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In the first place, what kind of soft ice cream is "Katsubushi Soft"?
The first appearance was in early April this year. On April 29, as Eitaro Sohonbu celebrated its 204th anniversary, four products were developed in collaboration with a long-established store in Nihonbashi.
One of them is the collaboration product "Katsubushi Soft" with Ninben Co., Ltd.
(For details, please refer to the press release of Eitaro Sohonho, "Collaboration Menu with Nihonbashi Co-starring, Limited Release at Eitaro Sohonho Foundation Festival")

Some of you may have guessed from the product name, but in a nutshell, "soft ice cream with bonito flakes".
I'm worried about the taste with unexpected combinations like never before!

The only place where you can eat such unknown and fascinating soft serve ice cream is the cafe "Nihonbashi E-Chaya" in the Eitaro Sohonho Nihonbashi Main Store, which was introduced at the beginning.

The price is 440 yen including tax for eat-in and 432 yen including tax for take-out.
It's like a dream to get a collaboration sweets between long-established stores with one coin and come to the change.
It's a dish that you can't miss if you like sweets.♪

This time, I visited the cafe during the lunch break (around 13:00), but four of the five table seats had women.
It seems to be a popular spot for women's associations.
The cafe is fashionable, and you can feel the Japanese atmosphere. It is also a good impression that the cafe clerk is friendly and feels good.
In addition, it was a little far from Chuo-dori, which has a lot of traffic and traffic, and the calm atmosphere for Nihonbashi was impressive.

By the way, the preface has become longer, but this is "Katsubushi Soft" that reappears only in the summer until late September!

The fine thread shaving of the bonito specialty store "Ninben" covers the upper part of the soft serve ice cream made with Hokkaido Nekushi milk.
And the glittering thing on the bonito flakes is "Mitsuame Arihira Sugar" from Eitaro Sohonbu!
Between soft serve ice cream and bonito flakes, the same "bonbonbon bonito bonito salt" is topped as an accent.

The first thing I felt when "Katsubushi Soft" was carried was the good scent of ultra-fine thread cutting (bonitobushi).
The fragrance that can be clearly understood even if you wear a mask, so the expected value will increase before you get it!
And in front of the soft serve ice cream I had never seen before, I took many pictures unintentionally.

When you actually eat it, you will notice that three different textures, such as the fluffy thread shaving, the crushed bonito salt, and the smoothness of soft serve ice cream, are interesting.
In addition, the thread cutting, the saltiness of bonito salt and the sweetness of honeya enhance the sweetness of milky soft serve ice cream, and it is a gem that can be completed only when all of these are completed.

The word of mouth of such delicious sweets did not spread, and in the spring there was a great response on SNS, and there were many voices who wanted to revive.
Some of the customers who come to the cafe seem to be repeaters, so you can see how sweets that capture people's hearts.
If you come to Tokyo and Chuo-ku this summer to play, how about rare soft ice cream that can only be eaten here?

For details, a press release from Eitaro Sohonho, "Amaoumiruku, a shaved ice that makes use of summer-limited materials, will appear for the first time in Nihonbashi-E-Chaya, and Nihonbashi collaboration products will be reappeared due to its popularity," and Ninben Co., Ltd.'s press release "Nihonbashi E-Cha 6" in Eitaro Sohonbashi Honpo Nihonbashi Main Store.

In Chuo-ku, there are many venerable stones, such as the helmet stone of Kabuto Shrine and Akaishi of Sado of KABUTO ONE, which has been introduced by several correspondents so far.
Here at Eitaro Sohonbu Nihonbashi Honten, there is actually a stone "Eitaro's Red Tabblestone" that tells the history.

It's a big stone with a strong presence!
This was originally located in the villa of the Goto family of the small casting Koza, but it seems that the first Taro Sakae, Eitaro Hosoda, who was invited there, was fascinated by the stone and handed over the villa.

Please note that although it is an outdoor exhibition on the left side of the entrance, it is not open to the public on holidays.

In writing this article, we received the cooperation of a public relations officer at Eitaro Sohonpo and the clerk at Nihonbashi E-Chaya, a cafe in the Nihonbashi Main Store in Eitaro Sohonpo.
Thank you very much for your permission to publish.

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Regular holidays: Sunday and public holidays
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