Enjoy the bounty of the fields and mountains of Iwami, where history and nature coexist. Shimane Eis & Café Bäckerei Konditorei Hidaka

Individually run specialty shops are booming all over Japan. Locally-sourced ingredients directly contribute to the unique character of the ice cream. The backgrounds of the makers are as diverse as the ice creams themselves. Why do they make each type of ice cream? Here are the stories of the people who make them.

First published in: BRUTUS No. 1009 "Really Delicious Ice Cream" (released June 3, 2024)

photo: Yayoi Ayukawa / text & edit: Mutsumi Hidaka

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Eis&Café Bäckerei Konditorei Hidaka

Enjoy the bounty of the fields and mountains of Iwami, where history and nature coexist

Located in Omori-machi, a town with a traditional townscape of around 400 people, near the Iwami Silver Mine, a World Heritage Site, Naoko Hidaka is the one who makes the gelato. She is a certified confectioner who gained six years of experience as a confectioner in Germany.

They create unique flavors from ingredients within reach, such as mugwort and berries picked from the mountains behind their home, apricots and hassaku oranges growing in private gardens, melons from nearby Yunotsu Town, and rhubarb from the Sanbe Plateau. The flavor is supported by pasteurized milk from Kiji Dairy, which gives the gelato a smooth texture that only pasteurized milk can provide.

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