People・Yokohama

Machida FusazoMachida Fusazo

Also known as: 町田房造・町田房蔵

The man credited with selling ice cream, then called 'aisukurin,' on Yokohama's Bashamichi in 1869. As the pioneer who first marketed ice cream as a product in Japan, he is woven into the story of Yokohama's invented foods.

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