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I like traveling. So do most of you I guess.

Traveling to me is the best leisure activity on the earth. Besides discovering the new places and its lifestyle, I can have new objects to shoot while traveling. I wish that I can travel around the world with my family and takes photos of their happy faces.

Traveling is always constrained by 2 elements, money and time. Some people have time but no extra money to travel. Some people do have a lot of money but no time. Getting a balance between these two elements is not easy at all. My dream is to live with passive income so that I can have both time and money to travel.
This section is where I put my travel blog. It consists of destination where I’ve been and also the foods while traveling.
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Kimuraya Sohonten Anpan at Ginza, Tokyo

Written by kuanchong

Saturday, 05 April 2008

Kimuraya Sohonten 木村屋 at Ginza, Tokyo

Kimuraya Sohonten 木村屋 was founded in 1869 by Yasube Kimura. It is Japan’s first bakery after Japan was opened to the West.

This is the 1st Kimuraya Sohonten which is located at Ginza.

Kimuraya Sohonten 木村屋 at Ginza, Tokyo

Kimuraya Sohonten is famous with its "anpan", a type of bun made with sake yeast. The 1st "anpan" was introduced in 1874 with sweet bean paste inside. Today, there are plenty favours of "anpan" selling in Kimuraya Sohonten.

"Anpan" is relatively a very small bun which is size about 7 - 7.5 cm diameter. The price for an "anpan" is 130 yen (~ RM4 / USD 1.20)

Ginza, Kimuraya Sohonten anpan bun Ginza, Kimuraya Sohonten breads