Established in 1875, Azumazushi was proud to be the first sushi restaurant introduced to Hokkaido. Azuma means ‘east’ in Japan, it’s a name chosen by the founder who came from Tokyo, east of Japan.
Today, there are so many choices of sushi bars, Japanese restaurants and fish markets where you can enjoy fresh sushi in Hokkaido. Yet, visiting or re-visiting heritage restaurants is one of the things that frequent travellers do. In my last trip to Hokkaido in October, I had a lunch in this 130 year old restaurant brand and it turned out to be the last chance.
Locating on the main street right near the Susukino subway station, Azumazushi was on 7F and 8F of this Kitako S4 Building on the main road. 東壽司位於札幌市最繁華的博野區，博野駅出口附近的商業大廈7樓及8樓，在北海道只此一家。The 7F were all Japanese-style dining room with low tables and chairs. I went after the lunch hour and had this dining room with 4 tables all by myself. 7樓是有幾個用餐的宴會廳，都是和式。我是過來午餐時間來到的，一個人就包了整個房間。The menu was very tourist-friendly with English and Chinese, and there was a wide variety of food choices, from sushi to rice bowl to grill seafood. Sushi was of course the most popular choice. 這裡的菜單相當周到，有多國語言，包括中和英，還圖文並茂，而且選擇亦多，從壽司到海鮮飯到燒烤都有。來到東壽し當然要吃手握壽司啦！I had a set of Nigiri-sushi set. It came with 9 pieces of assorted seafood sushi and a miso soup. 我點了一個手握壽司套餐，有9件海鮮壽司和味增湯。Azumazushi was considered upscale restaurant, serving fresh “hand-gripped” sushi in a nice dining environment. This sushi set was ¥3,000. The food was good and I had the entire dining room to myself. I feel lucky to be able to enjoy a nice lunch in a heritage restaurant before it closed on 31 October 2016. 東壽し算是比較高級的餐廳，這份套餐要¥3,000。但可以包房及在百年老年結業前吃到一份新鮮美味手握壽司，也很幸運。東壽し已經在2016年10月31日結業。
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