Popular "Hyakumeiten" with long lines even before opening, with a line extending to the 4th shop next door!! Since it's takeout only and they have plenty of staff, the turnover is quick, and I was able to purchase after a short 10-minute wait. My choices were: ☑︎ Omurice: 1 for ¥50 (can be purchased in sets of 5). The most popular in the cake department! It's unbelievably cheap at ¥50 each. Light and easy to eat. ☑︎ Sunny Pan: ¥120. The number one favorite in the bread department! Made with Hokkaido condensed milk, it's a favorite for everyone! ☑︎ Camembert Noah: ¥160. A must-try for cheese lovers - delicious! ☑︎ Croquette Pan: ¥190. Not too heavy or light, full of homemade charm! The special sauce was delicious. A shop you'd be happy to have in your neighborhood, a shop you'd want to visit every day. Note: When passing by in the evening, everything except for sliced bread was sold out. It's recommended to line up before opening! It's conveniently located just a short walk from Kokura Station, with excellent access. It's inside a shopping street, so you won't get wet even on rainy days. The best.. Thank you for reading until the end! Likes and saves are greatly appreciated( ¨̮ )⤴︎⤴︎ Please check out my Instagram as well @gourmet_tabi.

Shiroya Bakery. If you live in Kitakyushu City and don't know this place, you're missing out. Shiroya is actually headquartered at its Kurosaki location. However, for some reason, the Kokura store is considered the flagship store... strange, right? Anyway, when it comes to Shiroya, you have to mention the Sunny Pan. It's a soft French bread with Hokkaido condensed milk in the middle. Who wouldn't love it, right? I enjoyed it very much. Delicious Sunny Pan, Shiroya Bakery Kokura store, I'll be back!

Visited around 12 o'clock. Waited in line for about 10 minutes and purchased a "Sunny Pan (120 yen)" and a "5-piece Omelette (250 yen)". The omelette is sold in units of 5. The Sunny Pan has a hard outer crust but a fluffy interior. The filling is incredibly delicious. The omelette is fluffy and tasty. If there is one nearby, I would definitely go frequently.

I think it is very cheap but tastes very warm and happy. I only had an omelette, but it tasted like a delicious cream that has been around for a long time and still tastes good. The bread is also absolutely delicious, so I definitely want to eat it next time I visit. It was fluffy!

Located just a short walk southwest from JR Kokura Station in Fukuoka, at the entrance of a shopping arcade, you will find "Shiroya Bakery Kokura Store," which was selected for the first time in 2022 as one of the top 100 bakeries in the West. The prices are very reasonable and affordable, with a nostalgic touch to the bread, reminiscent of school lunch bread. I visited on a Saturday morning around 10 am, just before the opening, and was surprised to see a long line extending all the way to the back! I ended up waiting in line for about 15-20 minutes. Initially, I planned to buy just one of their popular omelette cakes for 50 yen, but ended up getting a pack of 5 for 250 yen. I also tried their second most popular bread, the Black Sesame France, and the third most popular, the Butter Cream Bread. The number one favorite in the bread category is the "Sunny Bread" for 120 yen. The Black Sesame France bread had a firm and elastic texture with a rich black sesame cream filling, delivering a strong black sesame flavor. It was a unique and flavorful bread that I highly recommend. The bakery exudes a nostalgic and retro atmosphere, with friendly elderly staff and a cozy setting. While it may not appeal to everyone's taste, it caters to the locals of Kokura, providing affordable and comforting bread for their daily lives. Overall, Shiroya Bakery in Kokura, Fukuoka, may not fit the criteria of a top 100 bakery, but it offers a different kind of charm that is worth experiencing if you ever find yourself in Kokura. The Foodlog rating at the time of my visit was 3.64.

I visited "Inakaan Kokura Main Store" with the purpose of going to Kokura Station. I found the store nearby when I searched. It is one of the top 100 bakeries in the 2022 PanWEST list. I later found out that there is also a store at Hakata Station. I visited on a rainy Tuesday at 10:37 am. Many customers were coming in one after another to buy bread. There were customers buying a large quantity, like 20 omelettes by themselves. I carefully selected and purchased the following items: - Omelette (5 pieces) 250 yen - Croissant D'amand 160 yen - Sunny Pan 120 yen Total 530 yen. Before going to "Inakaan", I ate a little bit. (I ate the omelette later at the hotel) - Omelette: No. 1 in the cake category "A petite cake that has been loved for over 50 years, the pride of Shiroya (from the introduction)" 1 piece for 50 yen. Each piece is small and easy to eat. Simple but the cream is light and leaves a refreshing aftertaste. - Croissant D'amand: "Made with croissant using Swiss fermented butter. Almond cream is generously filled on top and inside and baked (from the introduction)" I bought it because I love D'amand. It's mini-sized but has plenty of almond cream! Personally, this might be the best. - Sunny Pan: No. 1 in the bread category "Soft French bread filled with plenty of Hokkaido condensed milk!! (from the introduction)" A small bread filled with condensed milk! This can also be eaten quickly like the omelette. Everything was incredibly affordable. Thank you for the meal.

