Barack Obama’s Matcha Ice-Cream

For the Japanese media, a major highlight of President Barack Obama’s visit to the APEC Summit was his side trip to Kamakura, where he re-lived his childhood experience of eating Matcha ice-cream.

Obama revidited the gigantic Budda stature at the Kotoku-in temple in Kamakura, where he had toured at age 6 with his mother. Just like that time, a relaxed Obama enjoyed a Matcha popscicle which had captivated him as a child.

Seated on a bench flanked by chief priest Takao Sato, and the priest’s mother Michiko, Obama placed a matcha popscicle served by the temple into his mouth, telling them it tasted good.

Obama also toured inside the Budda statue and wrote in a guest book that he was moved to have been able to revisit the great treasure of Japanese culture.

Video of the “ice-cream” moment.

オバマ大統領鎌倉で抹茶アイス、お土産も

アジア太平洋経済協力会議の閉幕後、オバマ大統領は、少年時代に訪れた鎌倉­を訪問しました。オバマ大統領は大仏を見学し、売店で娘のマリアさんとサーシャさんへ­のお土産を購入。さらに、思い出の抹茶アイスクリームに舌鼓を打ちました。
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