Akita Prefecture is the originator of "Bubba Bubba" ice cream. However, "baba hera" ice cream, which is served by female sales staff using a spatula, actually exists in other prefectures as well. One of them is "Chirin Chirin Aisu" sold in Nagasaki Prefecture.

This is chirin chirin aisu!
This is chirin chirin aisu!

Chirin Chirin Aisu" is an ice cream sold by Maeda Reika throughout Nagasaki Prefecture. It was nicknamed "Chirin-Chirin-Aisu" because the salespeople, dressed in kappo-gowns and triangular hoods, pushed stalls and rang bells to sell the product.

They are not ringing now.
They are not ringing now.

The most distinctive feature of the ice cream is the shape of the ice cream served by the salespeople. The most distinctive feature of the ice cream is the shape of the ice cream that is served by the sales staff, who dexterously create a "rose" shape with their spatulas.

Using a spatula to make a rose flower
Using a spatula to make a rose flower

It looks like a rose!
It looks like a rose!

Here is the finished "rose" shaped ice cream. To make this in an instant is amazing!

In no time at all, the rose was complete!
In no time at all, the rose was complete!

The "chocolate flavor" available at Dejima is a flavor exclusive to Dejima. They have been offering this flavor since last summer in honor of the fact that Dejima is the "birthplace of chocolate" in Japan (note: there is a different theory).

The chocolate flavor is only available on Dejima!
The chocolate flavor is only available on Dejima!

Chirin Chirin Aisu is also sold in places other than Dejima. Mobile vending trucks are often seen around the Megane-bashi Bridge area. You can also find them near the entrance to Glover Garden.

Chirin chirin aisu ai Nagasaki!
Chirin chirin aisu ai Nagasaki!

In Dejima, chocolate flavor is sold, but in other places, plain flavor, with Nagasaki strawberries, with Nagasaki sponge cake, etc. are also sold.

What does it taste like with sponge cake?
What does it taste like with sponge cake?

Incidentally, there is a restaurant in Dejima where you can enjoy Nagasaki's famous " Turkish Rice" and "Kakuni Manju". Well, since it is a restaurant in a tourist facility, the taste is not that great.

Nagasaki's specialty "Turkish Rice" - a dish that does not exist in Turkey!
Nagasaki's specialty "Turkish Rice" - a dish that does not exist in Turkey!

Kakuni Mamen: The gravy is thick and juicy.
Kakuni Mamen: The gravy is thick and juicy.