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Kanten Papa Cafe Hatsudai (かんてんぱぱカフェ 初台店) is an antenna shop and cafe of "Ina Foods Industry" (伊那食品工業), Japan's top kanten (agar) maker, at 1-32-24 Hatsudai (初台), Shibuya City, near Hatsudai Station on the Keio Line and Keio New Line. The signature is low-calorie, healthy lunches, sweets, and drinks built around kanten - supported for years by health-conscious guests. The bright, open interior includes terrace seats overlooking the promenade. Parent Ina Foods Industry is a food maker in Nagano Prefecture whose management philosophy is "let's build a good company."
— Ina Foods' kanten antenna shop in Hatsudai
The signature is low-calorie, healthy lunches, sweets, and drinks built around kanten (agar). Kanten is a plant-based gelling food made from red algae such as tengusa and ogonori; it is rich in dietary fiber and low in calories - a representative healthy food. Representative items include kanten-based desserts (kanten pudding, kanten zenzai, kanten parfait, kanten jelly), creative lunches with kanten, healthy salad bowls, and kanten salad. The attached shop also sells various kanten products from Ina Foods, kanten-based retort foods, and kanten dessert kits - a lifestyle-proposal format. Parent Ina Foods Industry is Japan's top kanten maker, a food maker in Nagano Prefecture, whose management philosophy is "let's build a good company" - widely known for valuing the happiness of employees and the community. Hours: shop 10:00 to 18:00, cafe 11:00 to 17:00 (lunch 11:30 to 14:30).
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