Japan has done with bread what it does with so many outside ideas: adapted it for local consumption. Here are four prime examples of bread concepts that are original to Japan!

With a history of over 140 years, Kimuraya still produces the first Japanese bread success—a bread confection called 'anpan.'

Castella cakes, melon pan and anpan are three of the oldest baked goods in Japan. Here are great recipes for baking all three at home!

With just a rice cooker and a few extra ingredients, you too can make your very own giant green tea pancake.

Love that fresh-baked-bread smell? In the Kansai area, you can savor the scent of freshly fried waffles at 18 train stations thanks to the famous Mannekin chain. Read on to learn all about these amazing waffles!

Check out this renovated Kyoto townhouse that was turned into a cheese tart shop and tech startup.

From the shoes to the laces, along with shoehorns and bottles of polish, everything in this range is made from sweet chocolate.

The internet has gone crazy for this incredible cookie collection that looks like a range of tiny food replicas.