Booking calendar
Hokkaido & Tohoku: when hard-to-book restaurants open reservations
Release days, booking channels and phone-line hours for 118 hard-to-book restaurants in Hokkaido & Tohoku — checked monthly by a Tokyo reservation desk.
37 by phone · 17 open monthly
OMAKASE, TableCheck, Pocket Concierge and Ikyu are Japanese booking apps; most need a Japanese phone number or card. "More info" points to Tabelog, Japan's restaurant listing site — hours, menus and photos, not a booking channel. "In our collection" marks houses with a full profile on this site.
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Opening this week
No fixed release days in the next seven days.
All houses
No reservations, walk-in only
All 118 houses in Hokkaido & Tohoku
- Koise Aioi-cho, Sakata
- Sous-sus Akita, Akita
- Sushi Arata Araya, Akita
- Hachiya Gojo Sogyoten Asahikawa, Hokkaido
- Sushi Minato Asahikawa, Hokkaido
- Sushi Himeshara Chuo-ku, Sapporo
- Kin Zushi Chuo, Sapporo
- Shiogama Sushitetsu S-PAL Sendai Chuo, Sendai
- Sushi Uehara Dotemachi, Hirosaki
- Sushi Kappo Gyomon Ekimae, Koriyama
- Nihonryori Shinchaya Esashi, Oshu (Iwate)
- Uni Murakami Hakodate Honten Hakodate Asaichi, Hakodate
- Takara Sushi Hanazono, Otaru
- Ujikane Sushi Hasama-cho Sanuma, Tome
- Sushi Egusa Hassamu, Sapporo
- Remède nikaho Hirasawa, Nikaho, Akita
- Osteria Enoteca da Sasino Hirosaki, Aomori
- Yo Hirosaki, Aomori
- Sushi Shirahata Hon-Shiogama, Shiogama
- affetto akita Honjo, Yurihonjo
- Aji Tasuke Honten Ichibancho, Sendai
- Tempura Shoshin-an (Sato Yoske) Inaniwa, Yuzawa, Akita
- Sushi Dokoro Minami Jujigai, Hakodate
- Ryusei Kami, Miyagi
- Umeno Sushi Kashiwagi-cho, Hakodate
- Sushi Ooneda Kashiwagicho, Hakodate
- Sushi Toku Kasuga-machi, Sendai
- Kesennuma KUROMORI Kesennuma, Miyagi
- Sushi Tanabe Kita 4-jo Nishi 6, Sapporo, Hokkaido
- IL PIZZAIOLO Kita-Sendai, Sendai
- Okagesan Kita-Sendai, Sendai
- Sagra Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido
- Oryori Terasawa Kitakami, Iwate
- Sushi Enami Kokubuncho, Sendai
- Sushi Mino Kokubuncho, Sendai
- Ajidocoro Kuriyama, Hokkaido
- Robata Kushiro, Hokkaido
- Kaneyoshi Maruyama, Sapporo
- Ni no Kura Maruyama, Sapporo
- Nihonryori Komatsu Maruyama, Sapporo
- Oryori Fujita Maruyama, Sapporo
- Shinonome Maruyama, Sapporo
- Sushi Kai Maruyama, Sapporo
- Sushi Miyakawa Maruyama, Sapporo
- Sushi Sohei Maruyama, Sapporo
- Sushisai Wakichi Maruyama, Sapporo
- Sushizen Honten Maruyama, Sapporo
- Casa del cibo Minato, Hachinohe
- Le Musée IDEA Miyanomori, Sapporo
- Pyonpyonsya Morioka Ekimae Morioka Station, Morioka
- Shokudoen Morioka, Iwate
- maison FUJIYA Hakodate Motomachi, Hakodate
- Matsuishi Mukaiyama, Sendai
- f (Effe) Nakadori, Akita
- Sumibi Yakiniku Kyu Nakadori, Akita
- Sushi Cho Nakadori, Akita
- Nukumi Nakajima Park, Sapporo
- Shimoyamite Naeizuru Nakajima-koen, Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Fenêtre Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido
- Ristorante SHIKAZAWA Natayacho, Morioka
- Petit Restaurant Bouquet de France Nijigaoka, Aomori
- Dewaya Nishikawa, Yamagata
- Ganso Butadon Pancho Obihiro, Hokkaido
- Suyama Odori-Nishi, Sapporo
- Sushi no Kura Odori, Sapporo
- Sushi Sakai Odori, Sapporo
- Sushi Shota Odori, Sapporo
- Akita Sushisho Omachi, Akita
- Akita Tempura Mikawa Omachi, Akita
- Nihonryori Takamura Omachi, Akita
- Ristorante giueme Omagari, Daisen (Akita)
- Isezushi Otaru, Hokkaido
- Kita no Hana Hayashi Saiwaicho, Chitose
- Shuhai Sanno, Akita
- Sushi Kojima Sanno, Akita
- Nemuro Hanamaru (JR Tower Stellar Place) Sapporo Station, Sapporo
- Ajino Sanpei Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Fukurou-tei Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Restaurant Moliere Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Ippachi Sushi Shinmachi, Aomori
