{"id":62101,"date":"2026-01-26T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=62101"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:10:44","slug":"niseko-tsubara-tsubara-soup-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2026\/01\/26\/niseko-tsubara-tsubara-soup-curry\/","title":{"rendered":"Niseko Restaurant Series: Tsubara Tsubara, a Niseko Soup Curry Worth the Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Niseko Soup Curry Worth the Journey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Niseko is full of tourist traps. Finding good, affordable food is a challenge. This is the first in a series on Niseko restaurants that are actually worth your time. Let\u2019s start with one I\u2019ve been eating at for a decade: Tsubara Tsubara, Niseko Soup Curry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting here is not simple.<\/strong><\/strong> From Singapore, it\u2019s a seven-hour flight to Tokyo. Then a 90-minute domestic flight to New Chitose. From there, you can take three trains over three and a half hours, or a private car for two and a half hours if you have the means. Finish with a 30-minute bus ride and a 30-minute walk. The restaurant is tucked away in Izumikyo, off the main Grand Hirafu stretch. It’s a journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dish is hokkaido soup curry. If your only experience with Japanese curry is the thick, sweet gravy served with katsu in Singapore, this will correct you. Soup curry is a Hokkaido specialty<\/a>, born in Sapporo. The base is a savory broth, much like a good ramen stock, but infused with a complex mix of spices that lean towards Nepalese or Indian profiles. It\u2019s a curry you can drink.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bowl arrives loaded. A fall-off-the-bone chicken drumstick anchors the dish. It\u2019s surrounded by a collection of perfectly cooked vegetables. Maitake mushrooms, lotus root, and burdock are flash-fried, giving them a crisp edge that holds up in the soup. Then there are the softer components: a soft-boiled tamago, okra, carrots, and potato, all soaking up the broth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You choose your spice level, from a mild 0 to a potent 10.<\/strong> You choose your soup base, original or a richer coconut version. You can add more toppings. The control is in your hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is this even Japanese? Yes. It’s a dish that feels like East meets West. The technique is Japanese – the precise cooking of each vegetable, the clean broth – but the soul of the dish is a global conversation of spices. It is a crazy find, and it has remained consistent for ten years. This dish shut me up for a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This specific taste is not available in Singapore. Not yet. I\u2019ve heard that the Ki-setsu Group, the people behind Sushi Masa by Ki-setsu<\/strong><\/a>, are opening a Sapporo-style soup curry restaurant in Q4 of this year. We will have to wait and see if they can capture the same spirit. If you want a sense of the kind of standards they are already working with on the Japanese omakase side, start with this RubbishEatRubbishGrow\u2019s guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, if you want the real thing, you have to make the trip. For food in Niseko, this is a non-negotiable stop. It\u2019s worth the journey. Trust me.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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