Wild Bills

About

When in Hokkaido, Wild Bills is the local business at 3-chome-2-21 Nisekohirafu 1 Jo, Kutchan, Abuta District, Hokkaido 044-0080, Japan, an address that places it in the Niseko area of the island. Sapporo, Hakodate, Otaru, Furano, Niseko, Asahikawa, Kushiro and Abashiri sit across the same spread of nearby places, so the bar is within reach of Hokkaido's main towns and resorts.

Operating as a bar, Wild Bills runs its own website at http://www.wildbills.bar/, giving visitors a direct line to its updates and opening arrangements. A 4.4 out of 5 average across 121 reviews places it among the island's reviewed drinking spots. Four photographs accompany the listing, so the setting and the drinks can be seen before a visit.

Hokkaido's four distinct seasons bring hot humid summers and cold winters that carry snow in the north, so a bar suits the long evenings of both. Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples stand throughout Japan, sometimes within the same grounds, and the island's towns keep that pattern. Japanese waters carry tuna, mackerel and squid fisheries, and whales migrate through its seas, so seafood reaches the table fresh.

The Nisekohirafu address forms the practical reference point for finding the bar, and the website carries current information about its hours. Four images on the listing give a preview of the interior and the drinks on offer, so first-time visitors arrive knowing what the place looks like.