Kagetsudou

We were told by a local that THIS was the place for melon pan… so we stopped by one evening (around 6pm) but of course they were already closed. I had my mind set on trying this magical melon pan so we ventured out again the next day, but it was getting late (4:30pm) and I was getting nervous it might be too late again, and as this was our 2^nd to our last day in Tokyo, I wasn’t sure I’d have the chance to try it. Luckily they were still open, and it was wonderful! Not too sweet, but the texture is what I loved. The crunchy cookie-​like topping with the soft bready inside… sooo good! A bargain at $ 2! My husband tried their mochi balls on a stick — he liked it. They also had a lot of soft serve flavors, but I was saving my tummy space for dinner so melon pan would need to be it for me and boy was it worth the two trips!

Super fluffy and delicious traditional Japanese bread for ¥200! What’s more can you ask!

The melon pan is worth getting. It is a sweet, fluffy bread shaped like a melon that has a crispy sugar topping. This bakery is pretty much a landmark. Go try it for 200 yen!

Great place to grab some snacks while wandering the busy street at Asakusaji! The place looks crowded most of the time and seemed to have long line going. However, my SO and I were wandering around the time the rain stopped, so we got a chance to get a melon pan to try here for just 200 yen (less than 2 bucks). Although they do sell some other bakery items, it seems most people stopped by here for melon pan anyways!
Actually the melon pan was so good that we let some of our friends tried them, too (the pan was sizeable enough that you can just share if you aren’t too hungry. Some of our non-​Japanese friends tried it and the next day kept asking where she might be able to get melon pan. Truth be hold, melon pan seems to exist in any bakeries in Japan (even at any conbini/​supermarket). However, I think the one at Kagetsudou was particularly good.
If you have a chance or are in the area, try it! :) It doesn’t taste like melon or anything… the texture is quite unique, too.

The meron pan is good and big, but because it’s very fluffy I could easily ate the whole thing by my self.
I subtracted one star because of their customer service spirit.

This place is kind of a must visit when in Japan as they are famous for their delicious and unique tasting soft yet crunchy Japanese bread. You know you’re in for a treat as there is nearly always a line at this little bread joint and that is usually indicative of an extremely quality oriented product. Yes, that’s the case… The bread served in hot to the touch yet crispy to the taste and when you pair that with a nice hot tea on a cold day, you have yourself a beautiful pair.
Pros–
Delicious bread (melon)
Apple bread is good
Tea selection
Friendly service
English speaking
Prompt
Inexpensive
Great location (s)
Cons–
Line is always long
Literally bread is the star
Tea is usually really hot

5 stars for the melon pan, 2 for the baked apple pie… so why the five stars?
+1 good price! 200 yen for one or 500 yen for 3.
+1 delicious bread! I don’t taste the melon… but this reminds me of a airy waffle if flattened down. Great texture and perfect sweetness!
+1 good service! They know they’re a tourist location so they have a camera man, melon pan props and English speaking staff on hand.
+1 other varieties of sweets (aka crazy ice cream flavors and shaved ice) available!
+1 fresh!!! They are constantly restocking so yours will be warm.
Note: you can’t eat while you walk around so you’ll be asked to finish your bread in the little seating area. They have a café upstairs too, if you want to try traditional Japanese desserts.

Great place near the famous temple where you can get some really tasty Japanese sweet bread. The bread rolls are ¥200 for one and ¥500 for three. The bread is really soft and breaks apart in your mouth. Be prepared to wait in line for the bread but it’s worth the wait.

After visiting Senso-​ji temple, we smelled this amazing sweet smell and had to try it. Kagetsudou is a small bakery with a line around the side of the entrance. When we got there, we saw that it was 200 Yen for each bun or 3 for 500 Yen and we opted for that. The melon bun was absolutely delicious, it was a little crispy but fluffy and sweet.
There is a sitting area in the shop and we went in there to eat on the bench as we had been warned it can be considered rude to eat and stand. The line may seem long but it moves quickly. Also note that it is cash only.

I thought this place was going to be the best from the reviews. Either I have a different taste or it just wasn’t that great. Maybe because it wasn’t fresh. None of us 4 liked it. We got the melon bread for 200yen. 3 for 500 but we were afraid we wouldn’t like it. It’s a huge piece of bread. We went around ⁹⁄₁₀ am. I like the cream filled fish shaped pastries around there better. :)

Asakusa is crazy-​busy with tourists no matter when you go, and it looks like it has less to do with the Sensō-​ji Temple at the end of the main promenade and more to do with the souvenir shopping in front of it. One thing I was told was a must-​stop was this popular bakery where they sell a local creation called the Melon Pan. I believe it’s called that not because there is any melon flavor associated with it but because its outer crust bears a pattern that is meant to evoke an image of a cantaloupe’s outer skin (photo:
). OK I can buy that. I’ve seen these loaves sold at other shops throughout Tokyo, but this apparently is THE place to get it no matter how long the line gets.
And long it was with an army of schoolchildren waiting to get their individual loaves. Somehow I managed to convince Jamie W. that the ￥200 bread would be worthwhile. Well sure. It was a soft, sourdough-​lite biscuit with a crunchy crust hardened by a sugar coating. Truth be told, it was a bit bland to get excited about, but that didn’t stop people from getting a half-​dozen at a time. In fact, there was a photo opp set up where people stacked them u on their heads. That’s so Japanese. A bit more interesting was the ￥220 Apple Pie which was a honeycomb patterned waffle which did taste like sweetened apples (photo:
). It was more like a crustier Liege Belgian waffle but a bit lighter. OK I get it.

