Sunflower Sapporo ferry deck 6 plan (Cabins-Restaurant)

Deck layout and review

Review of Sunflower Sapporo ferry deck 6 (Cabins-Restaurant)

Smoking is not allowed shipwide (including at observation desks), except in the designated rooms located aft on Deck 5 (near the pet facilities), Deck 6 (near the starboard Assembly Station) and Deck 7 (near the stairs).

On Decks 5 and 6 are located vending machines selling canned beverages (soft drinks, water, alcohol/sake, beers), cup noodles, packaged snacks.

The ship also has coin laundry facilities (each fitted with 3x washing machines/JPY 300, 3x dryers/JPY 100, detergent is added automatically), 1x smartphone charging station (JPY 100), 1x pay phone.

Deck 6 houses an Observation Deck with two Assembly Stations (aft portside and starboard), Buffet Restaurant (レストラン / with table seats, counter seats, baby chairs, Western/Japanese/Chinese dishes, separate Children's Menu), Game Corner (ゲームコーナー / arcade machines and toys-claw machines), Truck Driver Restaurant/Cafeteria (ドライバー食堂) as well as passenger accommodations in categories Superior (スーペリア客室).

The 2-story Atrium (decks 5-6) has large round windows on each floor and the lower and upper levels are interconnected via a grand staircase and an elevator.

Dining

Buffet Restaurant's pricing (2023-updated) is as follows - Breakfast (JPY 1200 per adult/900 per kid 6-12 yo/free for preschoolers and toddlers), Dinner (JPY 2200 adult/1100 per kid 6-12 yo/free for preschoolers and toddlers). Beverages cost as follows - draft beer (JPY 500), Sake (JPY 250), Shochu (JPY 250), Sunflower Kobe Wine (JPY 1570 per bottle/940 half bottle).

Discount-priced 2-meal buffet ticket (Dinner+Breakfast) costs JPY 2900 (per adult) and JPY 1700 (per kid 6-12 yo). At the restaurant are also sold alcoholic beverages (sake, shochu, beers, wines, etc).

Buffet tickets are inclusive of Drink Bar, while Set Meals are not. Set Meals allow dining from the following menus - "Today's Meat Set Meal", "Today's Fish Set Meal", "Today's Crew Meal" (the same one as the ship's staff/crew are having) and only alcoholic drinks can be purchased during dining. Prices start from JPY1000.

The Drink Bar's machines provide complimentary beverages (sodas, coffee, tea, juices) while the draft beer machine is chargeable (JPY 500). The Liquor Counter sells wines, sake, shochu, highball cocktails.

Buffet dining tickets can be purchased from the ticket machine in front of the Restaurant's entrance. Dinner starts at 6 PM. Food ingredients change seasonally.