Aipaku Okayama 2026 to be Held, Featuring Over 100 Local Ice Creams from Across Japan at Tenmaya

Summer is finally here in full swing. To deliver a refreshing and soothing experience during the hot days, a selection of carefully chosen local ice creams from all over Japan is gathering in Okayama.

For 20 days, from Wednesday, July 8 to Monday, July 27, 2026, Japan's largest ice cream event with over 4.5 million total visitors, the "Ice Cream Expo 'Aipaku® OKAYAMA 2026,'" will be held at the 7th-floor event hall of Okayama's landmark department store, Tenmaya Okayama Main Store.

This is the first time the event will be held at Okayama Tenmaya. Local ice creams and popular products from across the country, rarely seen in Okayama, will come together to offer a special ice cream experience unique to this summer.

### Over 31 Brands and 100 Types of Local Ice Cream

The event will feature a lineup of unique local ice creams and trending products from all over Japan, carefully selected by the Japan Ice Mania Association, a group of ice cream enthusiasts led by critic Iceman Fukutome, who consumes over 1,000 types of ice cream annually. Visitors can enjoy a world of local ice cream filled with regional charm and producers' passion, including rich soft-serve ice cream available only at Hokkaido farms and long-selling local favorites.

### Product Introductions

**Cheesecake Soft Serve / Sorao (Available: July 15-27)** Kyoto-based cheesecake specialty store 'Sorao' makes its Aipaku debut. They offer rich, elegant cheese sweets made with selected ingredients. The Aipaku-exclusive 'Specialty Cheesecake Soft' features cheesecake soft serve and plain cheesecake in a waffle bowl, topped with homemade confiture made from 'Benihoppe' strawberries from Uji, Kyoto.

**Shiawase Melon Parfait / Mashle, a natural sweets workshop** 'Mashle,' an additive-free cake and soft-serve shop from Hokkaido, makes its Okayama debut. Their additive-free soft serve is made only with Jersey milk from a Biei farm and sugar. The event will feature the new 'Shiawase Melon Parfait,' which uses green-fleshed melon from Hokkaido and homemade melon sauce.

**SILS Raw Chocolate Parfait / Silsmaria** 'Silsmaria,' the famous shop where raw chocolate originated, makes its Okayama debut. They will offer a limited-edition special parfait combining their popular 'Sils Bitter' soft serve with Sils milk, chocolate mousse, and cookies made with salt from Guérande, France.

**Strawberry Daifuku, Hinomaru Bento / Ice Bistro Hirai** This specialty shop from Takamatsu, Kagawa, will offer its popular 'Strawberry Daifuku Soft.' Starting July 18, they will also sell creative menu items like 'Bolognese,' which resembles pasta, and 'Hinomaru Bento,' which recreates a Japanese lunch box, both made from ice cream.

**Baked Sweet Potato Cream Cheese Ice Cream / Kobe Imoya Shinomoto** A sweet potato sweets specialty store from Kobe. They offer a masterpiece combining warm, syrupy sweet potato with a perfectly matching cream cheese ice cream. This combination was so successful it's being added to their main store's eat-in menu.

**Raw Black Sesame Soft Serve with Black Sesame Sauce / K.L.I.M** A popular shop from Hokkaido. They offer a unique craft soft serve that maximizes the flavor of carefully ground raw black sesame, known for its rich aroma and deep flavor.

**Aipaku® Flower Sundae Strawberry Mille-feuille / Aipaku® TOKYO (Available: July 8-14)** This craft soft serve from the official Aipaku store is made with premium ingredients selected by ice cream critic Iceman Fukutome and extracted using a top-of-the-line Carpigiani machine from Italy.