Food & specialties・Yokohama

Aisukurin (Japan's first ice cream)Aisukurin

Also known as: あいすくりん・ice cream origin

The birth of ice cream in Japan, said to have been sold in 1869 by Machida Fusazo on Yokohama's Bashamichi. Then a costly novelty called 'aisukurin,' it symbolizes the new tastes the treaty port introduced to the country.

Featured quiz

(none)

Related terms

Sources

‹ Yokohama glossaryAll terms