GARDEN CAFE SORAIRO — Restaurant in Asahikawa

One of the best place in town! It's located on the top floor of Crystal Building with an open-air terrace which offers really awesome view and atmosphere. The cafe's decoration is perfect inside-out with their signature bird and local hand-made crafts. It's good to see the shops here always willing to promote all the local brands beside themselves. Sorairo actually consists of 3 stores: the coffee stand on the 1st floor selling home-baked bread, sandwiches, sweets and coffee, while the 7th floor offers lunch, drink & sweets sets, which in the evening would turn into a bar with a whole different menu of mostly alcohol. The price fits the dishes' quality tho, high. I ordered a lunch set of sandwich, salad, soup & drink, with coffee jelly plate as dessert (including coffee jelly with whipped cream, chocolate cake and ice-cream topped with Sorairo's bird-shaped cookie). And that was...

A bright space on the rooftop of the Crystal Building near Asahikawa Station. There is outdoor seating on the balcony which is full of plants and the indoor seating is light and airy with floor to ceiling windows looking out onto the balcony. I recommend the pasta set which is made with fresh pasta and has a pleasant bounciness to it. The parfaits are also impressive to look at and are tasty. I especially like that they put crushed pastry instead of the usual cornflakes into the parfait. The bird motif of the cafe also lended itself to...

Lovely little cafe on the seventh floor - take the elevator up! Feels extremely cozy and homey and warm, with comfortable seats and good coffee. The staff is really friendly - they didn't speak English and I barely speak Japanese but we got by and they were really nice and welcoming all the same. A nice retreat from the city below and no rush to leave quickly or finish up which is always a...