So in the US supermarket, I can only find these Japanese Sapporo bottles.

With one of these 10 IC cards, you can ride on virtually all trains, subways and buses in most of Japan's major cities including Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo.

I'm sorry look at all this Crunch I've been in Japan for seven years And this is my first time coming to Hokkaido in the winter for the snow And I'm here for the snow festival the Sapporo snow festival so uh yeah I wanted to bring you guys along and show you all the business also.

So instead of taking a shinkansen from Tokyo to Sapporo, Hokkaido, for example sometimes it's cheaper to fly.

It's Japan's ninth biggest city after Sapporo,

Sapporo.

There are one China Airlines flight to Sapporo, Japan, one Starlux flight to Bangkok, Thailand, and

Beer has a meaning It's like saying Let's eat kagoshima chicken with kagoshima shochu Shochu is Kagoshima prefecture's shochu Beer is Sapporo beer's akaboshi Among the people There are people from Kagoshima In fact, the water and soy sauce are also from Kagoshima However, if the customers want to drink something else He's completely fine For them bringing their own drinks Which is not very common in Japanese restaurants Nice, the charcoal is ready Apparently he uses ogatan A charcoal relatively inexpensive But produces a strong flame Which unlike more expensive charcoals Helps create his signature blackened chicken With its richer and smokier flavor At 6.30pm, the shop finally opens for business Welcome Oh, the first customer is already here I guess she ordered The charcoal grilled fire chicken Look at that fire Japanese charcoal grill is known as sumi-byaki But his grilling technique Is unique for most of Japan While mostly similar to the Miyazaki area He uses chi-yu, a flavored chicken oil To ignite the fire Which instantly envelops his Kagoshima chicken Marking it with its unmistakable Smoky signature Resulting in an aromatic and beautiful Darkened chicken It goes amazingly with green chili yuzu kosho The ice delivery is here Apparently he's an old friend It's cool to see that him and his local friends Support each other's businesses I'm sure he's built a strong community Where they often eat and drink together More customers are here Another fascinating part about the shop Is that the locals simply tell him what drinks they want And go to the fridge and get it themselves Showing how much they truly appreciate His one man operation Can you handle everything all on your own?

I know a guy who travelled all the way from Sapporo to Hiroshima.

The dish grew in popularity and started to spread around the country, most notably in Sapporo, Kitakata and Fukuoka.