Comment by Arkhaine_kupo

100%.

The entire industry of japanese bakery happened almost by accident. After WW2 America forced Japan to buy its exports and one of the things america had loads of was Wheat. Well japan already had rice as its staple food so what where they gonna do with this wheat?

They made tons of flour and made loads of baked goods, that are incredible nowadays. (Its a country with sweet tooth and it shows).

Another brilliant thing they did was electrocute the bread and make Panko, which is crispier and healthier than normal breadcrumbs. Something europeans hadn't thought off cause we made bread the same way for a thousand years.