Nakano Broadway is well-known for its anime and manga stores. However, there are so many shops and if you are planning on checking them all you are more than likely to take a few breaks.
Daily Choco – Home of the tallest ice cream tower!
Placed in the basement floor Daily Choco is easy to miss. It is an average looking soft serve ice cream joint. However, it is all but average. Aside from the great taste, one item on the menu has become a popular ice cream challenge. Daily Choco is home to Tokudai Icecream – an eight-flavor tower 20 centimeters tall that still somehow costs less than \500.
Daily Chico has an extensive selection of soft cream flavors: vanilla, coffee, peppermint, chocolate, banana, strawberry, mocha, muskmelon, pineapple, milk, maccha, ramune soda and much more. The texture is creamy and soft which will help you to finish all of it in one sitting.
However, they do serve regular sizes for customers who don`t feel up to challenge.
250 JPY cone270 JPY cup small size
\330 cone
\ 350 cups medium size
\480 Tokudai
Before you challenge yourself to Tokudai, know that Daily Choco does not have tables or chairs and customers enjoy their ice cream standing around the counter.
Address:
B1F Nakano Broadway, 5-52-15 Nakano, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo
Business hours:
10:00~22:00
Tomi Sujahta Ice Cream – A high-quality mix of ice cream and soft cream!
Tomi Sujihta Ice cream does not melt as soft cream does, but is still softer than an ice cream. It is made of high-quality ingredients to provide a unified texture and natural taste. The main ingredient is whipping cream produced in Hokkaido which milk products are highly prised in Kapan.
The ice cream comes in different, mostly fresh and fruity flavors: soda, white peach, mango, melon soda float, melon, rose, melon, sweet potato, sweet potato with skin pieces, grape, yuzu (small citrus fruit), yuzu with fruit pieces, matcha, chocolate and more. Tomi Sujihta is regularly introducing new tastes, too.
Aside from ice cream, here you can buy Coca-Cola drinks, including a Coca-Cola in a bottle with Tokugawa design.
Price:
\300 cone ice cream
Address:
1F Nakano Broadway, 5-52-15 Nakano, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo
Business hours:
10:00~22:00
Lotte Ice Parade – An easy snack in a vending machine
Lotte Ice parade is a vending machine that carries ice cream. Here you can buy popular Latte ice creams. It is perfect for an easy snack when you are on a budget. Moreover, it has all beloved tastes: chocolate, maccha, almond chocolate, cookie, and vanilla. There are even adzuki and calpis ones for more adventurous tourists.
Since it is not directly in the hallway, there is enough space to stand while you finish your ice cream and it is rarely crowded like regular stores. Also, there is a vending machine next to it and a claw machine with amazing prizes, such as a ticket to Disneyland or a Nintendo Switch.
Prices:
150～180yen
Address:
1F Nakano Broadway, 5-52-15 Nakano, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo
Business hours:
10:00~22:00
Nakano Broadway has numerous restaurants, too, most of which offer a dessert menu. If you want to take your time with your ice cream, maybe it is better to go to a restaurant where you can relax at a table. However, if you don’t mind standing, these stores offer an excellent selection of delicious ice-cold desserts.
