Carefully selected local ice creams from all over the country will gather in Yamaguchi. A special experience for this summer only is coming to Yamaguchi.
From Friday, July 17, 2026, to Tuesday, July 28, for 12 days, the "Ice Cream Expo 'Aipaku® YAMAGUCHI 2026,'" a large-scale ice cream event boasting over 4.5 million cumulative visitors, will be held at Onoda Sun Park, a shopping center popular with many people in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Local ice creams and popular products from all over Japan, which are rarely found in Yamaguchi, will be gathered in one place to deliver a special ice cream experience just for this summer.
Aipaku® YAMAGUCHI 2026
Over 30 Brands and 100 Types of Local Ice Creams Gather
Selected by ice cream critic Ice-man Fukumaru, who eats over 1,000 types of ice cream annually, and the ice cream enthusiast group "Japan Ice Mania Association," a variety of unique local ice creams and popular products from all over Japan will be gathered.
From rich soft-serve ice cream only available at Hokkaido farms, to long-selling ice creams loved for many years in their local areas, and local ice creams made with carefully selected ingredients and methods, a full lineup of exquisite items rarely found in Yamaguchi will be available. You can enjoy the "world of local ice cream" filled with the charm of undiscovered regions and the passion of producers.
Furthermore, one of the unique attractions of "Aipaku®" is the feeling of traveling around Japan through ice cream. While enjoying cool sweets perfect for the hot summer, you can also experience the food culture and regional charms of various parts of Japan.
This summer, enjoy a special time with local ice creams you can only find here at "Aipaku® YAMAGUCHI 2026" held at Onoda Sun Park.
Product Introduction
Nama Kurogoma Soft Serve with Black Sesame Sauce / K.L.I.M
Nama Kurogoma Soft Serve with Black Sesame Sauce / K.L.I.M
Popular shop "K.L.I.M" from Hokkaido makes its Yamaguchi debut! This specialty store's signature product is soft-serve ice cream that maximizes the appeal of "nama kurogoma" (fresh black sesame). Using carefully ground black sesame seeds, it achieves a rich aroma, deep flavor, and smooth melt-in-your-mouth texture. You can enjoy the rich flavor of the ingredients themselves, which sets it apart from ordinary black sesame sweets.
This soft-serve ice cream, created by combining our unique craft soft-serve with black sesame, features a deep richness that spreads with every bite and a refreshing aftertaste.
Nama Chocolate Soft Serve Bitter & Melon / Sils Maria
Nama Chocolate Soft Serve Bitter & Melon
"Sils Maria," the originator of nama chocolate, makes its Yamaguchi debut! This popular item, even in stores, is a soft-serve ice cream made with "Sils Bitter," which harmonizes the roasted aroma of deep-roasted cacao with the fragrance of high-quality vanilla, designed for adults.
At this Aipaku, enjoy a luxurious nama chocolate soft-serve ice cream made with "Crown Melon" from Shizuoka Prefecture, known as the "king of melons," and fresh Hokkaido raw cream. You can enjoy the elegant taste created by the rich aroma and refreshing sweetness of Crown Melon, and the mellow richness of white chocolate. Additionally, top it off with two pieces of nama chocolate, choosing from "Sils Milk," "Bitter," or "Snowberry." A luxurious treat unique to the birthplace of nama chocolate.
100% Pudding Soft Serve with Pudding Topping / Pudding Kenkyujo
100% Pudding Soft Serve with Pudding Topping
"Pudding Kenkyujo," a specialty store for high-quality pudding made with meticulously selected ingredients, makes its Yamaguchi debut! Pudding itself is turned into soft-serve ice cream and served at minus 8°C, topped with a specially developed mini pudding! Two types of sauces in paint-like tubes can be added as desired. The palette-inspired packaging creates a special soft-serve experience that excites you even before you eat it.
