Yokosuka Gelato Factory

Local milk, turned into gelato at a market counter

The gelato is made with local milk, which is the whole idea: a cold counter inside a market that exists to sell what the surrounding countryside and coastline produce. Soft-serve sits beside it, and the Navy Coffee gelato gives the case a flavour that belongs to Yokosuka rather than to a national catalogue.

The counter is one tenant among many inside YOKOSUKA PORT MARKET, a waterfront hall built around producers from Yokosuka and the Miura Peninsula, so a gelato here is usually part of a longer walk through the market rather than a destination on its own.

Harbour-side, at food-court pace

The seating is shared and the mood is public rather than hushed: a bright market hall with a wood deck outside and the harbour in view. It suits eating something cold among other people's shopping, and it does not suit a long, quiet sit.

That setting is also why the stop stays short. You choose, you pay, and you eat it while the market moves around you.

Order the milk gelato, then the Navy Coffee

Start with the local milk gelato, the clearest expression of both the counter and the market's argument about regional ingredients. Navy Coffee is the second scoop, the flavour with the strongest Yokosuka accent, and the soft-serve is the easier option if you are walking on with it.

The counter has a record beyond the harbour, too: it was ranked #84 on the Tabelog 100 in 2023, which is unusual company for a stall inside a market hall.