Kimuraya Sohonten
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''Kimuraya Sohonten'' ( ja, 木村屋總本店) is a bakery which was first established in 1869 as ''Bun'eidō'' (文英堂) by a former samurai, Yasubei Kimura. It was then renamed ''Kimuraya'' in 1870. Kimura invented the anpan sweet bun in 1874 and this became popular with the Emperor and so sold well.


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