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A 600-Mile Quest to Savor Japan’s Kissaten and Pizza Toast - Eater

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One man’s journey to track down the origins of pizza toast led him to the traditional kissaten

Eater Archives I Walked 600 Miles Across Japan for Pizza Toast One man’s epic quest to savor the fading beauty of Japan’s traditional cafes — kissaten — and their signature snack by Craig Mod All photographs by Craig Mod Dec 16, 2019, 3:54 PM UTC The architecturally superior pizza toast at Bugen The pizza toast was like liturgy, like an old friend comforting me as I wept into my hands. The pizza toast was everything I needed it to be at the very moment it arrived. You see: I was in the middle of an epic walk across Japan. On this trip I was following the old Nakasendō historic highway, and wou

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