Bakery¥otemachiDaily 9:30-20:00Breads from Hiroshima-grown wheat and rice flour
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.
Tip: It 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.
Worth the queue: Hand-kneaded campagne
Bakery¥nakajima-choWed-Fri 8:00-18:00; Sat-Sun 9:00-18:00; closed Mon-Tue; closes when sold outWalk-in onlyOversized levain bagels, about 20 varieties
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.
Tip: It 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.
Worth the queue: Chewy plain levain bagel
Bakery¥9:00-19:30, closed Wednesday and one Thursday a monthOver 40 daily breads plus a patisserie counter
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.
Tip: It 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.
Worth the queue: Ramune anpan
Bakery¥¥hondoriDaily 10:00-19:30 bakery market; closing days announced on the shop's own channelsWalk-in onlyDanish-influenced breads and pastries
Hiroshima Andersen is the Hondori bakery in a converted bank building that introduced Danish baking to Japan and still anchors the covered arcade.
Tip: The bakery market, delicatessen, wine counter and chocolate counter all sit on the ground floor under one roof.
Worth the queue: Danish pastry from the ground-floor bakery market