Synopsis

This week’s installment of Japanophiles features a lively conversation with a foreigner making his home in Japan. In Takasaki, a city north of Tokyo, Amir Takahashi operates a thriving bakery. Originally from Iran, he arrived in Japan at the age of twenty to dedicate himself to the craft of baking. Amir leaves no stone unturned, drawing water from a mountain spring, crafting his own soymilk from local beans, and employing only unadulterated, natural ingredients. The outcome is a fare that is bot