Nakagawa Komugi-ten

Here is the best Boulangerie in Kyoto.
It'll be maybe in top five fantastic Boulangerie in this country so far.
Just try their freshly baked baguette without saying anything.  Any complaints will be accepted if you have some.

Located near Shimogamo shrine, quiet and natural, Nakagawa Komugi-ten welcomes you with stimulating aroma of freshly baked bread together with beautiful heartwarming smile of Mr. & Mrs. Nakagawa.  This bakery uses organic wheat and freshly milled flowers.  They mill just exact amount of wheat to bake everyday so that flavor of breads has depth and sweetness.

It is often say that Kyoto is the place to enjoy Boulangerie, but there are no evidence to support that urban legend.  Nakagawa komugi-ten is one of rare case so far to suggest maybe there are possibility to make Kyoto as the city for Bread lovers.  Certainly, there are numbers of family bakeries in town. Some streets have a bakery every 10m, which is unusual density we see in other places like Osaka.  They are not only OLD fashioned family bakery, but also very fashionable, cozy, artisan type, which carries often natural yeast or sour dough bread. 
Some of them says, "Learn Baking and pastry-making in France", "in Germany", or "in Belgique."  Some also, "Trained famous XXXXX in Tokyo for XXyears."  However, talented baker cannot be identified by the sing they carry. Wonderful taste can be improved by their enthusiasm to crate something impressive or to re-create the taste in their memory only with their talents and techniques.  It is easy to understand this post when you visit this bakery.

Pasto

PASTO is Italian and French fusion style bakery in Kobe, small home style, family run type store often found in Japan. 
Price range is a little higher for their taste, but acceptable store location is considered.

Unfortunately their breads are not sour dough/organic, but there are variety of sandwiches and pasteries, fresh and tasty.
 

Walnuts bread, crispy long roll with full of walnuts, is very good minus feeling a bit sour and pins on a tongue…

1-1 3-chome Tachibana-dor, Chuo-ku, Kobe city

078-371-3403

Daichi Do

Boulangerie in Shiga pref.

They bake bread with Spelt grown by their own farm.

Front is Dinkel, Spelt, Breads, which had strong and rich taste.

Back is cookies with coconuts.

Price at Daichi-do is rather high even with their effort in all process,

but I still think it worth to visit if you have a chance.  

ameen's oven

Organic and partially Macrobiotic Neighborhood bakery.

Heavy and rich taste, made by naturally fermented grape, citrus yeasts and organically grown flowers. There are non- dairy selection as well as Macrobiotic, sugar-free.

There are not many bakery satisfy my craving for “GOOD BREAD”, but AMEEN’S is one of my favorite.

I recommend Bio Miche and Wheat Germ Toast for the 1 st timers, but there will be many many good looking rolls, sweet breads, and so on. Be sure to have less money, or have empty wallet!

※　Better to go around 11am.  After 12pm, you will find nothing....

ACME BREAD

In Bay area on the West coast, ACME BREAD is one of my favorite.

Unlike Fire Bread, Acme has their store in Ferry Building, SF, and comes to the farmers' market on Sat.

My favorite is walnuts and bugette.  

Campanue is good for sandwichs, too.

Ferry Plaza

Boulangerie Le Dimanche

There are number of nice bread shop in Kobe.

This is one of Fancy Boulangerie opened about 3 yrs ago.

Taste is not so impressive, but not too bad.
If you like buttery & sugery Sweet breads, maybe you will like their pastery. 

Their PINK shopping bag is cute!

(But has nothing to do with their tastes...)

T&K Building 1F

3-12-16 Kitanagasa st. Chu-o Ku, Kobe city　

Tel：078-331-8760　

OPEN: 10:00-20:00　

Boulangerie la lune

Have you ever found “The French Bread” to satisfy your craving??? It is difficult to hit anything satisfies your craving for a real French crispy bread even in place like here, Kobe, where is widely known as “Heaven” of good Bakeries and Pastry Shops.

Among all, “Boulangerie la lune” is named on the top of hierarchy.
As a French bakery, they, of course, make wonderful pastries as well. I love their croissant, rich taste form well selected butter. Even very small, maybe tiny, in size, it may give strong impression at first bite. When it comes to a baguette, it may be total-knockout and induces nostalgia of Paris…I mean, if you ever been there before.
Simply made of salt, wheat flower, water and natural yeast, it entertains a "baguette de tradition française" lover with the fine, right taste. It gives sour taste at first with mellow fragrance, and gradually transforms to sweet, mild wheat’s flavor, harmonizes with other ingredients. Crispy outside and soft/ juicy inside, it also gives mental satisfaction.
Although it costs over 300 yen per baguette, I would say it worth to pay!

4-3-12 Sakaemachi-dori Chuo-ku, Kobe
078-341-2018
Near China town in Motomachi