📍 Kamakura Chacha Komachi Street
🔅 Actual Visit Date: 2024/10/16

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How can you visit Japan and not have matcha? This time, I visited the famous Komachi Street near Kamakura Station. I checked out several places but ended up trying two. One of them had 3 branches as I walked from Kamakura (if I remember correctly?) and I had an ice cream there.

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Personally, I found it smooth with just the right concentration of matcha—not too bitter. If I were to rate it on a scale of 1 to 7 from my past matcha experiences, I'd say it's between 4 and 5. They don't sprinkle too much matcha powder on top, which prevents it from being too overpowering.

On that weekday just before noon, there was only one person working, so if there's a crowd, you might have to wait a bit after ordering. There's a small seating area to enjoy the ice cream, and trash bins are available. After walking around for a while, it's quite nice to grab one and enjoy the air conditioning. I heard their panna cotta is famous, but we had other plans, so I didn't buy it. Later, I found out they offer samples, but it was a Japanese person purchasing at the time (you have to ask for it 🥹).

Overall, they offer many convenient payment methods, and the seating area is nice. The matcha is tasty and smooth. The downside is that the wafer is quite ordinary, which is a bit disappointing. But as for the soft serve itself, it wasn't particularly astonishing—maybe because I've come to expect that you can't really go wrong with Japanese matcha.