Gold Leaf Ice Cream at Hakuichi's

The most luxurious soft-serve you'll ever afford, probably

Meg Sing May 25, 2016 - 1분 읽은 시간

The delicate and fickle gold leaf crinkles and tears easily

The "drive-in" window at Hakuichi's Kenrokuen store

The ice-cream is finally ready to be handed over to the (drooling) customer

The staff temporarily shuts the window so as not to be hindered by the morning breeze

A careful pair of bamboo tongs helps the thin sheet of gold leaf hug onto the ice-cream

The shining prize to add to your waistline in style

The tissue-like gold foil is harmless to ingest

Gold leaf ice-cream is best eaten on a sunny day!

The novelty foil is tasteless and light on the tongue

Eat quick. The leaf quickly begins to sag as your ice-cream melts

Curious passerbys and tourists crowd the popular store

The gold leaf ice-cream craze is catching on quickly at other ice-cream and gold-leaf businesses

In Kanazawa, the latest craze that its' traditional gold leaf craft has wrapped onto is soft-serve ice-cream! If you've been wandering around Kanazawa Castle or the famous Kenrokuen Gardens and your visual appetite is still not satisfied, what better way than to break for a few licks of cool gold leaf ice-cream?

While many other ice-creameries and gold-leaf outlets are cottoning on, Hakuichi's prime location next to the ever-popular Kenrokuen and Kanazawajo make it a must visit. If you're out to give a cone of the glitzy soft-serve the proper photoshoot that it deserves, get your serviettes and saliva glands ready, as it starts to melt quicker than you can say "Gold Leaf Ice-cream at Hakuichi's"!

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Meg Sing @meg.sing

The language intrigues me and as well as Japan's personality, vividly different in each season in the year. Having previously lived in Tokyo for a year, I've developed a weakness for onsen, Mt. Fuji, autumn leaves, the festivals and Japanese stationery. More than trying my hand at photography, I...