The counters in Hiroshima worth queuing for: bread, pastry, and the morning ritual.
Bakery counters in Hiroshima worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Hiroshima Andersen is the Hondori bakery in a converted bank building that introduced Danish baking to Japan and still anchors the covered arcade.
Worth the queueDanish pastry from the ground-floor bakery market
TipThe bakery market, delicatessen, wine counter and chocolate counter all sit on the ground floor under one roof.
Rue Brazil in Hiroshima bakes its own bread beside the coffee counter, and that house loaf is the base of its long-running 07:00 morning set.
Worth the queueMorning-set bread with boiled egg and salad
TipHouse bread is sold at the front counter as well as served with the morning set, but the best loaves go early.
LUCKY BAKERY is the Gate Park shop of Miyoshi baker Mugi Mugi, milling mostly Hiroshima-grown wheat into loaves, rice-flour breads and vegan rolls.
Worth the queueHand-kneaded campagne
TipIt opened with the park in March 2023 and runs every day of the year; the salt-kombu and daikon rice-flour breads sell through by evening.
WILDMAN BAGEL boils and bakes about 20 kinds of oversized bagel near Peace Memorial Park, all raised on the shop's own homemade levain starter.
Worth the queueChewy plain levain bagel
TipIt regularly sells out before the posted 18:00 close, so treat it as a morning stop and carry the bagels to the park benches over the river.
La Angers bakes more than 40 breads a day beside a patisserie counter a minute from Yasuhigashi Station, with the ramune anpan as its calling card.
Worth the queueRamune anpan
TipIt is an Astram Line ride from the centre, so pair it with a suburban morning; the ramune anpan tray empties well before the evening rush.
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