{"id":4597,"date":"2021-05-26T12:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T03:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/best-ice-cream-shops-in-tokyo\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:34:06","slug":"best-ice-cream-shops-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/best-ice-cream-shops-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Ice Cream shops in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summertime in the Metropolis gets really hot and humid, bordering what you\u2019d find in many subtropical locations. While it\u2019s easy to find relief in the form of sitting underneath the aircon at home, having a one-hour go on the Yamanote Line\u2019s new trains (whilst avoiding the \u201cweak air-conditioned car!), or any of the other escapes<\/a> we\u2019ve written about<\/a> in years past<\/a>, one simple and delicious way to beat the heat is to have ice cream. Of course, you could pop into the nearest convenience store or Baskin-Robbins and grab an icy treat for cheap, but where\u2019s the fun in that? There\u2019s plenty of one-off ice cream shops that don\u2019t involve Thirty-Something, the Dutch, or people from Vermont to explore.<\/p>\n

Cafe Friendly<\/h3>\n

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Located on a backstreet in Daikanyama, this themed shop based on the children\u2019s character teaching how to be a good friend to kids since the 1960s specializes in many sweet treats like tea cakes, dessert hotcakes, crepes, and the like. Many also visit for their take on the ice cream parfait with layered sweets in either chocolate and banana or strawberry and caramel custard forms. There\u2019s also a smaller version with just soft-serve ice cream, the topping of your choice, all layered over a bed of corn flakes.<\/p>\n

Ebisu-nishi 2\u221218-6, Shibuya, Tokyo<\/a>
\nDaikanyama Station [TY02]<\/a>
\n(03)3780-0986
\nOpen Everyday, 11am~8pm
\nwww.mrfriendly.jp<\/a><\/p>\n

Gomaya Kuki<\/h3>\n

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Sesame, or goma<\/q> in Japanese, is a seasoning that comes up frequently in Japanese cooking, from the oils used to fry tempura to salad dressings and toppings on various dishes. However, one place I\u2019ve never considered until coming to Japan back in the day was in desserts, especially ice cream. In Gomaya Kuki, they take the idea seriously enough to serve this concoction in only two flavors: White Goma with hints of vanilla and Black Goma with hints of chocolate. In addition, there are levels of goma flavorings, and you can get sesame sprinkles on your cup or cone to enhance the taste.<\/p>\n

Jingu-mae 4-26-22<\/a>
\nMeiji Jingu-mae Station [F13][C03]<\/a>, Harajuku Station [JY19]<\/a>
\n(080)7961-8516
\nOpen every day, 11am~7pm
\ngomayakuki.jp<\/a><\/p>\n

Daily Chiko<\/h3>\n

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I still don\u2019t know what the shop name means after 13 or so years of coming here almost every summer and then some. Still, whenever I find myself in the Nakano Broadway vicinity and craving ice cream, I end up in the basement ordering whatever the #7 flavor is according to the lineup in front of the stand. Sometimes it\u2019s matcha, sometimes it’s orange sherbert, and once it was plain vanilla. Usually, I get 2 or 3 layers, and you can mix flavors, but they also have a very tall 8 layer cone for \u00a5600 that you can try to get through as well. This is also a great way to start or end your exploration of Nakano since there are literally days worth of treasures to be found around here.<\/p>\n

Nakano 5-52-15, Nakano Broadway Bldg B1<\/a>
\nNakano Station [JB07][JC06][T01]<\/a>
\n(03)3386-4461
\nOpen every day, 10 am ~8 pm
\nFacebook.com\/DailyChiko<\/a><\/p>\n

Obviously, this list is not exhaustive and represents my favorite spots for a cool treat around town. If you\u2019ve stumbled across a place that should be included here, drop us a shout in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summertime in the Metropolis gets really hot and humid, bordering what you\u2019d find in many subtropical locations. While it\u2019s easy to find relief in the form of sitting underneath the aircon at home, having a one-hour go on the Yamanote Line\u2019s new trains (whilst avoiding the \u201cweak air-conditioned car!), or any of the other escapes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,37],"tags":[47,45],"class_list":["post-4597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-tokyo-2","tag-tokyo-city-2","tag-tokyo-metropolis-2"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50159,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions\/50159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}