I’d seen melon buns in almost all bakeries while in Japan. Always way too full to have one by myself. But on my last day, I was on the hunt in search for the best one!
Perhaps because I came on a rainy late morning, there was no line. I was handed the most perfect, toasty, fresh out of the oven melon bun right away. These melon buns certainly did not disappoint. Hands down the best bun I’ve ever had in any bakery! Much milder (not as sweet) in taste compared to cantonese pineapple bun. Not one bit oily too — Which I can see myself devouring one after another without feeling sick. The flakey crust along with the warm fluffy bread — so so so so good! I should have gotten a dozen.
If only I can have their melon bun for breakfast every single morning. for the rest of my life. Dream would come true.

BEST MELON BREAD EVER.
Oh my god. I’m so glad my dad looked this place up and found this famous melon bread store in Asakusa, where we were shopping.
The melon bread is fluffy, sweet, addicting, delicious. The bread is coated with sugar which adds a nice glaze to the bun. Crispy on top yet still able to retain the fluffiness on the inside. Plus, the melon bread itself is massive! Don’t miss out when you’re in the area! They will sell out!
1 for 200 yen and 3 for 500 yen.

This was the best melon-​pan I had in Japan. I am glad I found this place thanks to Unilocal and I went there one morning for breakfast. Luckily, when I went there was no line so I got 3 warm fresh melon pan for 500 yen which is a steal in my book. After ordering the melon pan I also ordered the apple pastry which was just okay. I went to the side and ate my melon pan and when I was done one of the workers offered to throw away the paper the melon pan came in. He was very nice and the service here was great. Yum,

Lemme tell you about this melon pan.
Last morning in Tokyo — having an internal debate between going for one last azuki red bean pancake breakfast or venturing out for this melon pan. Per usual, curiosity got the best of me and I trekked through the rain to Senso-​Ji Shrine just to get this bun.
The melon pan — most amazing melon pan that’s ever entered my mouth. Crisp shell with a pillowy inside that melted on my tongue. The flavoring was understatedley sweet; airy sugar spun into the flour yet it still felt light and refreshing. Every now and then, I still catch myself daydreaming about this melon pan. Real talk, this bun is worth traveling to the shrine just to eat. I unsuccessfully tried to order an extra to bring back across international lines/​the Atlantic Ocean but that plan was disintegrated as soon as I boarded the train to head back to the airport. Until then, I patiently wait until I return to Tokyo so that I may be reunited with this melon pan.

OMG, I love melon pan, but this melon pan is on steroids! I can’t eat another plain ol’ regular melon pan anymore, thanks to this place… because this melon pan here is sooooooooo yummy! Perfect crunchiness on the outside and the perfect softness on the inside. It’s warm too! Oh my… I’m drooling just writing this review.
うわーーーーメロンパン大好きだけど、ここのメロンパンは格別！普通のメロンパンはもう食べれない。だって、ここのメロンパンは超美味しいから。外はカリッとしてて中がフワフワ！しかも温かい！これを書いているだけでよだれが出ちゃう。。。

Visiteur du temple Sensō-​ji, il te sera indispensable de faire une petite halte devant cette échoppe où tu découvriras le meilleur «melon pan» de Tōkyō !
Cette douceur japonaise est une sorte de brioche sucrée et tire son nom de sa forme ronde.
L’odeur des brioches en passant devant la boutique est alléchante. L’accueil est adorable. Le melon pan est tout simplement succulent et en vérité très addictif !
Délicieux et bon marché, tu né regretteras jamais son passage ici :)

This store is towards the end of the market heading to the shrine! As I was waiting for a friend at the bathroom my eyes were wondering what these people were eating and why it was so huge! I a huge foodie so I immediately had to find out where these people were getting these huge breads. I finally found the place and it was amazing! Besides the bread, they have a ton of different ice cream flavors that I have never even heard of! But I came for the bread, I got one bread fresh and fast. It was huge! And my goodness it was so crispy on the outside and extremely light and fluffy on the inside. This was amazing bread, it had a sweet outside and went great with the air like inside. I was going crazy! It was 200 yen which was so worth it! You must try this bread and the ice cream when you go to this place, it doesn’t disappoint!

When visiting Senso-​ji temple, you might as well stop here & get some baked goods, especially the melon pan. Don’t let the line intimidate you, it actually moves. When you order the melon pan, you get a choice of warm or one that’s cooled down a little bit. As impressive as the temple was, the melon pan is a close second!

The melon pan here is worth a trip to Asakusa/​Sensoji Temple alone. The bread is not actually made of any sort of melon but it gets its name from its melon-​like appearance. The bread is crispy on the top, highlighted by the crispy squares and coating of sugar. Inside the bread is light, hollow, and fluffy. At 1 for ¥200 and 3 for ¥500, the bread is a cheap and tasty snack.
Also let them know if you are going to eat the bread now or later because they will give the bread according to the situation. If you eat immediately, the give you a bread that is fresh from the oven and is more delicate. If eating later, they give you a cooled bread which is firmer and won’t crumble apart when put into a bag.
There will be a line here but it moves pretty fast and you will get your hands on the melon pan within a few minutes.