As my long time readers know, I am passionate about creating and eating cute food. Japan is the land of cute food. During my 2024 trip to Japan, my friends and I planned opportunities to try cute food. Here is a sampling of the cute / attractive food I looked at and ate during my 2024 trip to Japan.

The photo above was from Cafe de Pojagi in Korea Town – Osaka. The bear is ice cream, the base is shaved ice with chocolate. It was delicious and a joy to eat!

I wanted to try 3D Latte Art. I found the Saryo-Suisen Cafe in Kyoto that had Green Tea Lattes with 3D art.

I ate this delicious Peach Parfait at Saryo-Suisen Cafe in Kyoto.

My niece ate this Tiramisu Parfait at the Saryo-Suisen Cafe in Kyoto.

My friend in Niigata took us to the Penguin Bakery from Hokkaido with lots of cute shaped bread. The above photo and three below are bread I looked at but did not eat. The penguin bread is the one I tried.

This Penguin was a beautiful, soft, and delicious chocolate bread. From the Penguin Bakery.

In Arashiyama, my niece, friend, and I ate cute Miffy bread along the river from the Miffy Bakery. Mine had red bean jam inside.

I found This is Shizen in Kyoto with beautiful Wagashi flowers on top of ice cream. My niece and I shared it since we had other cute food locations planned that day. I choose Morning Glory. They also has Hydrangea and Rose.

I ate the Bing Cherry parfait on the left. My Niigata friend’s daughter lives in Osaka and met us in Kyoto. She ate the one on the right. At the Sir Thomas Lipton Teahouse at Kyoto Station.

Delicious pudding cake from a cafe near Kappabashi.

Cheese bread from Anderson Bakery Ueno.

Panda cookie from Anderson Bakery Ueno.

Panda shaped cream bread from Anderson Bakery Ueno.

Walnut bread from Anderson Bakery Ueno.

I took this photo in a department store in Osaka. It was a sweet for Tanabata.

This trip to Japan has inspired me to recreate and create new cute and attractive food. I expect to feature inspired creations here in the coming months.