The 6 Best Ice Creams in Japan | Japanese Webmaster’s Choice !

Criteria for Selection

• Easy to Get
  • Available at Supermarkets
  • Reasonable Price, around ¥150
• Popularity
  • Well known among Japanese people
  • Large Sales in Japanese market

(*) There are milk containing products only. Other products, like flavored ice, Sherbets will be taken up separately

Choco Monaka Jumbo

‘Choco Monaka Jumbo’ is ice cream with the largest sales in Japan. There are chocolate plate and vanilla ice cream inside of ‘Monaka’ wafers. Sales is increasing multiple years in a row from 2001. The texture of cold chocolate is really nice.

Yukimi Daifuku

‘Yukimi’ means ‘snow viewing’ and ‘Daifuku’ is Japanese traditional sweets. It made from vanilla ice cream inside and soft rice cake rounded outside, which is loved from children to old in Japan.

Essel Super Cup

‘Essel Super Cup’ is a ice cream in paper cup. Vanilla flavor is the largest sales, while there are some flavors available. Compare with other products, volume is rather large. So this product is supported mainly by younger generation.

Giant Cone

‘Giant Cone’ is very popular ice cream in Japan with ice cream cone. Special feature of ‘Giant Cone’ is its shape. The ice cream is inside of cone shape crispy waffle. The harmony of chocolate and topped nuts is very nice.

Coolish

‘Coolish’ is very unique ice cream products in Japan. Special feature of ‘Coolish’ is the style of package. Ice cream is inside of plastic bag with tube. We can eat ice cream without spoon and bring it easily.

Pino

‘Pino’ is the product with 6 pieces of chocolate coated vanilla ice cream. The size of each piece of Pino is very small. Plastic stick is included in the package. And it’s very nice to eat a piece in one bite.

Summary

This is the end of article. In the end, let me summarize my recommendation as follows. I hope you can find your favorite one from the list !