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It’s not easy to cook a full course meal in Japan. Besides the need for a kitchen, you will also be needing lots of ingredients to achieve a true Japanese dish. Some prefer to buy food in convenience stores or at groceries to lessen their efforts in preparing a meal. A best-seller among the food in Japanese stores would probably be bread.

What’s so special about Japanese bread?

Compared to other bread, Japanese bread already has fillings inside them. Some of the classic bread fillings include red bean paste, chocolate, cream, and even curry. Japanese breads come in different shapes and sizes to differentiate their flavors and of course for a better treat.

What are the kinds of Japanese bread?

Anpan

Based on records, this was the first bread to be ever made in Japan. Anpan means red bean paste bread. The bread contains, according to its name, red bean paste. Its taste is relatively sweet as red bean paste is can also be used for desserts and sweets in Japan.

Meronpan

Meron pan or melon pan doesn’t necessarily has melons as it filling. Its shape resembles a melon, thus the name. Recently, people have been adding melon flavoring to melon pan to follow its name. The bread is made by wrapping the bun in cookie dough then baking it. After taking it out, it becomes crispy on the outside but soft on the inside.

Korone

It is another type of Japanese bread which is usually filled with chocolate. It was named after the musical instrument cornet as it has the same shape of a cone.

Karepan

It’s no doubt that the Japanese love curry and they even put it in their breads! Before the bun is deep fried, they stuff in curry inside the bread. The result is a crunchy curry flavored bread! Lots of variation of curry breads are available throughout Japan and it is best to try them all to see which of them is the best for you.

Yakisoba pan

Yakisobapan is bread stuffed with yakisoba. It is much like your typical hotdog sandwich but instead of hotdogs, you will find yakisoba in the middle. It’s an energizing food filled with carbohydrates making it popular to students who want cheap but satisfying snacks.

Katsu sando

It is a sandwich with pork cutlets or tonkatsu in between and sweet sauce on top. The Japanese usually prefer this as their afternoon snack as it is both heavy and yummy at the same time.

Whenever you’re feeling hungry in your Japan tour, try dropping by a nearby bakery and they might also give free samples of their bread!