Kirk here with a bakery recommendation. The location is Honmyoji. It’s still a bit early, but it’s really very beautiful during cherry blossom season, as Liz’s photos attest. In this post I am merely sharing screenshots of Liz’s photos as they appeared in the following post by William:
The bakery is Totoro Tei (トトロ亭; Totoro’s Bus Stop?), which used to be in Kokai. The photo you see of the proprietors is from the following post and was taken before they moved out to Honmyoji: https://www.facebook.com/kokaisyoutengai/posts/pfbid02DfD6Erqyra2BwK87h5VNbNCpMopxjgizrKc3vPs2ezpcsv7KdbZsDVP72RhUj7vKl
The current location is in a building that has a prominent Buddhist alter befitting its location on the grounds of a Buddhist temple. The contrast between the tasty baked goods and the Buddhist trappings seems to have caught the attention of the producers of ナニコレ珍百景 (Nani kore chin hyakkei; “What’s this? 100 odd scenes”) because the TV show came to record a segment with them. As far as I know it hasn’t been shown yet. I’m hoping to record it and see it when/if they appear of the show.
At any rate, a few minutes ago I was enjoying some delicious curry bread (カレーパン) that my wife bought there and I thought “I should post to Kumamoto International about this!” Hence this post. :)