Tokyo
Restaurant
2022.07.19
ICHIBIKO, a strawberry specialty store run by GRA, an agricultural production corporation that grows MIGAKI strawberries, will release a summer-only sweet available only at the Taishido store as the second installment of “ICHIBIKO Joyful SUMMER.
The theme of this year’s summer season is to enjoy the “hot” summer season with sweet and sour strawberry sweets.
The summer season will be enlivened with cool sweet and sour strawberry sweets perfect for summer and limited-time-only sweets using rare summer strawberries harvested in summer.
A new summer-only version is now available in a gift bottle that is easy to carry and popular as a souvenir. Fresh summer strawberries, juicy tropical pineapple, and refreshing orange go well with the gently sweet whipped cream. The homemade strawberry jam sauce is hidden inside, so you can enjoy the sweet and sour taste of strawberries until the very end.
Summer Strawberry and Fruit Gift Bottle
| Price: | Take-out 810yen / Eat-in 825yen |
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A summer-style product of the popular baked cheesecake limited to the Taishido store. Baked cheesecake with dried strawberries and homemade strawberry jam topped with summer strawberries and oranges. Summer strawberries with a refreshing sourness can be enjoyed lightly even on hot days.
Summer Strawberry Baked Cheesecake
| Price: | Take-out 540 yen / Eat-in 550 yen |
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Carefully shaved, fluffy shaved ice with condensed milk is topped with a generous amount of fresh-tasting homemade strawberry sauce and condensed milk espuma cream, and topped with an abundance of shaved strawberries.
Please enjoy the rich taste of the condensed milk espuma and the compote with plenty of pulp. This year’s shaved ice is made with homemade strawberry compote and homemade strawberry sauce made from frozen ripe strawberries.
The strawberry sauce has a rich aroma, fresh taste, and rich pulpiness. Fresh strawberries are also hidden inside the milk agar rabbit.
Ichibiko ice – rabbit and strawberry
| Price: | Eat-in 1,650 yen |
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The thick, milky soft-serve ice cream is topped with a rabbit bun filled with home-made strawberry jam in a cool, sherbet-like texture. There is a choice of two kinds of sauce: sweet and sour homemade strawberry sauce or chocolate sauce. Please enjoy the crunchy texture of the monaka as the sauce is mixed with the soft-serve ice cream.
Usamona ice cream (strawberry/chocolate)
| Price: | Take-out 594 yen / Eat-in 605 yen |
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The special version is filled with fresh strawberries. The homemade strawberry sauce is also made with diced strawberries and the cup is one size larger. The thick, milky soft-serve ice cream is topped with a rabbit bun filled with homemade strawberry jam in a cool, sherbet-like texture.
Enjoy the crunchy texture of the monaka as the strawberry sauce is mixed with the soft-serve ice cream. The “Strawberry Choko” is topped with chocolate sauce.
Usamona ice cream Special
| Price: | Take-out 864 yen / Eat-in 880 yen |
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Spring taste dinner course at Universal Studios Japan Official Hotel
New cafe brand “TSUBOICHI TEA PLACE” from a long-established tea wholesaler of the 170th anniversary
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【Cafe Planetaria】Cafe menu in the planetarium renewed
Authentic Shochu Discovery,” the first encounter with authentic shochu at five Kai facilities in Kyushu
Nara
Countrywide
Kagawa
Kyoto
Countrywide
Limited edition original gin ‘NISHI-GIN’, jointly produced by a group of restaurants in Nishijin, on sale from 25 November.
Kyoto
Winter special parfait at the Unjo Saryo café in the Tale of Genji Museum, Uji, Kyoto.
Kyoto
OnigiriBurger ‘Eel Kabayaki – Double Eggs’, newly launched as part of Kansai International Airport OnigiriBurger 1st anniversary menu.
Osaka
Third FUKUCHA brand shop ‘Uji Store’ opens.
Kyoto
Winter-only ‘Torafugu Kaiseki Plan’ at Ryotei Hansuiro is now on sale.
Nagasaki
Limited edition original gin ‘NISHI-GIN’, jointly produced by a group of restaurants in Nishijin, on sale from 25 November.
2024.12.20
Nippon Kodo launches limited-edition incense and incense burner sets with a ‘Snake’ design, the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025.
2024.12.18
Winter special parfait at the Unjo Saryo café in the Tale of Genji Museum, Uji, Kyoto.
2024.12.16
OnigiriBurger ‘Eel Kabayaki – Double Eggs’, newly launched as part of Kansai International Airport OnigiriBurger 1st anniversary menu.
2024.12.13
[New Furano Prince Hotel]This year’s plan to enjoy a snow fairy ‘zebra finch’ birdwatching experience and a lunch set with a zebra finch cake plate.
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Third FUKUCHA brand shop ‘Uji Store’ opens.
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Hiroshima
Art
Simose Art Museum, located in Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture, has been awarded the prestigious Versailles Prize as the “Most Beautiful Museum in the World.”
The award ceremony took place on December 2 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, marking a historic moment for the museum and Japanese architecture.
The Versailles Prize Website:https://www.prix-versailles.com/2024
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Food
December sees the arrival of a number of Christmas breads. The Snowman with his cute smiling face is a sweet loaf with two different flavours: pudding cream and chocolate cream. It is a heartwarming treat with flavours that both children and adults can enjoy.
Also back this year is the popular Japanese Stollen, which was a big hit last year. This is a special cake that can only be tasted at Kimuraya, using Japanese-inspired ingredients such as persimmons, figs and koshi-an (sweet bean paste). Please take this opportunity to try Kimuraya’s limited edition Christmas bread.
Hiroshima
Art
The Hiroshima Museum of Art is hosting the exhibition “ZIPANGU: Contemporary Artists Who Defined the Heisei Era” (November 2, 2024 – December 22, 2024). This showcase brings together works by some of the most prominent figures in Japan’s contemporary art scene, including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Makoto Aida, Yoshitomo Nara, Chiharu Shiota, Izumi Kato, Akira Yamaguchi, and Miwa Komatsu. The exhibition has already garnered significant attention, exceeding 10,000 visitors.
HYAKKEI covered the dialogue between contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and Sueo Mizuma, the curator of this exhibition, held at the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima. We also conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Mizuma.
The discussions centered on the aspirations behind the ZIPANGU exhibition and offered forward-looking insights, not only into Japan’s art world but also into the rediscovery of value within Japanese culture by its people.
Osaka
Food
Event
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
Hiroshima
Travel
Culture
Two types of paper seals made exclusively for autumn, ‘Chrysanthemum and Tanzaku’ and ‘Autumn Leaves and Candles’, have been available since Monday 9 September at Daisho-in Temple on the World Heritage island of Miyajima. Quantities are limited and will run out as soon as they are gone.
Kyoto
Restaurant
Event
On selected days in September 2024, the wedding venue Kyoto Art Grace Wedding Hills will offer a ‘Hanari Otsukimi Afternoon Tea’, where guests can enjoy sweets and savouries inspired by the moon viewing on the fifteenth night of the month.
