Supervised by Sakura Momiji Takarazuka, a famous shaved ice restaurant! Espuma shaved ice, Karaage specialty restaurant "Gifu Senkara" to begin sales on July 4

2025.06.17 10:15

株式会社Tropical ketchups

Tropical ketchups Inc. (Location: Yamakata City, Gifu Prefecture; President: Kazuhiro Tanaka), operator of the karaage specialty restaurant Gifu Senkara, will begin selling shaved ice with espuma shaved ice at its Gifu Senkara store (8-7-17 Sugo, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture; Representative: Keiichi Yamane) under the guidance of the legendary Sakura Momiji Takarazuka, which was selected as one of the eight best shaved ice restaurants in Hyogo Prefecture (operated by 4SEASON, LLC; Representative: Keiichi Yamane). The espuma shaved ice will be sold at the specialty restaurant "Gifu Senkara" (8-7-17 Sugo, Gifu City) from July 4, 2025 (Friday). Prices start at 800 yen (tax included).

果肉いちごみるく(仮名)

Fruits Strawberry Miruku (tentative name)

しろくまみぞれ

Shirokuma Mizore

■Dates of espuma shaved ice offerings

July: Every Friday and Saturday only (subject to change, please confirm on SNS)

Service hours will be changed from August.

URL for "Gifu Senkara" details: https://senkara.tksjapan.jp/

本気のブルーハワイ(仮名)

Serious Blue Hawaii (tentative name)

極　本格抹茶(仮名)

Goku authentic matcha (tentative name)

The photo is for reference only.

The reason for selling Espuma shaved ice and its future

Last year, our representative was fascinated by the taste of shaved ice he ordered at a high-end shaved ice store, which led him to visit Espuma shaved ice store several times. At that time, the taste of shaved ice with a new sensation that had never existed before remained in my memory.

After opening a restaurant specializing in karaage this year, I was looking for a new menu item as a "cool sweet" to get through the intense heat, when I was asked to teach the recipe for the espuma shaved ice I had eaten last year.

We are selling espuma shaved ice based on the technique taught by the shaved ice master, as well as developing an original menu for "Gifu Senkara" with the goal of creating a local shaved ice product. We plan to develop original shaved ice using strawberries from Yamagata City and Kitayama tea from the former town of Miyama.

What is espuma?

Espuma means "foam" in Spanish. El Bulli" in Spain (now closed) was famous as the world's most difficult restaurant to get a reservation for. The chef, Mr. Ferran Adrià, became a topic of conversation when he added nitrous oxide gas (N2O) to food using a siphon to create a dish with "bubbles as light as air. It is called "espuma. It looks and tastes exceptional and is sure to be a hit on social media. The trinity of ingredients, bubbles, and ice creates an impressive experience, and is a next-generation sweet that is attracting a steady stream of repeat customers.

Recipe supervision and technical guidance by the legendary "Shaved Ice Specialty Store Sakura Momiji Takarazuka

Selected as one of the 8 best shaved ice stores in Hyogo Prefecture by Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture!

Won first place in sales at a shaved ice festival where famous stores from all over the country gathered! A leading shaved ice store of the new era specializing in espuma shaved ice (Representative: Keiichi Yamane, LLC 4SEASON)

Representative Yamane visits Gifu for the ■Opening Project!

On July 4, when the shaved ice will be available, Mr. Yamane, the master of shaved ice with espuma at Sakura Momiji Takarazuka, who supervised and instructed the staff, will visit the store and serve shaved ice with espuma. The staff who were directly instructed by the master will serve shaved ice with espuma.

■A new place of interest in Gifu: ......Contributing to the community

At "Gifu SENKATA: Island Kitchen Car Village (tentative name)" (8-7-17 Sugo, Gifu City), a kitchen car site with a power supply is set up on a 240 tsubo site. Three kitchen cars can be set up at any given time. The site in Sugo will be offered to those who wish to set up kitchen cars until the end of 2025, free of charge! Various events are planned to be held in the future as a new place of interest in Gifu City where kitchen cars gather. It will be a hot space that will attract many people in the future. The site is equipped with free space.

Produced by Gifu Senkara

Gifu Senkara was produced by Kazuhiro Tanaka, 57, a native of Yamagata City, Gifu Prefecture.

He is the spark plug for the Ultra Fine Bubble Shower boom.

He has developed the Ultra Fine Shower Bolina into a hit product, turning a company with 80 million in excess liabilities into a profitable one in three months. He has led the company to introduce the shower head to all APA Hotels through his own sales force and sales demonstrations on the sales floor.

In 2020, he sold the company through M&A with a listed company, and in 2023, he retired from TKS Corporation (TKS). In the same year, the metal processing division, a declining business, was transferred from Charle Corporation (parent company of TKS) to Tanaka Metal Manufacturing as a newly established company by division for business revitalization, and he became the chairman of the company. Together with the current president, he led the metalworking division to profitability in its first year of operation and successfully restored its business performance.

Media Appearances

Gaia no Yoake, Yumeorijin, Nihon no Chikara (Power of Japan), Morning Show, Jidai no NEW WAVE, Sage's Choice, Nikkei Top Leader, Nikkei Business, Chichichi, etc. References Kazuhiro Tanaka - Wikipedia (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4% B8%AD%E5%92%8C%E5%BA%83 )

He is the author of the book "Machi-Factory: Creating a Stage Where Products Jump", which describes the know-how of creating hit products. He is also requested to give many lectures.

Kazuhiro Tanaka Official Page

https://tanaka-kazuhiro.com/

Introduction video

https://youtu.be/81uGzrvqOxM?si=bWrf2D1OPrd9j2F5

Outline of the store

Store name ： Gifu Senkara

Location ： 8-7-17 Sugo, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, 502-0914, Japan

Business hours ： Weekdays 11:00-14:00 (last admission at 13:45), 16:00-19:00 (last admission at 18:40)

Closed: Sunday, Monday

　　　　　　(Closed on Saturdays (please check SNS))

Instagram: @tropical_ketchups

Seats: 0 (take-out only)