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The name of the shop is Ribisco. It is a specialty store of handmade gelato in Karuizawa and Ginza.
The Ginza store is located opposite Oji Hall, on the northwest corner where Matsuya-dori and Ginza Mihara-dori intersect.

Oji Hall

Oh, isn't this a prince salmon famous for smoked salmon?

Oji Salmon Ginza Store

For more information about Oji Salmon founded by Oji Paper, please refer to this archive.

Salmon specialty store [Oji Salmon Ginza store] by Jimny ☆Mr. Cricket (August 2015)

Libisco is located on the second floor of Prince Salmon, so you can access it from the stairs on your right hand right after you get inside.

Here, I would like to tell everyone who is also interested in smoke salmon. At the Ribisco Ginza store, in addition to gelato, you can also order Oji salmon smoked salmon and wine.

Smoke salmon

Coffee, tea, wine and finger food. You can order either a set or a single item, so you can combine it freely. I wonder if there's any other gelato shop like this? It's open until 20 o'clock on weekdays, so you can stop by on your way home from work.

Every morning, Ribisco makes gelato from fresh milk and seasonal fruits. Fresh gelato is lined up in the store, so "raw gelato". All Rivisco gelato, with no eggs and minimal sugar content, are refreshing and perfect when you want to take a break and refresh in the middle of the city.

Outside the window is the Oji Hall. Take a break in the eat-in space.

About 10 kinds of gelato (12 kinds on weekends) are replaced little by little every day. There may also be flavors that correspond to vegans. You can check the lineup of the day on the official Twitter.

The gelato on the top image is a double of "Decopon" and "Sakura". "Decopon" from Kumamoto Prefecture is one of the milk-free menus and has a refreshing aftertaste. "Sakura" as if you were eating Japanese sweets is the taste of Nippon unique to this period. Both are seasonal flavors.

Gelato is an Italian-born ice cream. On this day, I was able to make it a triple using the benefits, so it was a little pale color, but I tried to be aware of the colors of the Italian flag, green (special pistachio), white (obse milk), red (strawberry).

"Special Pistachio" is plus 100 yen. It is a literally special dish with a distinctive texture and flavor of the crashed pistachio.

"Obse Milk" is a standard menu of Ribisco that uses brand milk from Obuse-cho, Nagano Prefecture, which has long been popular in Shinshu. Even those who are not good at milk with a smooth mouth can eat it deliciously.

The variety of "strawberry" is Tochiotome, and the sweet and sour taste like strawberries is excellently compatible with "obse milk".

The price tag has the word "Mainichi Strawberry Always Strawberry Kato Strawberry Garden". It seems to be a popular local strawberry garden in Takanezawa Town, Tochigi Prefecture. It was really refreshing and delicious.

Actually, this "strawberry" gelato had a happy and delicious secret.

Tochigi Prefecture, which boasts the highest production volume of strawberries in Japan, has reliable people who play a role in widely disseminating information related to the charm of the prefecture and strawberries from the prefecture. Until March 2023, an acquaintance served as the “Strawberry Kingdom” ambassador for FY2022. I'm Hiroko Arai who loves strawberries. Instagram during my term is full of delicious strawberries.

While working as a strawberry kingdom ambassador, I sometimes bridging strawberry producers in Tochigi Prefecture with restaurants, and the gelato made with Tochiotome of the Ribisco Ginza store, which was born this spring, was fruitful by Mr. Arai's "strawberry love".

Strawberry Kingdom Ambassadors, please continue to deliver a delicious edge to Chuo-ku.

Ribisco gelato made from seasonal ingredients according to the season. After saying goodbye to Tochiotome in the strawberry kingdom, "Natsu Strawberry" from Nagano Prefecture is waiting for the turn. I'm looking forward to seeing the seasonal tastes of various production areas at the Ribisco Ginza store.

Libisco Ginza store | L’ibisco GINZA
https://libisco.com/

3-7-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku Oji Salmon 2nd floor
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Twitter
https://twitter.com/IbiscoL

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/libisco.ginza/

※As of April 2023, the price of gelato is 650 yen for singles and 750 yen for doubles.
※You can order a triple gelato when you accumulate point cards or during the campaign run by each store. Please check out the SNS of the shop.