Mark Coffee Club — Restaurant in Sapporo

A warm and snug coffeeshop hidden away on the fourth floor of one of the buildings in the Asty-45 complex, a little walk south from Sapporo Station. It's a charmingly narrow space, but it's often packed with salarymen and the odd traveler; it's clearly a local favourite. And for good reason; the amiable owners consistently serve excellent coffee from the woody oasis they've carved into a nook amongst the surrounding officespace. I try to pinpoint the hours where it's quietest as best as I can whenever I...

Located several floors up in the mall, you would never know this amazing coffee shop was there. When you enter you’re met with big band jazz playing on a tape deck, cozy lighting, and beautiful rice paper menus. The coffee was the best we’ve ever had and the man making it ground the beans for each cup and whipped the cream by hand, and served us with a kind of precision and care we haven’t ever experienced over...

Wonderful little coffee shop. Jelly coffee was great. Atmosphere as well. Thankfully nobody was smoking when I was there, but I can imagine this being a problem.

A bit tricky to reach, it opens before the shopping mall, but you can just take the office building lift from B1 or 1st floor to...