Japan's Melon Bread Origin and Nationality in Meiji Japan
Photo credit [ CC BY 2.0 ] to Hideto KOBAYASHI There's a great article in The Armenian Mirror-Spectator about the origins of the "Melon-pan" ( メロンパン { meron-pan } ), sometimes called a "Sunrise" ( サンライズ { sunraizu } ) in some parts of the nation, that is: ubiquitous in Japan found in every single convenience store, bakery, and anywhere serving edibles for a train commute in Japan. Ōkura Sagoyan Introduced to Japan during the Meiji era by a talented Armenian baker, イワン・サゴヤン { Iwan SAGOYAN } (Hovhannes "Ivan" Ghevenian Sagoyan), who was discovered by Baron Kihachirō Ōkura ( 大倉喜八郎 { ŌKURA Kihachirō } ) while working at the New Hotel Harbin in Manchuria, China. Poached from China, the baker invented the original versions of the famous candy bread while working at the Imperial Hotel ( 帝国ホテル { Teikoku Hoteru } ), basing it on the French galette ( ガレット { garetto } ) pastry bread using Russian techniques for fusion of Vienna/German...