Shofukuan — Restaurant in Nara

We randomly chose a dessert shop to chill at after walking around nara park and im so glad we chanced upon this place! The owner/waiter were super nice and although they could speak limited english, we super accommodating

We both got the zenzai (green tea with red/white bean paste/mash) which surprisingly came with vanilla ice cream and savoury pickled carrots which were actually pretty good as an intermission snack

As we only reached around 430pm, we overstayed our welcome by quite a bit but they were in no rush to chase us out (seeing that they should close at 5pm but we only left around 530pm)

Really enjoyed this experience and will be on my must visit list when I’m back...

We happened across this little family-owned cafe while looking for some shaved ice in the summertime Nara heat. I couldn’t be more happy with our experience- the matcha shaved ice, raindrop jelly, and adzuki beans were exactly what we needed. I’m not even a red bean lover, but I could be converted. The complimentary cold roasted green tea was incredible, I even asked if I could buy the tea leaves because it was some of the best I’d had so far in Japan. The family running the place was so sweet and ensured everything was to our liking, and rushed out the door to wish us goodbye!! Couldn’t recommend this...

Chose the zenza to try and it was very good! Came w pickled carrots to help cut the sweetness of the dessert Also they offer tea Ceremony performance when u purchase the matcha (the set) which lets u experience the traditional way of matcha preparation

Staff are very nice and even offered my friend free wagashi

The atmosphere was very vibey and homely! Feel like it was the best dessert shop I have...