Bread and Pastries.:.A Bite of Heaven

While Kobe is known for its Kobe beef, it's also quite popular for its abundance of bakeries. It's quite common to see a bakery inside every train station (and so far, I've seen one inside every train station that I've been to!) in addition to the many bakeries that are scattered around towns. The bakeries are a death trap for me. Coming home from work, I'm tired and hungry and when I pass by a bakery at the train station and catch a whiff of freshly baked bread escaping from inside, it's hard to ignore the desire to buy one of those sweet or savory perfections :)

For all you chocolate lovers, you can always find a chocolate-type of bread or pastry inside any bakery

Bakeries will fill bread with an assortment of foods: croquet, hot dogs, chocolate, cream, azuki, the list goes on and on 

As if it can't get any better, you can find bread in the shape of your favorite Japanese characters! :)