Food & Nightlife
Furano ski resort and the nearby town of Furano have many restaurants and a few bars. There is a degree of nightlife, but it’s fairly low key. If you’re looking for vibrant nightlife then
Niseko Hirafu will suit your needs much better than Furano.
Furano Restaurants The resort and the town combined have about 100 eateries, with more of the restaurants situated in town. Many of the restaurants have English menus and/or pictures which is very convenient, but it doesn’t feel completely like the authentic Japan.
In Kitanomine, our favourite restaurant was
Syoujiki-mura, in the first street on the left down the main-street from the gondola. It’s fairly simple and has ramen and the all important gyoza.
Furano Bars & Nightlife
Après drinking opportunities are close to absent, unless you can make your own fun with your duty free alcohol.
In the evening
Soh’s bar near the New Prince Hotel is a sedate cigar bar ideal for those staying at the New Furano Prince Hotel.
There are a few bars in Furano town that are small and cosy, with a wine-bar feel to them. For wine lovers, the Furano whites are surprisingly good. It is worth visiting
Bar Bocco in the town of Furano (next to the chicken BBQ restaurant). The bar is cosy, and Sasaki the owner is incredibly welcoming and his CD collection is impressive.
In Kitanomine there’s an ice bar, but our favourite was
Café and Bar – Tirol, which had a nice feel to it, some great eye candy working there, and fantastic Japanese skiing movies playing in the background.