One of the best things about Japan is its bread. And one of the best things about said bread is how creative it can be.
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“Usagi pan” (うさぎパン) or “rabbit bread” is not new. For a while, certain bakers have fashioned buns into bunnies — and other animals as well.
京成バラ園 隣のパン屋さんで、うさぎパン pic.twitter.com/W2GaAje3Gv
— usa41 (@usa41) May 16, 2016
うさぎパンを食らう(´ );ω;`) pic.twitter.com/fMFbtXDuVK
— CHIBI´;ω;` (@chibikkey) April 25, 2016
パン屋Now♪、、今日も面白パン発見(笑)ゼリー・ビーンズの耳が可愛いな♪うさぎパン^ ^ pic.twitter.com/7y8zMmNEju
— gts (@gts1961) February 28, 2016
And so on.
What is new is a Tokyo bakery’s take on rabbit bread:
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うさぎパン?
焼きたてのしあわせにおい(๑>◡<๑) pic.twitter.com/PliuNjtFsz— Tamakicchi (@tama_kicchi) March 9, 2017
The entire loaf is bunny-shaped, so that when it’s sliced, you get:
パァァァン!!?(リベンジ)
新高円寺、ベーカリー兎座[レプス]さんのうさぎパン、買えました。
うさぎパンは午前中に行かないと難しいかも… pic.twitter.com/rPYHLNwP9s
— momoiro*3/18-20gg展 (@MkinokoM) March 3, 2017
新高円寺に新しくできたパン屋さん、兎座ベーカリーLEPUS。食パンはウサギの形です。 pic.twitter.com/XhMuj9kPOF
— ちりり (@chiriri3) March 7, 2017
The best part? This bakery is called “Lepus”, as in the rabbit constellation Lepus, so thematically, this works!
新高円寺にできたばかりのパン屋さん?うさぎ型食パンをゲット?✨ #うさぎ #パン pic.twitter.com/6KePSxtUA1
— アート PR Maiko☆ (@cocomademoII) March 8, 2017
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Japan is the perfect case study for the negative effects of the western diet. Kids with acne, kids a foot taller than their parents, various cancer rates increasingly with every generation since WW2.