After the merger of five cities - Moji, Kokura, Yahata, Tobata, and Wakamatsu - North Kyushu City became a city of one million people 60 years ago. Originally, it was supposed to be called Nishikyushu City in Fukuoka Prefecture, but since Yamaguchi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture already claimed the name Nishikyo, it became the second choice, North Kyushu City. North Kyushu refers to the northern part of Kyushu, while South Kyushu refers to Kagoshima and Miyazaki in the southern part. The population of North Kyushu City, with 1 million people, consists of 40% from the former Kokura City and 35% from the former Yahata City, making up 80% of the population. Moji, Tobata, and Wakamatsu make up the remaining 20%. Kokura and Yahata, as the core cities, used to be separate and rivals, which is why their relationship is not good. When you look at the reviews of Shiroya Bakery in Kokura, it mentions the soul food of Kokura, the Sunny Pan. However, the Sunny Pan is actually the soul food of Yahata, specifically in the central area of Kurosaki. The Sunny Pan is a soft French bread with condensed milk inside, creating a delicious sweet taste that captivates the people of North Kyushu City. You can find this soul food in Kurosaki at Shiroya Bakery's main store, as well as at their franchise stores in Fudeta, Ohashi in Fukuoka City, and Kokura. Enjoy the happiness of buying the Sunny Pan, the soul food of Kurosaki, at the gateway to North Kyushu in Kokura.

Whenever you go, there is always a line and it is popular. I think it is the most famous long-established bakery in Kokura, Fukuoka. They also have a store on the Ichiban Street in Hakata Station, but they often sell out. This time, I received a Sunny Pan from someone who went to Kokura. It contains Hokkaido condensed milk, making it sweet and somewhat nostalgic and delicious. The omelette is also popular and delicious. It's on the shopping list when you go to Kokura.

Today, I bought some bread for breakfast here. I used to buy omelette sunny bread as souvenirs at Hakata Station, but it's been a while since I bought some for myself. I got sunny bread, croquette bread, and black sesame French bread to go, and they were delicious. Thank you for the meal.

Today was a business trip to Fukuoka. The meeting was rescheduled by a day, so I arrived in Fukuoka a day early, which actually made me happy as I had been doing day trips recently. I visited Kokura and had eel for lunch at Tanaka An's main store in Kokura, then visited Kokura Castle and did some work inspections before heading back to Hakata. On my way back to Kokura Station, I stopped by Shiroya Bakery, which is one of the top 100 bakeries in Japan. There was a line of about 10 people waiting outside the store. I joined the line and it moved very quickly! They had a variety of sweet breads displayed in the showcase. I ordered the most popular item, the Sunny Pan! The Sunny Pan is a soft French bread filled with Hokkaido condensed milk. It cost ¥120 each. Most of the customers in line were buying quite a few items. I tried the Sunny Pan on the Nozomi train heading to Hakata. It was filled with a generous amount of condensed milk, which even dripped out from the other end. It had a nostalgic taste and was quite sweet, perfect for breakfast. I think it would go well with coffee or milk. Next time, I'll try the omelette. Thank you for the meal!

I bought Shiroya's omelette as a snack for my Shinkansen journey from Kokura. It was perfect to eat on the train. It had been a long time since I last lined up for it. It was sweet and really delicious. It goes great with coffee. I'm full and satisfied.

Order: Butter cream bread (120 yen) Shiroya Bakery, a popular bakery in Kokura. I was surprised by the surprisingly low prices. Even though I visited on a Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, there was still a long line, indicating that it is a bakery loved by locals.

Visited for breakfast the next day. There was a long line in front of the shop, but the service was efficient. Ordered the signature omelette, sunny bread, salt bread, anpan, red bean butter roll, and shrimp cutlet roll. The omelette was light and not too sweet, easy to eat. The sunny bread was surprisingly delicious with a rich milk flavor. The salt bread had a perfect balance of saltiness. The various rolls were decent, but after trying the delicious rolls from a shop in Kyoto, they felt a bit lacking. The signature items in the cake and bread departments are definitely worth trying if you're in the area.

