A name from a kabuki drum
初音之鼓
the first-voice drum
店名取自歌舞伎《义经千本樱》中登场的魔法之鼓 — 初音之鼓。先代常说,对于昔日木偶师与戏棚云集的人形町小巷而言,这是个再合适不过的名字。
The shop takes its name from Hatsune no Tsuzumi, the magic drum from the kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura — a fitting borrowing for a side street in Ningyōchō, the old district of puppet-makers and theaters. Since 1837 — through Tenpō, Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa, Heisei and Reiwa — the same corner, the same agar, the same slow afternoons.
寒天为国产。红豆与 黑糖蜜, 皆每日清晨亲手熬制,毫不惜工。 求肥为手工所制, 请趁柔软时品尝。