ピッツァ亭 — Restaurant in Higashikawa

We came in to visit with my wife’s mentor from college and we were happily surprised by this humble pizzeria. Maybe 8-10 seats total, one man working behind the counter, and some light jazz playing in the background. First off, happy that they have an English menu. Second off, short menu that states specifically “sorry will close if out of pizza dough”. Third, prices are decent for pizza but awesome for quality. The giant wood-fired pizza oven stands out behind the counter. You can watch the owner pound out and stretch the dough for each pizza he makes one at a time. The pizzas are probably 12in each, cut in to 8 pieces, and they are fantastic. Between the three of us we ordered 4 pizzas and could have done a 5th if I didn’t keep at the wine.

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Best hand-tossed stone-oven gourmet pizza in Hokkaido! We have been regulars for years! The owner insists on using imported ingredients from Italy, especially the cheeses, and pizzas cost an average of 1,200~1,500 yen which is way cheaper than those sold by large pizza chains. The size of the pizza are about a medium and even those with smaller appetites are able to finish a...

Who would believe that you could find such good pizza in this part of Japan. Pizza was cooked to perfection with really good dough and tasty ingredients. The atmosphere itself is low key and great for consuming pizza. Would very much recommend for pizza aficionados that happen to be in the beautiful town of Higashikawa. Will...