- Kashu Shinmachi, Aomori
- Marushin Shinmeicho, Koriyama
- Kameki Sushi Shintomicho, Shiogama
- Kuriya Shiroishi, Sapporo
- Lucky Pierrot Bay Area Honten Suehiro-cho, Hakodate
- AKI NAGAO Susukino, Sapporo
- Hokkaido Yakiniku Kita Ushi Susukino, Sapporo
- Jingisukan Daruma Honten Susukino, Sapporo
- Maru Zushi Susukino, Sapporo
- Matsukura Susukino, Sapporo
- Mieda Susukino, Sapporo
- Sushi Dokoro Ichii Susukino, Sapporo
- Sushi Hidetaka Susukino, Sapporo
- Sushi Koise Susukino, Sapporo
- Sushi Natsume Honten Susukino, Sapporo
- Sushi Saiko Susukino, Sapporo
- Sushi Tanaka Susukino, Sapporo
- Sushi Tokoro Yoshina Susukino, Sapporo
- Sushidokoro Arima Susukino, Sapporo
- Susukino Sushikin Susukino, Sapporo
- Takuzushi Susukino, Sapporo
- Tempura Araki Susukino, Sapporo
- Tempura Masa Susukino, Sapporo
- Yakitori Higebozu Susukino, Sapporo
- Hirozushi Taihaku, Sendai
- Sushi Ito Taira, Iwaki, Fukushima
- Kobanzushi Tanagura Tanagura, Fukushima
- Parco Fiera Teine, Sapporo
- Takara Zushi Bunten Terauchi, Akita
- Enoteca La Ricolma Tomioka-cho, Hakodate
- Rantei Bibian Tomita, Koriyama
- Tonoya Yo Tono, Iwate
- Al Ché-cciano Tsuruoka, Yamagata
- HAGI Uchigo, Iwaki, Fukushima
- Pairon Honten Uchimaru, Morioka
- Yoichi LOOP Yoichi, Hokkaido
- Sushidokoro Kihara Yunokawa, Hakodate
- Sushikoma Yurihonjo, Akita
About this region
Hokkaido & Tohoku has 118 houses in this calendar. 37 of them (31%) take reservations only by telephone, in Japanese, and 2 seat guests only through an introduction — together the part of the map that no booking platform can open for you. 65 houses use an online platform (TableCheck 18, Tabelog 11, Pocket Concierge 9), and 9 take no reservations at all.
The release pattern: 17 houses open their books on a fixed day each month, and 14 of those on the 1st — Restaurant Moliere, Ajidocoro, Kesennuma KUROMORI among them. 14 houses release seats on a rolling basis a fixed number of days ahead, and 34 simply take bookings as they come. On release mornings the phone-only houses fill within the first hour, so the day and the minute matter more than the month.
Restaurant Moliere · Ajidocoro 09:00 · Kesennuma KUROMORI 12:00
What does 'release day' mean for a Japanese restaurant?
Most hard-to-book houses in Japan do not take reservations continuously. They open their book on a fixed trigger — for example the 1st of the month for dates two months ahead, or exactly ninety days before each date — and the month often fills within the first hour.
Why are phone-only restaurants highlighted?
Because they are the seats overseas guests cannot reach: the line is answered in Japanese, during Japanese business hours, and often only for a short window on release day. A Tokyo desk that speaks Japanese and dials at the opening minute changes those odds materially.
Does being in the calendar mean you can book it for me?
It means we know exactly when and how the book opens. You can ask our desk to request any restaurant in Japan: ¥6,000 per seat at a house in our collection, ¥12,000 elsewhere, charged only if we secure the table and you approve it. A few houses accept bookings only in the guest's own name or only by introduction; for those, the page says so plainly and shows how to book yourself, and a free release alert tells you when to act.
← All 1,544 houses in the booking calendar
Rules are based on what we confirm by calling the restaurants ourselves, along with official notices and booking-platform listings, and are re-checked monthly. Houses change their systems without warning; treat the calendar as a planning tool. For restaurants in our collection, our desk confirms the specifics for your dates when you request.