A family-run bakery in Morioka that built a local reputation by slicing a single large coppe pan and filling it to order. This brief explains what it is, how ordering works, why locals prize it, and where to find it.
Fukuda Pan specializes in one oversized style of coppe pan, sliced and filled at the counter with more than 50 sweet and savory options.
Founded in May 1948 as Fukuda Seipansho to feed students, the bakery uses a two-stage Nakadane fermentation and still focuses on local stores rather than nationwide expansion.
# What Fukuda Pan is Fukuda Pan (福田パン) is a family-run bakery in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, known for one simple product: a notably large coppe pan. Unlike bakeries that emphasize pastries or croissants, Fukuda Pan sells a soft, oblong roll designed to be sliced and filled on the spot. The bakery dates to May 1948, when it opened as Fukuda Seipansho to provide inexpensive, filling bread for students during postwar shortages.
# How the product works
# Texture, flavor, and baking method Fukuda Pan uses nakadane, a two-stage fermentation process the company says it has used since founding. The dough and roll are designed to be soft and slightly sweet so they hold fillings without crumbling. The bakery credits the original founder's background in yeast research for the product's texture and flexibility.
# Why locals care Morioka identifies Fukuda Pan as a local food people commonly associate with the city. The bakery supplied school lunches and sold bread at local high schools beginning in the 1970s, which cemented its presence in local memories and daily life. The company and city documents place Fukuda Pan alongside the region's better-known foods and beverages as something residents link to Morioka.
# History highlights
The company says it deliberately keeps operations local, running four directly operated stores in and near Morioka and avoiding expansion outside Iwate.
# Scale and reach Colocal reported in February 2024 that Fukuda Pan's daily sales reached about 10,000 rolls on weekdays and up to 20,000 on peak holidays. Those figures include packaged products sold through supermarkets and convenience stores as well as direct shop sales.
# How to order and what to try first
# Practical store note
# Final point
ファミリーマートでは、「森永製菓監修ホットケーキまん（あんバター）」を全国の店舗で販売中です。「森永製菓監修」だけど、あんこは井村屋！
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