Cafe Terrace Arami — Restaurant in Toba

I stopped here with my daughter (13) after a day of hiking and beach play so we were plenty thirsty. We were going to the museum so it was a great surprise to see shaved ice ( kaki-kori ) here. We almost stopped for kaki-kori at a road stop stand along the way, but didn’t want to turn around. SOOOOO glad we didn’t.

I probably would have not bothered with the shaved ice, because normally for me it is just overly sweet carnival food, but this was home-made recipe from the proprietor (not the bulk sweetened syrup from normal stands) . It was actually really great. I had the Lemon Honey (not sweet - pure sour like I like it) and the my daughter had the special mountain peach with ice cream and tokoroten - a traditional Japanese jelly-like treat made from red algea. The shop uses tengusa (amakusa?) seaweed form the area divers,.

My daughter is a self-proclaimed shaved ice expert, and raved about it being the best she has ever had. I concur.

We planned to go back to try something more substantial for a regular meal after the museum, but the museum was also so great that it took up all of our time and we didn’t get a chance. Which brings me to one bit of advice, go to the cafe first because the museum may take longer than expected and you don’t want to run out of time.

There were only a few tables, but it was a very spacious modern and relaxed atmosphere. Perfect for a...

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