Kamakura Chacha — Restaurant in Kamakura

This is THE place to have matcha ice-cream. They have 5 intensities of matcha ice-cream, and also roasted tea ice-cream (which we didn't try because we didn't know how awesome roasted tea is at that time). They have another branch at Komachi street.

We tried intensity #2. Next day we came back and my wife had #1 (least intense) and I had #3. I recommend to start with #2 since #1 can be too soft on the taste, and adjust from there ;)

Final warning note: Many places have a smooth cream that looks like a McDonalds ice-cream with colorant. Avoid that if you want the real deal! (it usually tasted more to vanilla than matcha). We came across a few other great places later (specially in Kyoto), but none like this. Could not find any good ones in Tokyo (let me know if you...

Didn't have a chance to try any Matcha places in Japan throughout our 2.5week trip so we actively searched this place out, and we were not disappointed.

We tried a mid-level, the maximum and Houjicha (roasted green tea) flavours. Coming from Malaysia, we love strong flavours so we found that the max level was actually just nice! (Honestly we could try something stronger). I personally like Houjicha so I did like that, but would prefer it stronger as well. The mid-level flavour was just okay, would be good for people who can't take strong Matcha.

We also got the drinks but they were just okay and honestly not worth the price - stick to the ice creams!

There are no seats so we just stood to the side of the entrance...

I'm surprised this isn't more famous, being just after the exit to Kamakura station. I rarely give five stars, but the service and quality of the tea makes this ice cream purveyor one of the best for matcha that I have ever come across. There are five levels of flavour intensity. 2 being normal matcha flavour. 5 being very dense. I had 4, and it was very intense. I would only do 5 if having something else sweet along with it, but plenty sweet it was, yet that didn't take away from...