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Japan’s super cute tanuki bread skips tricks, promises to be treat for your eyes and taste buds
- Casey Baseel
Oct 28, 2026 - Tweet
You can trust this tanuki to be as sweet on the inside as it looks on the outside.
Tokyo bakery has a crazy expensive 10,000-yen bread loaf set, and we’ve tried it [Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2026
![Tokyo bakery has a crazy expensive 10,000-yen bread loaf set, and we’ve tried it [Taste test]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/10/11_ce1007.jpg?w=640 "Tokyo bakery has a crazy expensive 10,000-yen bread loaf set, and we’ve tried it [Taste test]")
Japan’s luxury bread loaf boom was supposed to have died down, but apparently no one told this Ginza bakery.
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- (bakeries • bread • COK • crazy • expensive food • food • Ginza • Luxury • SNJO • taste testxｘ)
We waited three hours to get into the new carb heaven all-you-can-eat bread restaurant in Osaka
- Krista Rogers
Oct 14, 2026
We still had to wait three hours to get in to this new eatery one-and-a-half months after opening, but we finally understood why once it was our turn.
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- (all-you-can-eat • bakeries • bread • carbs • COK • line • restaurants • SNJO • St. Marc Cafe)
Tokyo’s newest viral dessert is like a Japanese parfait inside a bread bun [Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2026
A cool idea from Coolish, and further proof that sweet bean paste makes everything better.
- Japan
- (an bread • anko.an • anpan • bakeries • bread • Coolish • food • ice cream • Lotte • SNJO • sweet beans.sweet red beans.sweet bean paste • sweets • taste test)
New adorable Osaka foodie destination, Chiikawa Bakery Osaka, opening soon with crazy ramen bread
- Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2026
Anime/manga-themed café’s baked goods run the range from cute to crazy, just like Chiikawa itself.
- Japan
- (anime • bakeries • bread • Chiikawa • Chiikawa Bakery • COK • crazy • cute • food • manga • ramen • sweets • themed restaurants)
Super! Eel Bread takes Japanese sushi into uncharted territory
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2026
Honouring a centuries-old tradition with a modern twist.
- Japan
- (bakeries • bread • breads • Day of the Ox • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • food • kochi • summer • sushi • unagi • weird food)
Seaweed bread is one of the most unusual baked goods in all of Japan
- Oona McGee
May 5, 2026
A unique way to eat your greens in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (bakeries • bread • breads • food • mekabu • seaweed • SNJO • Takase Yogashi • Tokyo • weird food)
You can now buy Studio Ghibli shaved ice desserts in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 8, 2025
Yes, Totoro — we can now eat your kind, but only for a very limited time.
- Japan
- (anime • bakeries • choux cream • choux pastry • COK • cute • food • Ghibli • kakigori • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • review • shaved ice • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • SNJO • Studio Ghibli • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Totoro • Totoro cream puffs)
7-Eleven Japan powers up even more with new baked-in-store breads and pastries【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Jul 13, 2025
From fresh-baked melon bread to sausage sandwiches, there are now more reasons than ever to love 7-Eleven in Japan.
- Japan
- (7 Cafe Bakery • 7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bakeries • bread • COK • convenince stores • food • melon bread • SNJO • sweets)
Chiikawa Bakery launches a limited-time menu of sunburned characters and refreshing drinks
- Elliot Hale
Jul 13, 2025
These summer-exclusive character breads are almost too cute to eat. Almost.
- Japan
- (anime • bakeries • bread • Chiikawa • Chiikawa Bakery • COK • cute • food • Harajuku • manga • Omotesando • sweets • themed cafes)
Japan’s favorite curry rice restaurant chain also runs a bakery with more than just curry bread
- SoraNews24
May 20, 2025
Cocoichibanya’s bakery is hiding in plain sight in Shinjuku.
- Japan
- (bakeries • bread • Cocoichi • cocoichibanya • COK • curry • curry bread • curry rice • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
Studio Ghibli bakery has a Totoro cream puff delivery service…but it’s super hard to get
- Oona McGee
Mar 12, 2025
Now you don’t have to visit Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory to get a taste of Totoro.
- Japan
- (anime • bakeries • choux cream • choux pastry • COK • cute • food • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • review • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Totoro • Totoro cream puffs)
Savor the sass in Osaka’s new obachan-inspired buns
- Elliot Hale
Nov 28, 2024
This playful souvenir is packed with personality.
- Japan
- (bakeries • bread • COK • food • food souvenirs • obachan • Osaka • Osaka Oba-chan • Osaka Obachan • sweets)
Is Tokyo’s ultra-expensive Satsuki sweet bean bread worth it?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2024
Premium version of common-people treat is almost 10 times the price of regular anpan.
- Japan
- (anko • anpan • bakeries • bread • COK • cream bread • food • Hotel New Otani • SNJO • sweet bean bread • sweet beans • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki bread)
Tanuki bread arrives at Japanese bakeries with a sweet surprise and steals our hearts【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2024
We don’t know if we should eat this or keep it as a friend.
- Japan
- (bakeries • bread • cute • food • kabocha • Kimuraya • melon bread • melonpan • pumpkin • sweets • Tanuki)
Godiva’s Tokyo bakery finally adds the king of Japanese bread: melon bread!
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2024
Better late than never as Godiva delivers a double-helping of melon bread at Godipan.
The hybrid mochi brioche sweet was born of a mom’s love, a friend’s kindness, and a very long trip
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2023
A taste of home for a Japanese expat turns into a delicious regional treat in one part of Japan.
- Japan
- (anko • bakeries • bread • COK • daifuku • food • Fukui • mochi • moving • SNJO • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test • touching)
Super-cheap pillow-sized croissants selling in Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Jun 5, 2023
In case you ever wondered what being six inches tall might feel like.
- Japan
- (baked goods • bakeries • bread • cheap food • croissants • Groissant • Kamata • Kamata no Mikata • Mr. Sato • Tokyo)
What exactly is the treat known as a “kougnané” that’s sold outside Tokyo’s Yurakucho Station?
- Krista Rogers
Feb 1, 2023
We learn the origin of this unique pastry sold in one of Tokyo’s bustling commercial districts.
- Japan
- (bakeries • COK • food • Kougnané • Kyoto • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweet • sweets • Tokyo • Uji • Yurakucho)
This Tokyo bakery gives its curry bread a special Aomori ingredient for a one-of-a-kind taste
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2022
The pride of Aomori Prefecture is the star of the show at Little Princess Tokyo.
- Japan
- (apples • bakeries • bread • COK • curry • curry bread • food • Fuji apples • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)
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