There are many delicious bakeries in Kokura, but few have left as lasting an impression as this one. I have been coming here since the end of the Showa era, and while new products come and go, I always make sure to get Sunny Pan whenever I visit Kokura. Usually, there isn't much of a crowd, but this time there was a line stretching to the next store. After waiting 20 minutes, I was able to make my purchase. Sunny Pan is just a regular French bread with condensed milk inside, but I've been familiar with it since I was young, and the taste is simply irresistible to me. It's a simple combination of firm bread and condensed milk, but it really strikes a chord with me. Memories of this taste always bring a sense of nostalgia. This bread is my soul food that I crave every time I visit Kokura.

I love this shop so much. It's a place I've been familiar with since I was a child, and when I leave my hometown, I miss it even more. My favorite is definitely the Sunny Pan. It's a French bread about the size of a butter roll, with condensed milk sauce injected inside. There is a bias in the distribution of the sauce, so if you eat the sauce zone first, the latter part may feel a bit lonely. But if you eat it from the other end and hit the condensed milk zone at the end, the happiness you feel is...♪♪ The fact that it's cheap is also worth mentioning. Of course, the target and atmosphere are completely different, but recently, it seems like it's becoming rare to find a bread shop in Tokyo where you can get one for less than 100 yen. A single bread for 200-300 yen is normal. But the Sunny Pan is 110 yen. Cheap!! It's cheap, delicious, and makes you happy, so there's no reason not to buy it. There are many other reasonably priced and delicious breads, but it's a shame that I love the Sunny Pan so much that it's almost the only choice for me. I hope this shop continues for a long, long time.

Before returning to Hiroshima, I lined up to get some takeout. When it was my turn to order, they had sold out of Sunny Pan (so sad). I ended up getting 10 Omurice to go, which only cost 500 yen plus 1 yen for the bag, totaling 501 yen (so cheap, haha). I promised myself that I will definitely buy Sunny Pan next time I go. Then I boarded the Shinkansen.

I found the bakery I was looking for and there were about 4 people in line. I asked for a recommendation and chose the Small Sunny Pan and the Small Cutlet Mentaiko Bread, which are popular in Fukuoka. I paid 240 yen in cash and enjoyed them near the Mori Ogai Kyomachi Residence Monument. The Sunny Pan was delicious with butter and cream, and the Cutlet Mentaiko Bread had a tasty buttery flavor with spicy mentaiko. Now, time to think about lunch. With this, I have visited the 95th bakery in the Pan WEST Top 100 Bakeries 2022 list!

Before departing from Kokura, I bought takeout from the famous "Shiroya" in Kitakyushu City. I purchased Sunny Pan (soft French bread filled with condensed milk), Milk Pan (bread with condensed milk), Anpan King, and an Omelette (palm-sized with a fluffy and creamy texture). I bought quite a lot, but I was surprised by the low prices. I plan to enjoy them leisurely at home.

Shiroya's omelette is really delicious and reasonably priced, making it affordable even for students. It's truly a bakery loved by locals. If they had one in Tokyo, it would probably be popular there too. The cream flavor omelette is the most popular, but they also have other flavors. I'd like to try their other breads next time.

It's too famous not to buy, right? There was a line even though it was just after opening, but surprisingly it moved quickly. I decided to postpone buying the bulky bread and explored around Kokura Station for about 4 hours. I visited the nearby Tanka Market, which had a great atmosphere. Then I returned to Kokura Station and arrived at Shiroya Bakery. Unfortunately, the roll cakes I had my eye on were sold out! I regret not buying them earlier despite worrying about carrying them around. I took the pastries back to Kansai and immediately froze them. The omelette was delicious cold, and warming up the Sunny Pan made the cream melt nicely, with a gentle sweetness that was addictive. I devoured the Kouhen before taking a picture. Next time, I'll go all out and buy everything in sight when I visit again!

It's a very down-to-earth shop and Sunny Pan is considered the soul food of Kokura locals. My wife brought some back for me when she went on a business trip to Kokura. Sunny Pan is filled with plenty of condensed milk inside. When you bite into it, the condensed milk spreads out with a juicy sensation. It's a dream come true for me, as I always wanted to eat unlimited condensed milk when I was a child. The other breads were delicious too.