Japanese summers can be brutally hot, so it always helps to have an arsenal of goods to protect ourselves from the heat. This summer, we’ll be adding a new weapon to that arsenal: Ninjato Ice.
“Ice” in Japan is the word used for ice cream, but in this case it looks to be more like an ice pop or an “ice candy” as they’re known in Japanese. Either way, it’s being billed as “Japan’s longest ice cream” (日本一長いアイス/Nihonichi Nagai Aisu), and it’s a whopping 45 centimeters long.
Created by Ninja Cafe Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, where it’s soon to be sold, the new ice cream is designed to look like a Ninjato (ninja sword). Ninjato differ from samurai swords in that they’re single-edged instead of double-edged, and considerably shorter, measuring around 40 centimeters in length rather than around 70 centimeters.
That means this ice cream is roughly the same length as a real Ninjato.
The Ninja Cafe is an “entertainment cafe” where customers can dress up in ninja costumes and take part in “ninja training” that involves trying out shuriken, blowguns, and sword moves. The edible sword will add even more excitement for visitors, and because it’s made with a hard ice cream that doesn’t melt easily, you’ll have plenty of time to make your way down the blade without making a mess.
In true ninja fashion, the Ninja Cafe is keeping hush-hush on the ingredients, but if it’s anything like the samurai sword ice cream we tried in 2019, the hard ice cream is likely crafted with kuzu, a traditional starch extracted from the roots of the kuzu plant which is often used in confectionery as a jelling agent.
Sales will start on 22 July, with the sword priced at 1,000 yen. While the ice cream is currently due to go on sale only at Ninja Cafe Takayama, here’s hoping it will soon make its way to Ninja Cafe & Bar Asakusa, the cafe’s sister branch in Tokyo, so we can get a taste of it here too.
Store information
Ninja Cafe Takayama /
Address: Gifu-ken, Takayama-shi, HOnmachi 3-58-10, Central One Bldg 1F
Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (only open on weekends and holidays)
Source: PR Times
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Elvis is here
Historically, Japanese swords used by armies/samurai generally were not double edged.
A sword a ninja would have used would have been a short wakizashi or tanto. Stealth was the key to their work so having a "normal" inconspicuous sword would have been best.
falseflagsteve
Elvis
OMG, a light hearted post about ice cream and you get pedantic, what you are like, lol
Anyway it sounds like a bit of harmless fun but only in moderation. Ice cream should be eaten infrequently, as a treat perhaps. This type of cuisine had to often can cause obesity which can lead to diabetes, other health issues and ultimately an early death.
kurisupisu
Another way to make ice cream harder is to have a higher water content…
TaiwanIsNotChina
God this looks so good. God bless you and your weirdo foods, Japan.
Old Sausage
And Musashi said, have a taste of my sword!
Elvis is here
Nah, it's inaccurate information plain and simple. Anyone living in Japan knows it's wrong. Lol.
kyushubill
We need to enter the Ninja fad to sell our crappy ice cream.
Norm
It looks interesting and inviting, especially on this hot, sticky days.
Wow, is this a cuisine? Anyways, thanks for the almost-daily repetitive-but-helpful reminders. I was was planning to binge eat this stuff, but every time I fortunately see the diabetes-obesity-early death warnings, I decide to use a modicum of common sense and stick to my vegetarian diet.
tora
I didn't. But I learned something. Which is why I come to JT comments. Thanks!
Sanjeev
I want to eat it badly!