A new ice-cream dessert will be on sale at Baskin-Robbins in Japan for a limited time from December 29th, 2016 to January 9th, 2017. The ice cream, which goes by the name “Happy Tori Doll”, is being released to celebrate the new year and is based on the bird from the Chinese zodiac.
The “Happy” series is a popular ice cream series at Baskin-Robbins where customers put eyes and noses of their choice onto their ice-cream to create a kawaii character. For New Years’, the choice of character for the “Happy” series is a bird.
The bird’s eyes, beak and comb are made of chocolate while the wings are a squirt of delicious white whipped cream. The bird itself wields a cute little battledore giving it a real New Years’ vibe. On the back of the battledore is an ‘omikuji’ reading, so you can see how good your fortune will be for the year!
Be sure to get your hands on a “Happy Doll Tori” in its little egg-shaped cup and pray for a happy new year!
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Happy Doll Tori (Japanese: ハッピードール とり)
Price: ￥450
On Sale: Limited sale from December 29th, 2016 to January 9th, 2017
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Before the shop renewal, the Goth Soft ice cream was incredibly popular. Now, post renewal, it has been resurrected! Black as midnight, the goth soft is no doubt Instagram-worthy. There's also the Goth Soft Mix which is a mix of the dark goth soft and the pure milk soft ice cream so you can enjoy both flavours at once! Don't be glum during the rainy season! Shower yourself in love with these delicious Coisof ice creams! ♪Information
Rain-coloured (Ame Iro Soft)
Selling period: Sat June 1 ー Sun 30
Price: ¥600 + tax
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Selling period: From Sat June 1
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coisof
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Address: 4-3-1, Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
Opening hours: 11:00 ー 22:00
TEL: 050-3628-5009
Coisof official website: http://coisof.favy.jp
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Museum hotel Hotel Gajoen Tokyo's Cafe & Bar Yuian, is bringing back its popular shaved ice desserts from last year! This year, a limited number of melon and pineapple shaved ice desserts containing rich-flavored shaved ice are being served up!
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The king of the summer fruits; a melon, in a luxurious form. A fresh, high quality and sweet melon is filled with milk-flavoured shaved ice. Deep-flavoured, melt-in-the-mouth melon fruit pieces and melon foam garnish the bowl.Rich Shaved Ice Pineapple ¥1,800 (+ tax & service charge)
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Times: Weekdays: 14:30 – 21:30 (last orders)
Weekends/ nat.holidays: 15:00 – 17:00 (last orders)
Reservations/ restaurant information（TEL）:050-3188-7570（10:00 – 19:00）
※ There will only be a limited number of these desserts available.
※ Customers who spread the word about these desserts on social media will receive a cup of peppermint tea or oolong tea on the house!
Hotel Gajoen , Tokyo
Address: 1 Chome-8-1 Shimomeguro, Meguro City,
Official website: https://www.hotelgajoen-tokyo.com/
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Hey everyone! This is Midori from MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON's Editorial Department!Summer is almost here and it's not summer without ice cream! Rather than normal ice cream, ice creams with beautiful toppings are no.1 trending right now!That's why I took a trip down to N.Y. Cupcakes; a specialist cupcake shop in Shimokitazawa.
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Opening hours: 11:00 am ー 19:00 pm
Closed: Tuesdays & Wednesdays
TEL：03-3465-4262
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Swiss chocolate brand Lindt has held a strong reputation for many years. From Saturday 1st June to Sunday 1st September, Lindt is going to celebrate summer with the opening of the summer-limited Summer Chocolate Festival to be held at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe. Lindt has combined chocolate with summer fruits to create three different treats; Lindt Soft Cream Chocolate, Lindt Ice Chocolate Drink and Lindt Chocolate Parfait. A new base flavour will be used for each month. The chosen flavour will reflect the flavours of that month. From 1st June, the flavour will be cherry. From July, it will be lemon, and tropical will be the base flavour for August! The ice cream that will be used to make these treats is the Lint Soft Cream Chocolate, which is made using a generous amount of high-grade chocolate. The cafe's chocolate ice creams are extremely popular and are a perfect match with the premium chocolate waffle cone, which is made using 70% cacao dark chocolate sourced from Lindt’s provider in Ecuador. The summer-limited Lindt Soft Cream Chocolate will be the cafe’s first ever white chocolate fruit-flavoured soft serve ice cream.
Lindt soft cream chocolate: cherry/ lemon/ tropical ¥699 (price including tax)
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This ice chocolate drink includes fresh fruity pieces that spread throughout the drink, leaving you refreshed with every mouthful. The mild Lindt white chocolate and strong fruity flavour work together in harmony, balancing out to create a divine flavour. Each cup is carefully decorated with the pattern of fruity chocolate spilling over the cup and crunchy-textured chocolate. From the flavour to its presentation, this cup is overflowing with enjoyment! This is a combination of refreshing cool frozen fruitiness and light and rejuvenating whipped cream. What a perfect dessert!Lindt ice chocolate drink: Cherry/ lemon/ tropical ¥772 Ginza branch price: ¥,1388 (prices include tax) Lindt chocolate parfait: cherry/ lemon/ tropical ¥980 Ginza branch price: ¥1,780 (prices include tax)
A rich fruity flavour served up with soft serve chocolate ice cream and topped generously with frozen fruit and fruit sauce to create one very fruity parfait! Starting from the strong yet sweet fruity flavour, you will soon arrive at the accented milk chocolate soft cream, followed by the rich chocolate sauce. Enjoy the harmonious interweaving flavours between the layers of chocolate! Chocolate copo, macaron cakes, almond nougatine and crispy almond croustillant will add texture to your dessert!Lindt Délice: Cherry/ lemon/ tropical ¥302 (price including tax)
A crispy shell filled with melt-in-the-mouth fruity ganache. Lindt white chocolate is infused with fruit puree for a strong, sweet fruity flavour that you can enjoy as a light treat. The vibrant vitamin colours are perfect for those summer vibes! This would make for the perfect gift! These desserts just look so gorgeous! This is how you celebrate summer!Information
Lindt official website: https://www.lindt.jp/