Farm Soft Serve Tasting / Miruku no Kurumi
Farm Soft Serve Tasting
A special project bringing together three types of carefully crafted soft-serve ice cream from a Hokkaido Tokachi farm! "Asunaro Farming," a representative grazing dairy farmer in Tokachi, offers a light and refreshing soft-serve ice cream made with a combination of pasture milk and homemade raw cream, with a moderate sweetness, described as "drinking soft-serve." "Country Home Fuukei" is an item that will impress soft-serve connoisseurs, with its exquisite balance of umami, richness, and aftertaste. And "Milk Design" is a chocolate soft-serve ice cream from grazing dairy farming that pursues a perfect balance with chocolate without compromising the rich milkiness unique to grass-fed milk.
This is a luxurious opportunity to taste and compare three flavors, each only available in their respective local areas, all in one place.
Additionally, this event will feature the sale of our independently developed "Tokachi Butter Soft Cream."
Taste & Start Triple / Million Dollar Ice Cream Parlor
Taste & Start Triple / Million Dollar Ice Cream Parlor
Making its Yamaguchi debut! This craft ice cream specialty store, born in Japan in April 2024 in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, captivates even Americans. Using natural ingredients and minimizing additives, they offer exquisite products that can be enjoyed safely by children and adults alike. Everything from the cookies and sauces mixed in to the surprising bacon is homemade with dedication.
Kikyo Shingen Soft Serve Mix / Kikyoya
Kikyo Shingen Soft Serve Mix / Kikyoya
Making its Yamaguchi debut! This popular soft-serve ice cream is inspired by Yamanashi Prefecture's representative famous confection, "Kikyo Shingen Mochi." It generously uses fragrant kinako (roasted soybean flour) and rich original kuromitsu (black sugar syrup), combined with "Kikyo Shingen Mochi" and rich soft-serve ice cream for a taste unique to Yamanashi. Furthermore, a "Kikyo Shingen Stick" soaked in kuromitsu is added as a topping for a textural accent. It's a luxurious item like a Japanese parfait enjoyed at a specialty store. Please enjoy this rare soft-serve ice cream that is usually difficult to find outside of Yamanashi Prefecture.
Aipaku® Flower Sundae Strawberry Mille-feuille / Aipaku® TOKYO
Aipaku® Flower Soft
The soft-serve ice cream offered by Aipaku's store, "Aipaku® TOKYO," is a craft soft-serve made with only carefully selected ingredients that ice cream critic Ice-man Fukumaru has encountered during his travels across Japan. With meticulous attention to ingredient selection, the finest Italian machine "Carpigiani" is used for extraction. Please enjoy a smooth and rich cup created by the fusion of exquisite ingredients and technology at the venue.
Aipaku® Flower Sundae Strawberry Mille-feuille
In addition, a limited-edition menu item will also be available! We will be selling the "Aipaku Flower Sundae Strawberry Mille-feuille" for a limited 150 servings per day. It is a luxurious item generously using strawberries. The popular "Aipaku Flower Sundae Milk & Caramel" will also be available. Please enjoy the sundaes that can only be tasted at the venue.
*Prices shown include tax. *Photos are for illustrative purposes only. *Sales quantities are limited.
First-time event at the beloved local "Onoda Sun Park"!
Onoda Sun Park, the venue, is a community-oriented shopping center visited by many people from all over Yamaguchi Prefecture, including Sanyo-Onoda City, Ube City, and Shimonoseki City. It is loved not only for daily shopping but also for seasonal events and is a community exchange hub where people of all ages, especially families, gather. This event, held during the summer vacation period, will welcome many visitors as an event where families and friends can enjoy local ice creams from all over Japan and create summer vacation memories.
Onoda Sun Park
What is Aipaku®?
