) Nice ! One of the old local Japanese Good mix of bowls and other Great place for a traditional ambiance for some Japanese ! izakayas/bars in town. Gobo menu items to choose from. hand made soba lunch. style tapas, small hot pots, ! chips are awesome with beer, The regular has a nice Choose between 100% soba and beers. This season they ! , Agedashi , taste. You can go spicy or or Ni-Hachi style noodles. have added a few signature Jajamen, Hokke, and the Soba even spicier with their Kamo (duck) seiro is good. cocktails to the drink menu. Salad are all good orders. Habanero ramen. Hungry? Hungry? Get a side of a mini $$$ $$ Go with a side of mini chashu- bowl. don with your bowl of ramen. $ $/$$ HIRAFU AREA JAPANESE/IZAKAYA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! OTSUKISAMA/MOON BAR SESSA* ! WILD BILLS* YOSAKU Bar with its own ramen shop Fabulous lunch! The !Don’t let the name fool you as (Chicken skewer) connected to it for your lunch is one of our faves. It ! they have an awesome array restaurant with quite a long convenience of after drinking comes with a beautiful ! of Hokkaido soul food dishes. history in Niseko. Tako food. They have a Miso that is appetizer dish, you choose !Shoyu Pork, Chicken Karaage, karaage(deep fried octopus close to a tantan ramen, shoyu your kamameshi(rice pot), ! salad, & plates legs) pairs nice with beer. and ume shio. choice of dessert and choice ! are really nice. Wagyu steak $$$ $ of drink. ! and crab fried rice are also $/$$$$ ! popular dishes. ! $$$ ! ! OTHER FOOD ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! AMARU* GORILLA CAFE ! GRAUBUNDEN GREEN FARM CAFE* Brett and Takayo doing TEX Cafe/Deli style food offerings ! Chalet style building with a Great place for breakfast and MEX and a few American bar with a casual setting. Shop !homey feeling. They do many an espresso. New this season favorites here. Very generous next door at the Gorilla ! varieties of sandwiches that is the coffee roaster! The portions here and great supermarket or take some ! you can create to your liking. lunch/dinner is also perfect for cocktails. Buffalo Wings, cash out at one of Niseko’s ! The omelette sandwiches are a simple meal. Really good Fajitas, Quesadilla, Taco Rice, only international ATM ! big and good. Also have nice 100% beef burgers on Nachos, & Fish tacos are good machines. ! cakes. homemade buns. ones. $/$$ ! $ $/$$ $$$ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! L’OCANDA BOMBAY SIZZLERS ! TSUBARA TSUBARA* TUK TUK* (Below Izumikyo) Family New Indian restaurant in town (Izumikyo) -Created in Delicious Thai food. Take a owned restaurant featuring offering a variety of Indian ! Sapporo, Soup Curry focuses break from the Japanese food Italian dishes using local dishes. Lots of vegetarian and ! on using spices and herbs, and check out this cozy place. ingredients. A fabulous vegan options available. ! infused with a rich soup stock. Portions are about the size for assortment of desserts to $$ Its topped with various 1 person so keep that in mind choose from. produce and your choice of when ordering for a group. $$$ meat. Choose the spiciness to Sip on some Singha and your liking. Chang beers too. $ $$ KUTCHAN AND AROUND HIRAFU KUTCHAN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! BOROYA* HOTZUKI UDON* KUTCHAN SAKABA* LON TAN Italian Bar/restaurant. Have (On road to Lake Hangetsu) Delicious tapas style Chinese style soup dumpling some anchovy potatoes with Sanuki-udon. Tori (chicken) restaurant run opened by shop for a really affordable your beer. And make sure you tempura and pork kakuni are Izumi & Tsuyoshi (Kamimura price. Lunch specials available get the Quatro Formaggio popular. The Kamatama is a alumni). Excellent menu and daily. Closed on Wednesdays Pizza. It’s arguably one of the local favorite. Its strained nice wines. Make sure you try and every 2nd Thursday of the best pizzas in town. This year udon served warm with a raw the prosciutto cheese and month. Hideki will have pizzas by the egg on it. Add shoyu to your nitrogen frozen olive oil dish. $ slice available for lunch too. liking and mix away. $$$ $$ $

MAKKARI TOWN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TORIMATSU WHITE ROCK* YOTEI-MARU ICHI FUJI* Very tasty Yakitori shop made Baguette sandwiches, train style with counter Very good pork shop using famous for most out of omelets, and fresh pizzas. The seats, box seats for groups, the local Makkari Herb pork. towners from Anthony Pork pate sandwich is really and party rooms. All your Big mix plate. Pork Bourdain. For the more nice. Try the side salad for normal Hokkaido sushi items chop, Spare ribs, massive adventurous lot try the raw some simple yet refreshing here. Check the board for the mixed Tonkatsu plates, and ostrich. side of greens seasonal fish. Place gets busy other pork meals. $$$ $ in the winter. Last sitting is $ also quite early at 8:30pm $

NISEKO TOWN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! HANAYOSHI JUWARI SOBA KOSHU-YATAI* U-RESPA TONKATSU* Sushi restaurant featuring Famous for their side dish of (Across from view plaza) (Across from view plaza) fresh local seafoods and sake Maguro(tuna)-don. Their son Ramen shop with a few other Very good Tonkatsu shop. to pair with. Make sure to is the sushi chef at Hanayoshi dishes to choose from. Their You can get Rusutsu Herb book ahead because every next door so they get good Ankake is one of pork here or also their tourist wants to eat sushi in cuts from him. their popular dishes. Hungry? exclusive “sangenton” for very Japan. Especially at one of $ Go Omori (Large size). Their good prices. I’ve seen the the top sushi shops in town. Paiko-men is a battered piece butcher hand deliver his pork $$$$ of pork over ramen. cuts. $ $