I visited Otaru during my trip to Hokkaido the other day! I stopped by the Sankaku Market and wanted to try a seafood bowl, so I wandered around until I noticed an available seat and decided to go in! It was incredibly delicious! I will definitely visit again!

The scallops are very delicious! The appearance is good, and the atmosphere is like a market. The cost performance is decent. The butter soy sauce seasoning is excellent. The scallops are carefully cleaned and taste delicious no matter where you bite. The seafood is fresh and tasty. The miso soup that comes with the seafood bowl is also very delicious.

Seafood restaurant located inside the Sankaku Market where you can enjoy fresh seafood in front of Otaru Station. It is the second restaurant when entering from the entrance on the national highway side, with a full bloom of cherry blossoms on the ceiling as a landmark. This restaurant is popular among overseas customers, with hardly any Japanese tourists. There are staff members who can speak Chinese. It is popular among wealthy overseas customers for dishes like live king crabs weighing over 5kg. You can choose your favorite crab from the tanks displayed at the storefront, and they will cook it for you. If you go around 2 pm on weekdays, it is usually full and you may have to wait for about 10 minutes to enter. [Order] Seafood bowl pine set (¥3300) - Vinegared rice with luxurious toppings including hairy crab, sea urchin, scallops, prawns, autumn salmon, egg, thick salmon slices, and homemade salmon roe. Comes with miso soup and crab chawanmushi. Overall, on this day, popular restaurants like Takinami Shokudo and Takeda Da were crowded with long lines even at the same time, with at least a wait of over 1 hour. If you don't have much time or want to try the high-end giant king crab, give this place a try. Instagram @moritapan7 also has videos.

Seafood bowl with crab / 2500 yen A seafood bowl restaurant in Sankaku Market♡ Located near the entrance at the bottom, it seems to have opened about 3 years ago and is not very well known, so you can easily get in without waiting! While famous places have long lines, you can enter here smoothly! There are staff who can speak foreign languages at the storefront, so there seem to be more inbound customers than Japanese. There are many seats, and it's nice to see the work in the open kitchen! Maybe because the name of the restaurant has "sakura" in it, there are cherry blossom decorations inside the store, which is lovely (˘ω˘) Are there so many people who eat crab?! Inbound customers order crab in a powerful and photogenic way (lol). I had a seafood bowl instead of crab! Crab was also included (lol). It came with chawanmushi and miso soup (´ω｀). Scallops, salmon, shrimp, ikura, crab, and egg! The rice was vinegared and had just the right firmness ♡ The chawanmushi was fluffy with crab sauce! There were plenty of toppings and the freshness was good (´ω｀). It was so delicious!! Thank you for the meal ♡

During thunder and roaring, rain turns into hail and attacks with a crackling sound. On this day, winter seems to be rushing in quickly, and that's the timing in Otaru. There are several markets in Otaru, and this Otaru Sankaku Market was a first for me. The 8 kinds of seafood bowl included ikura, scallop, salmon, sweet shrimp, shiokara, autumn salmon, soy, and egg, with plenty of sliced ginger on vinegar rice and salmon miso soup on the side. The salmon head adds a nice flavor, the egg yolk is delicious, and the daikon radish is well seasoned. The shrimp is of decent size, fresh with the head still on. The ikura has a slightly sharp salty taste with the skin still on. The shiokara is like Matsu-zuke, a nice addition to the rice. The sashimi quality overall didn't stand out, but it felt like the seafood bowl had good freshness. The ginger didn't seem to enhance the other ingredients much. I learned that this place is affiliated with the Kaimono-ya chain in Sapporo, but the content was quite different. It seems more geared towards tourists, similar to the seafood bowls at Sapporo's Nijo Market or around the Central Wholesale Market. It's one of the stores operated by Ebisu Sakura, which also runs Kaimono-ya in Tanukikoji and Ishikari Baya in the fresh market. Overall 3.1, Taste 3.1, Service 3.3, Atmosphere 3.1, Cost performance 3.3, Drinks not rated. Address: 3-10-16 Inaho, Otaru, Hokkaido, Otaru Sankaku Market Ebisu Sakura ☆☆☆ Next time on Otaru Sankaku Market, there are still many unknown shops to explore.

After a long time, I stayed in Otaru and decided to have breakfast early in the morning. I wanted to have a grilled fish set meal, so I went to the intended restaurant, but it was still closed. I found out that it opens at 9 o'clock. Hmm, I can't hold my hunger... Then I remembered that next door is the Sankaku Market, a treasure trove of seafood! Although it's not the usual price I pay, I had no choice today... While tourists usually go to the restaurant in the middle of the market, I prefer the one near the entrance because it's less crowded and relatively cheaper, so I recommend this place. I had the recommended seafood bowl for 2000 yen, which came with a miso soup (I found out later). It included salmon, marinated salmon, scallops, tuna, marinated tuna, shrimp, salmon roe, Matsumae pickles, and more. It was a generous portion, and the miso soup was delicious, with a rich salmon flavor. In fact, I liked the miso soup the most. While waiting for my food, I enjoyed watching the different activities in the market. It was quite enjoyable. Thank you for the meal!

Seafood bowl with halibut and scallops

Visited during a trip to Otaru, Hokkaido. Had grilled salmon, scallop, hokke fish, thick omelette, and cola.