It is about 40 minutes by car from Naha Airport. Located in the middle of American Village in Chatan-cho, central Okinawa’s main island, it specializes in soft-serve ice cream and fries. The soft-serve ice cream with various toppings will surely be a hit on Instagram! The fries are also excellent served with 10 different dipping sauces in various ways!
Point 1: In the middle of Amebile! What is the location of “Hold by Hand Okinawa”?
Hold by Hand Okinawa” is a soft-serve ice cream and fries specialty restaurant located in the middle of American Village, about 40 minutes by car from Naha Airport.
Hold by Hand” means “you can’t help but want to hold it in your hand.
Anyway, the soft serve ice cream with toppings you can choose by yourself is sure to be Instagram-worthy! It’s so cute, I want to go there! It is very popular among girls.
It takes about 40 minutes to get there from Naha Airport via Route 58, or you can take Limousine Bus Type A (get off at Vessel Hotel Campana), or the Chatan Liner by Cary Kanko, or the local bus No. 120 in front of the International Passenger Terminal (for Naha Bus Terminal), and get off at Kuwae. It is an 11-minute walk from there.
Whether by car or by bus, it is very easy to get to the site, as it is only one ride along National Route 58.
Point 2: Introduction of “Hold by Hand Okinawa” soft serve ice cream menu!
There are various types of soft-serve ice cream at Hold by Hand Okinawa.
First, the “old-fashioned soft serve ice cream” has a nostalgic taste and is worth trying at least once.
There are also vanilla, black and white mixes, and chocolate (600~700 yen), and those with toppings are 650~750 yen each.
In this case, the system is to choose two toppings from a selection of 12 toppings, including rainbow cereal and fruit marshmallows.
The soft-serve ice cream, which has been all over Instagram for being cute, seems to be an ironclad rule that it is more important to look good and to be Instagram-worthy than to taste good.
Combined with the colorful buildings and blue ocean of American Village, it is sure to make for some great photos!
Point 3: Introduction of fries and drink menu for “Hold by Hand Okinawa”!
The fries at Hold by Hand Okinawa are cut in six different ways and served with a dip.
In addition to the original straight cut, there are wedge, spherical, crispy, thick (steakhouse), and cross-cut.
For an extra charge, it is also served with ketchup, salsa, quatro cheese (50 yen each), basil mayo, comeback sauce, honey mustard (100 yen each), Mentaiko mayo, and black truffle mayo (150 yen each).
This is a very different flavor depending on the way it is cut and the different sauces. This menu item is also very rare to find on the mainland.
For drinks, there are rare tapioca drinks in pouches (original, strawberry, and green tea, 680 yen each) and soft drinks (400 yen).
Soft-serve ice cream, French fries, and drinks are all things you want to try, so please visit “Hold by Hand” and try it for yourself!
