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Melonpan (メロンパン)
Melonpan looks like bakery sorcery, but it is only two doughs: a tender milk bun and a thin cookie coat that must stay cool enough to crackle cleanly.
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Cream Pan (クリームパン, Kurīmu Pan)
Cream pan asks for two calm things: a custard thick enough to stay put, and a soft dough sealed with patience. Do that, and the little glove-shaped bun behaves.
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Uguisu-pan (うぐいすパン, green-pea-paste bun)
A spring bun asks for one honest filling: peas cooked bright, sweetened lightly, and cooled until firm enough to wrap in soft milk dough without leaking.
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Fried Red-Bean Bun (あんドーナツ, An-Dōnatsu)
An-dōnatsu is anpan's fried sister: yeasted dough around sweet azuki paste, a careful proof, steady oil, and a coat of sugar that gives the bun its crisp edge.
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Curry Pan (カレーパン)
Curry pan looks like bakery magic, but it is only cooled curry, patient sealing, and oil at the right heat. Keep the filling thick and the bread closes around it neatly.
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Anpan (あんぱん)
Anpan is not a pastry trick. It is soft bread, sweet azuki, and a careful seal, so the bean paste stays centered while the bun rises round and tender.
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Jam and Margarine Koppepan (ジャムマーガリンコッペパン)
A spindle-shaped school-bread roll, soft and plain on purpose, split open with jam on one side and margarine on the other. Nothing fancy, which is exactly why it works.
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Siberia (シベリア, castella with yōkan)
Siberia looks odd until the first clean slice: honeyed castella, firm red-bean yōkan, and just enough restraint to make a bakery sweet feel calm beside tea.
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Choco Cornet (チョココロネ, Choco Korone)
Choco cornet looks clever, which is how bakery bread frightens sensible people. Wrap a soft rope around a cone, bake it golden, then pipe in chocolate cream only after the shell is cool.
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Sugar-Fried School-Lunch Bread (揚げパン, Age-pan)
A soft koppepan, a small pot of clean oil, and sugar waiting in a tray. Fry only long enough to wake the crust, then coat it while warmth still catches every grain.
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Jam Pan (ジャムパン, jam-filled sweet bun)
Jam pan is plain kashi-pan comfort: a soft milk bun, a bright spoonful of jam, and one careful seal that keeps the filling where it belongs.
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Sausage Pan (ソーセージパン, Sōsēji-pan)
A frankfurter in soft milk dough sounds almost too plain, which is why it works. The bread browns, the sausage seasons from within, and the bakery case has its savory bun.
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