HokkaidoBaked Cheese Tart
Two tarts, a jelly soft-serve cup and the yellow bag on the wood table
Two tarts on the wood table
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Small, fluted, blistered.

The tart is small enough to hold in one hand: a fluted crust, a pale creamy centre, a golden top blistered darker in places. It is the shop’s signature — the thing the queue is for, photographed before it is eaten.

At the counter, mochi is stretched by hand and soft serve is pulled from the machine in view of the queue. Tarts come out of the glass case; cones are handed over in black sleeves; everything leaves in the yellow bag, or is eaten at the small round wood tables inside.

Photos

The kiosk in guests’ photos — tarts, cones, cups and the storefront.

Two branded cups on the round wood table — shaved ice with a waffle shard and strawberry, soft serve with Oreo
Two cups on the wood table
A mochi-topped cone held at the counter, strawberry on top, the queue behind
Mochi-topped cone at the counter
Hōjicha cone, Thai milk tea and a tart on the yellow bag, round wood table
Tart and tea on the yellow bag
Two tarts, a jelly soft-serve cup and the yellow bag on the wood table
Two tarts on the wood table
Two branded soft-serve cones held up — green wall, black tile
Two cones held up
Storefront: illuminated sign, timber eave, glass case, queue, branded cup in hand
The storefront