Senshin-an — Restaurant in Matsushima

It is a gift shop, restaurant, Ice Cream Store, Matsushima Island; it is located outside or near Entsu-in Hondou Temple and Zuiga-ji Temple.

For the visitors to temples, I would recommend them to try the store’s ice cream of various unique flavor, including Japanese Saka, Black Bean, ground Soya [Green Soybeans], etc., many vegetarian flavors. They are really tasty, with reasonable price of about $500 to 600 Yen.

For customers who have formal meals, including oyster BBQ, the spending can be around $ 1000 to 2000 Yen or higher, depending on their entry selections.

The restaurant staffs are friendly even if customers only order ice cream and small taste-style...

We ate lunch here in August 2024 while visiting Matsushima. It is a cute, well-priced restaurant next to Zuiganji temple.

We ate the fried oyster set meal カキフライ定食, it was copious and delicious. We also tried ice cream from their enormous selection. You can even try jellyfish ice cream, but we weren't brave enough and had the summer citrus and raw chocolate ones, both satisfying and flavourful rather than sweet.

If you arrive at the right time you can sit at one of the outdoor tables, but there are also many tables inside as well as large, clean, Western style bidet toilets.

I will definitely eat here again if I return...

This is a great place to stop for dessert as it has indoor and outdoor seating and free wi-fi. I went recently and shared a shaved ice ("yuki goori") with a friend. The yogurt shaved ice wasn't just a topping, but actually frozen and shaved yogurt! It was both light and rich. There are also interesting Japan-only desserts like kuzukiri jelly and yuzu (citrus) miso over a sweet rice called "oden" as well as interesting ice cream like jellyfish, made with actual...