SATURDAYS was born in Sapporo in 2015. It specializes in Bean To Bar Chocolate, where chocolate is made from raw cacao beans. Each chocolate is made using a different recipe to enhance the uniqueness of each cacao bean. Since most of the process is done by hand, the number of chocolates that can be produced is limited, but we are challenging ourselves to create various types of chocolates.
The artisans visit the local market to select cacao beans as much as possible.
The café attached to the store offers baked goods and sweets made with original chocolate, chocolate drinks, cacao tea with hask, soft-serve ice cream, chocolate shakes, etc. so that customers can enjoy chocolate all year round.
Guidetogay.com’s Rob and Jen visited the store and sampled the available drinks on the menu – the iced mocha was incredible, with a tart but smooth chocolate and coffee mix. We also sampled some of the localised specialty flavours of the chocolate bars themselves.
It’s a great local institution and only a stone’s throw away from the seafood market… so make a morning of it.
As a Hokkaido brand, we focus on local production for local consumption, making chocolates using not only milk and sugar from Hokkaido, but also soybeans from Tokachi (Otogi) and mint from Kitami, wholesaling chocolates for sweets in patisseries and hotel cafes in Sapporo, and collaborating with farmers and companies in Hokkaido. We also focus on collaborations with farmers and companies in Hokkaido.
The experience of eating this local chocolate delicacy will have your mouth watering. The drinks are to die for, the unique flavours of the chocolate bars are insane and only available in Hokkaido, Japan. Well worth adding to your itinerary for any visit to the capital of the northern island.