Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan｜きたざわ製パン

You can buy bread from different bakeries every day of the week at the fashionable greengrocer Rafuruta in Tsukuba.I bought cream bread there and it was so delicious that I decided to visit the store for the first time. It was in a real residential area that even with Google Maps you could pass by, but we arrived safely. A stylish exterior and interior that blend in with the residential area. It was a really nice bakery. There was also a parking lot next to the store.

This is a bakery that I've been interested in for a while. The location is on the corner of an intersection where the main streets of the Kariya district intersect, and on the site of a rental car owned by a car shop that supports the Kin-chan baseball team. The parking lot has a small number of spaces. If the store is on the south side, it is on the north side. (Toward Mectron) There is no eat-in space. I don't think you will stay long in the store to buy bread, but there are benches so you can eat the bread right away, so if you park in the parking lot, you won't be able to park for a long time. My personal recommendation is the gravel parking lot at the Kariya Danchi Community Center. It's a bit of a walk (approximately 750m), but it's recommended if you don't want to disturb other customers. If you stop at the Kariya Community Center, you'll also have access to the cheap tempura restaurant diagonally in front of Kitazawa that has a Showa-era flavor. The store is a small space and cannot accommodate many people. Is it etiquette to wait outside if there are other customers inside the store when you are about to enter? I think so too. So, this time I bought the most popular "Cream Pan" limited edition "Feminized Peanut Cornet" The cream bread has a high amount of cream and is quite heavy. In terms of cream content, it might be a good match for the famous store "La Moure" in Ototo Jutaku! I forgot the name, but I get the impression that the dough of the donuts is very elastic and chewy. If you like moist and chewy foods, I think you'll love it. Peanut cornet really tastes like peanuts and is like a liquid peanut with a high viscosity. It is highly complete. Most of the breads are relatively small, and the price is around 200 yen, making them affordable. Fresh bread is sold out before noon.

Due to long queues on the opening day and the next day, I went there at the afternoon of April 29th when there were only a few groups in the queue. Plain bread is almost sold out, grated hamburger (¥259, top left of photo on plate), vegetables and white sausage (¥346 top right), potato ham (¥228 bottom left) cod roe and bacon (¥238 bottom right) ) I tried shopping for a total of ¥ 1091 (all prices including tax). →Cheap and delicious! The sausage and cheese are good ingredients, and I'm worried that "Is it profitable?"😅 I felt that the bread dough was similar to a chewy bagel. The only drawback is that the store is small. There are few people in the store and there is a waiting time. It took about two and a half minutes for each group. I didn't check if it supports cashless. (2022.4.29 visit, postscript) It looks like a freshly baked bakery that will open soon. The building is almost completed and there is a notice for part-time employees. Since the store has not yet opened, I will give it three stars (neutral). (entered on April 14, 2022)