Ajidokoro Takeda

Market eatery run by an actual fishmonger inside the Otaru Sankaku Market, ensuring that the seafood in your bowl was quite literally selected by an expert eye that same morning. The restaurant is famous for its uni don (sea urchin bowl) and kani don (crab bowl), where impossibly fresh Hokkaido seafood is mounded generously over warm rice. The no-frills stall seating and handwritten daily specials board reflect the honest, market-stall ethos of the place, where quality and freshness matter more than decor. Prices are reasonable given the premium ingredients, and many visitors find that a seafood bowl here rivals or surpasses those at more famous (and more expensive) establishments in Sapporo.