Okinawa Ice Cream

　When visiting supermarkets on Miyako Island, the variety of frozen foods is astonishing. In particular, the abundance of ice-creams is enviable: the red potato and chinsuko (traditional small biscuit made of mostly lard and flour in Okinawa) ice-creams from Okinawa Meiji Dairies Corporation, known under the okimei brand name, would be bought up if they were available on the mainland.
　Blue Seal, on the other hand, established the Okinawa ice cream brand with the slogan ‘Born in America, Raised in Okinawa. At the Painagama branch on Miyako Island, the colourful ice-cream sculptures are a popular photo spot. There is also a branch in Kyoto on the Kyogoku shopping street, where you can enjoy the taste of Okinawa.