A long-married Japanese couple who travel a lot but sightsee little. Hotel lounges, izakaya within walking distance, konbini dinners — with real menus and real prices.https://walkingdistancejapan.com/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/craft-beer-house-baku-naha-lamb-menchi-katsu/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/craft-beer-house-baku-naha-lamb-menchi-katsu/A craft beer bar on the second floor in Kumoji, Naha: three IPAs, a hibiscus sour ale, an ¥880 lamb menchi katsu and ¥5,730 for two on a Thursday in March 2026 — and what the menus say in English.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:15:18 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/costs/sapporo-five-nights-food-and-drink-cost/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/costs/sapporo-five-nights-food-and-drink-cost/Five evenings out and one travel day at ¥0, itemised from the bills: the cheapest night was ¥5,740, the dearest ¥15,330, and what made the difference was not the drinking.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:30:19 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/sapporo-on-foot-from-the-prince/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/sapporo-on-foot-from-the-prince/Two five-night stays in 2026, one hotel with no lounge, and every bar, izakaya and restaurant we walked to — what each one is, what we ordered, and what it cost.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:14:52 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/hilton-okinawa-chatan-no-sightseeing-day/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/hilton-okinawa-chatan-no-sightseeing-day/Day five of five: breakfast after we overslept, a cat cafe we had given up on the day before, forty minutes on a treadmill, and why we spend a hotel credit down to the last yen.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:41:04 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/uchoten-sapporo-omu-katsu-pinot-wine-tasting/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/uchoten-sapporo-omu-katsu-pinot-wine-tasting/A ¥1,200 omu-katsu at Uchoten in Sapporo tastes like okonomiyaki, and my wife called it an invention. Then a wine shop we pass most days was pouring a supplier's tasting: seven glasses, ¥10,700.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:18:59 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/nepalica-sapporo-clay-pot-biryani/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/nepalica-sapporo-clay-pot-biryani/A Nepali place near the Sapporo Prince Hotel — momo, seseri, a Wednesday-and-Saturday biryani set at ¥7,980 for two, and the coriander one of us pushed aside. Prices as paid, June 2026.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:11:32 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/beer-bar-north-island-sapporo-four-ipas/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/beer-bar-north-island-sapporo-four-ipas/A Hokkaido brewery runs this bar ten floors up in the Tanukikoji arcade. Twelve taps the night we went, four IPAs in 430 ml glasses, garlic-pickled nagaimo, and ¥5,740 for two in June 2026.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:07:08 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/yakitori-s-sapporo-skewer-by-skewer/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/yakitori-s-sapporo-skewer-by-skewer/A one-man counter in central Sapporo hands each skewer over as it comes off the grill. We ordered the chicken and pork lists bar sasami, plus a tsukune — eleven skewers, ¥10,600 for two in June 2026.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:47:08 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/hilton-tokyo-bay-executive-lounge/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/hilton-tokyo-bay-executive-lounge/Cocktail time ran 17:00 to 19:00 on our February 2026 stay and was short on salty food, so we bought dinner at the deli downstairs and carried it up to the lounge. What the ¥5,000 credit bought.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:41:00 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/lungo-carnival-honten-sapporo-genshiyaki/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/lungo-carnival-honten-sapporo-genshiyaki/The main branch stands whole fish upright in sand next to a basket of charcoal. A kilo of steamed oysters is ¥1,210, the rosemary mackerel split our vote, and the wine bar afterwards takes cash only.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:38:59 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/orizzonte-sapporo-wood-fired-pizza/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/orizzonte-sapporo-wood-fired-pizza/A Sapporo Italian with a wood oven, where the pizza comes out thin and crisp rather than Neapolitan. What we ordered, what each plate cost, and the world-championship story we could not stand up.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:13:48 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/hilton-okinawa-chatan-breakfast-buffet/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/hilton-okinawa-chatan-breakfast-buffet/Salad-corner excess and natto on rice downstairs, then a second breakfast on the ninth floor for the two Okinawan soups the buffet stopped serving.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:10:19 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/susukino-craft-beer-oysters-gyoza/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/susukino-craft-beer-oysters-gyoza/Three places in one April evening, ¥16,131 for two: nine tasting glasses at a 33-tap beer bar, steamed Hokkaido oysters that beat the price, and a gyoza chain we probably will not go back to.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:05:54 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/sapporo-prince-hotel-breakfast-buffet/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/sapporo-prince-hotel-breakfast-buffet/In April 2026 the egg station, the soft serve and the Ainu fish soup were gone, and the ikura bowl had to be requested. Two months later it had changed again — here is what is on it.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:44:17 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/izakaya-chiba-sapporo-sake-nomihodai/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/eats/izakaya-chiba-sapporo-sake-nomihodai/The ¥2,500 plan pours 55 sake from all over Japan for 120 minutes, but last order lands at 90. We drank ten, cleared the cost at glass five, and would go again — with a plan.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:42:15 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/la-vista-hakodate-bay-breakfast-buffet/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/la-vista-hakodate-bay-breakfast-buffet/Three bowls of rice each on morning one, a separate-bowl fix on morning two, and two seafood izakaya nights that ended with us ordering everything grilled.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:37:18 GMThttps://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/hilton-okinawa-chatan-executive-lounge/https://walkingdistancejapan.com/stays/hilton-okinawa-chatan-executive-lounge/Orion on tap, a food lineup that repeats every other day, and the karaage that ran out on night three. What the ninth-floor lounge actually puts out, and who it is worth booking for.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:57:17 GMT