Castella GINSO Shinsaibashi

Castella Ginson Shinsaibashi is a dessert shop in Shinsaibashi, Osaka, that specializes in castella. It serves castella with large sugar grains that crunch between the teeth, along with parfaits combining cream, ice cream, jam, and jelly, and these can also be ordered as a set with black tea or coffee. The first floor is a takeout counter for castella and the second floor is a cafe, and the shop was founded in 1952 and holds a patent for paper-canned heat sterilization technology. The castella is dense and chewy rather than fluffy, so it disappoints anyone expecting a fluffy type.