"Aipaku®" is an event organized by the General Incorporated Association Japan Ice Mania Association, which sells ice cream carefully selected from all over Japan, with the concept of "a paradise space for ice cream lovers" to spread the wonder and appeal of ice cream. The first event was held in Harajuku, Tokyo, in 2015. Since then, it has been held in various locations across the country, and thanks to its popularity, it has become Japan's largest ice cream event, attracting a cumulative total of 4.5 million visitors. In addition to soft-serve ice cream and gelato sold on-site, cup ice cream for takeout and souvenirs are also very popular.
Takeout Welcome! Aipaku® Original Cooler Bag (with dry ice)
For those who want to enjoy ice cream at home after taking it home as a souvenir, we sell "Aipaku® Original Cooler Bag (with dry ice)" for 600 yen (tax included).
● Additional purchase of dry ice only is also possible (180 yen)
● Taking out ice in an eco-bag without cooling function is not recommended as it may degrade the quality of the ice cream.
● Please enjoy the "Aipaku®" experience at home!
Aipaku® Original Cooler Bag (with dry ice)
Deliver "Aipaku®" Local Ice Cream to Your Home!
For customers who find it difficult to visit the event due to distance, we also offer mail-order services so you can enjoy the "Aipaku®" experience at home. Please take advantage of this as well.
● Local Ice Cream Mail Order "Aipaku® ONLINE" https://www.i-89.shop/
The General Incorporated Association Japan Ice Mania Association is an organization composed of individuals who have passed the ice cream certification exam, "Ice Mania Certification." As of December 2024, the association has over 13,500 members, forming a nationwide network of ice cream enthusiasts. With the concept of "Cool Ice Japan," its mission is to contribute to regional revitalization through local ice cream and the development of Japan's ice cream industry. Under the leadership of Representative Director Ice-man Fukumaru, the association plans and operates the "Aipaku" Ice Cream Expo and organizes new ice cream tasting events with manufacturers, such as "Ice Mania ☆ Meeting."
・General Incorporated Association Japan Ice Mania Association: http://www.icemania.jp/
About Ice-man Fukumaru
Born in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, in 1973. An ice cream critic who consumes over 1,000 types of ice cream annually. He began his activities as a "Convenience Store Ice Cream Critic" in 2011 and operates the information site "Convenience Store Ice Mania," which boasts 1 million PV per month.
As an ice cream expert, he has appeared on numerous variety shows and news programs. He is active in various fields centered around "ice cream," including writing for industry-specific publications, product production, and "ice cream classes" at elementary schools. In 2014, he established the "General Incorporated Association Japan Ice Mania Association" and became its representative director. He is self-proclaimed as "the man who faces ice cream the most in Japan." Books: "Nihon Kaishoku Ice Grand Collection," "Nihon Ice Chronicle," "Nihon Gokyo Ice Grand Collection" (Tatsumi Publishing).
Ice-man Fukumaru
Event Outline
・Name: Ice Cream Expo "Aipaku® YAMAGUCHI 2026" in Onoda Sun Park
・Date and Time: Friday, July 17, 2026 - Tuesday, July 28, 2026
・Time: 10:00 - 19:00 *Last day (28th) closes at 15:00
・Venue: Onoda Sun Park Central Court & Sun Festa Plaza
・Address: 6-4-1 Nakagawa, Sanyo-Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
・Admission Fee: Free
・Takeout: For those wishing to take ice cream home, we sell "Cooler Bag + Dry Ice" at the venue, so please use it.
・Organizer: Onoda Sun Park
・Planning & Operation: General Incorporated Association Japan Ice Mania Association, Ice Cream Lover Inc.
*Business days, hours, and event details may change depending on the situation. Please understand this in advance.
Please check the Aipaku official website for specific product sales and details.
・Aipaku Official Website: https://www.i-89.jp
・Twitter: https://x.com/i89fes (Hashtag: #あいぱく) ・Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/i89jp ・Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/i89fes
・Mail Order "Aipaku ONLINE": https://www.i-89.shop/
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- Source: PR TIMES
- Category: Event
- Organizations: K.L.I.M / Million Dollar Ice Cream Parlor