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FOODRESTAURANTS & BARSFOODRESTAURANTS & BARSC2p54A-Bu-Cha 2UPPER HIRAFUD2p54Bang BangUPPER HIRAFUF5p54Hana JizohIZUMIKYO 2B3p54J-Sekka Café and DelicatessenMIDDLE HIRAFUTry our popular Japanese dishes or hot-pots. Choice of 400drinks! Japanese seating available. Families welcome. Lunchand Cafe: various lunch dishes, coffee, homemade dessert.www.abucha.netA wide variety of mealsand drinks – top marksLunch 11am – 4pmDinner 6pm 2am(LO 3pm/11.30pm) 0136 22 5620Ramen lunch at Bang 2 starting this season! We take greatpride in our fresh seafood and look forward to offering youmouthwatering dishes from our wide-ranging menus.www.niseko.or.jp/bangbangWe take great pride in ourfresh seafoodLunch 11am – 4pmDinner 5.30pm – 11.30 pmOccasionally closed 0136 22 4292Amazing sweet and savoury breads and pastries from afriendly local family baker. You must try this! Get the free HirafuVillage shuttle to bus stop 27, near Unitas Log Village.Eat in or takeaway.Creative and delicious breadsfrom a local baker8.00am – 4.30pmClosed Wednesdays 0136 23 0331For a hearty breakfast to get you ready for the slopes, or a lazyafternoon spent discovering the delicious Hokkaido produceused in our house-made delicacies.www.j-sekka.comA taste of Hokkaidoopen from 7am daily 0136 21 3088E7p53Black Diamond RestaurantHIGASHIYAMAC3p53Cocoro OkonomiyakiKUTCHAND4p54Java LoungeMIDDLE HIRAFUC3p54Kabuki 1 and 2MIDDLE HIRAFUOffering a wide variety of food and drink from around theworld. Japanese daily specials, Western, Mexican and Italiandishes! Billiards, darts, happy hour and drink specials daily!Free pickup from The Hilton and The Green Leaf for groups of6 or more.www.bdlodge.comFree pick-up from The Hilton andThe Green Leaf for 6 or more4pm–midnight(LO 11pm food //11.30pm drink) 0136 44 1144Real Osaka-style okonomiyaki and yakisoba cooked by you onyour teppan (hot plate). Try out takoyaki (octopus) and chickenballs. Japanese sweets also available.Great Food, Great Value!11am – 9pm 0136 22 1528 (Jap) 0136 23 0008 (Eng)Come and relax on the Java Lounge sofas, try our• Italian coffee • Assorted Panini• Home baked muffins and cakes • Hot soups• Iced-cold beer • Daily special lunches• Quiches or all day breakfastEarly morning breakfast, lunchand après drinksDaily7am to 8pmAt Kabuki 1 you can do make-it-yourself Okonomiyaki andTeppanyaki. Kabuki 2 (next door) is a full-service Teppan YakiRestaurant. Early bird 20% for all meals – in by 6pmout by 7pm.www.nisekokabuki.comOkonomiyaki and TeppanyakiRestaurantOpen 7 days5–11pmA1p54Country GrillCOUNTRY RESORTB3p54Downtown CaféMIDDLE HIRAFUE2p54KamimuraUPPER HIRAFUE8p53M’s Cafe (Saison Club)HIGASHIYAMAUnique flavours not found anywhere else in the area, with alllocal products by La Andy. From Hokkaido-grown beef, countryroast chicken, and our specialty Hokkaido Venison, try the newCountry Grill, just outside busy Hirafu in the quiet communityof Country Resort.www.nisekocountryresort.comGrilled favourites, relaxeddining, casual atmosphereBreakfast 7.30–10.30amDinner 17.00 to late 0136 55 5123Hugely popular with locals, this top-rated cafe-restaurantoffers all-day breakfast, bagels, daily blackboard specials andgreat coffee. Eat in or take out. Free high-speed internet.Hirafu’s finest cafe free internetterminal + Wi-FiOpen 7 days8am to 10.30pmBreakfast, lunch and dinner 0136 23 3354Trained by one of the world’s top chefs, Tetsuya Wakuda, chefKamimura uses the abundance of Hokkaido produce to createa memorable degustation dining experience.www.kamimura-niseko.comBlessed by land, sea and acreative chefDinner 6pm – 11pmOccasionally closed 0136 21 2288Try our huge traditional Japanese nabe hotpots with meat,seafood and vegetables. We have shabu shabu, sukiyaki andchanko hot pots.www.saison-club.comWarm your body with our bighearty hot-potsDay 10am–3pmEvening 5.30–7.30pmOpen daily 0136 44 3380A4p54EbisuteiLOWER HIRAFUC4p54Half NoteMIDDLE HIRAFUB3p54Maki LoungeMIDDLE HIRAFUD2p54Niseko PizzaUPPER HIRAFUFinished skiing? Drop in for great food and a good time!Laugh and drink at this lively izakaya inn. Enjoy our assortedJapanese hotchpotch.Enjoy live weekend jazz nights as well as Dancing and otherlive music on weekdays. With, jazz, billiards and table tennis,there’s always something going on at Half Note. Check out HalfNote’s regular jazz events at www.nisekohalfnote.com.With an open fire and sweeping views of the Hirafu ski hill, unwindon our leather lounges. Apres drinks include an array offine Japanese whiskey, sake, sho-chu and plum wine as wellas classic and house-blend cocktails, spirits and glass wine.Niseko Pizza is a family run restaurant offering a menuwith lots of love and the best quality ingredients. You will bedelighted by the smell, enticed by the flavours, pleased by theatmosphere and comforted by the staffwww.ebcbar.comHave fun with our genki andlaughing oden bar staffOpen daily5pm – midnight 0136 22 6544www.nisekohalfnote.comHirafu’s only jazz bar!6pm–midnightOpen daily 0136 23 2727www.j-sekka.comJapanese whiskey, sakeand shochu by the fireCoffee, snacks and gamesfrom 10am // bar 2pm–late7 days 0136 21 6133www.nisekopizza.jpDine in, Take-away and deliveryOpen 4–11pm weekdays11am to 11pm weekends,holidays, Chinese New year 0136 55 555345powderlife issue 29 // December 25 - January 7, 2010 www.powderlife.com46powderlife issue 29 // December 25 - January 7, 2010 www.powderlife.com