【Iwate・Hanamaki】 Experience a giant soft serve and the 'scenery that nurtured dreams'

Step off the elevator and you'll find yourself in a vast space that feels like a time slip back to the Showa era. This is "Marukan Building Dining Hall," a place filled with memories for the locals and a 'taste of the heart' for the citizens of Hanamaki. Here, there's a specialty that everyone wants to photograph at least once—a towering 25cm soft serve ice cream eaten with chopsticks! 🍦 The glossy, swirled soft serve has a gentle, nostalgic sweetness of milk. Each bite brings laughter and surprise, with voices echoing, "How do you even eat such a big soft serve?!" But this isn't just any retro food court. This is also a place frequented by Shohei Ohtani during his school days. Whether with family, friends, or after baseball practice—imagining him enjoying a soft serve here while harboring his big dreams gives this space a special energy. Retro tables, a lively dining hall, and people enjoying their meals with smiles. And the soft serve, unchanged and still here, continues to support the 'origin' of dreams across generations. ⸻ 📍 Marukan Building Dining Hall 6th Floor, 6-2 Kamicho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture 🚃 About a 15-minute walk or a 5-minute taxi ride from JR Hanamaki Station 🕒 Hours: 11:00 AM–6:30 PM (Last order at 6:00 PM) 🎟 Giant Soft Serve Ice Cream: A miraculous price of 180 yen (tax included)! ⸻ 📌 A soft serve enjoyed in the midst of chasing dreams. There are people who still remember its taste to this day.