A bun made with Sakadane sourdough, generously filled with red bean paste and finished with a salted pickled cherry blossom. Once made for the emperor who fell in love with its taste. Who knew Kimura was a samurai before abandoning a rapidly obsolete career to become a baker???

Never had anpan with a honey melon filling before and so I had to try it.

There was at least taste a recognizable taste of cantaloupe in this but it was still very, very sweet.

I was pretty excited about this for at least 2 reasons: 1. It was filled with pumpkin! 2. It was on sale!