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A chestnut-and-cream bakery on Tominokoji in Kyoto. House-made marron cream pan, mont-blanc seasonal pastries and the local autumn pilgrimage shelf.
Worth the queue: Marron cream pan
Panscape Sanjo is a bakery in Karasuma Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
A stone-milled grain bakery on Sanjo, Kyoto, baking denser, longer-fermented loaves. Whole-grain croissants and the city's slow-bread reference shelf.
Address: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8801, Japan
A chestnut-and-cream bakery on Tominokoji in Kyoto. House-made marron cream pan, mont-blanc seasonal pastries and the local autumn pilgrimage shelf.
Worth the queue: Marron cream pan
Philippe Bigot's Kyoto offshoot, the man who introduced French baking to Japan in 1965. Beurre croissants, tarte tatin and brioche on Shijo.
Worth the queue: Beurre croissant; tarte tatin
The 1948-founded local chain of Kyoto, with the Station outlet running 21 sister branches. Carnet, the city's ham-and-onion spiral, defines the counter.
Worth the queue: Carnet ham and onion roll
Sizuya's anpan-as-design-object spinoff inside Kyoto Station's Porta basement. A dozen flavours, gift-wrapped one at a time, and the queue spinning daily.
Worth the queue: Yuzu citrus anpan
A chestnut-and-cream bakery on Tominokoji in Kyoto. House-made marron cream pan, mont-blanc seasonal pastries and the local autumn pilgrimage shelf.
Worth the queue: Marron cream pan
Kyoto's original French bakery, founded 1913 by a baker trained in Paris. The Kitayama branch sells the karasu dark loaf and old-style country baguettes.
Worth the queue: Karasu pan dark loaf
Philippe Bigot's Kyoto offshoot, the man who introduced French baking to Japan in 1965. Beurre croissants, tarte tatin and brioche on Shijo.
Worth the queue: Beurre croissant; tarte tatin
The Higashiyama outpost of the national melon-pan chain in Kyoto, a quick-walk default off Yasui-dori. Cream pan and the always-fresh melon-pan shelf.
Worth the queue: Custard cream pan