Nissei promotes soft ice cream with muscat cider in Tohoku region

Oct 24, 2021

Rikuzentakata (Japan), Oct 24 (ANI): Takatamatsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami disaster is located in Rikuzentakata city of Iwate Prefecture. A coffee shop cafe here sells soft ice cream, which is very popular among the visitors. Muscat cider soft ice cream is a gelato ice with Muscat flavor and tastes like Soda. Rikuzentakata city faced disaster during the Great East Japan Earthquake 10 years ago. A huge sea wall and a memorial park are built on the seaside when the city was reconstructed. The Lone Miracle Pine is the only pine tree in this area that was not destroyed by the Tsunami and it has become a symbol of reconstruction. Muscat cider soft ice cream was developed with an aim to roll back the time and get the town filled with tourists. The ice cream has been developed in cooperation “Nissei”, a soft ice cream maker company. Muscat cider ice is a gelato mixed with soda, not cream. The taste with muscat-flavored soda has been developed by a local vineyard. This vineyard was also damaged by the Tsunami, but it is still functional and produces original soda. Along with drinking soda, the local vineyard developed a sprinkling soda powder. The refreshing ice cream is very popular among the visitors. As this Tsunami-hit town is fast moving towards normalcy, tourists here can enjoy muscat cider soft ice cream.