The Andersen bakery chain is a big success in Japan - the owner a big fan of Danish bread and pastry. named the place after fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen. Great experience, check out the bread making process via the big glass windows.

They offer by far the best bread and pastries in Hiroshima. They have huge Ishigama (stone oven) in the store, churning varieties of delicious bread throughout the day. We love their flavoursome Ishigama English Bread; when toasted it is crunchy outside and chewy inside. Also their Danish pastries are absolutely wonderful. If you want to try uique Japanese product is steamed mugwart bun. You surely will be tempted to try them all. Don't leave Hiroshima without trying their Danish.

They also serve light sandwiches and cakes in the cafe on the ground floor and they have a restaurant on the first floor.

Great food and massive range, can be expensive compared to local options

during summer, andersen's second floor food court at night turns into a all you can eat/drink extravaganza!!! pay around $35 for food another $10 adds all you can drink beer, wine........ YAY!! the plus is, all the food is made to order and delivered to your table. their signature desserts are a full size portion you normallly would pay $5.00 or more a piece. it's all you can eat too!!!! if you like to drink and eat, this is the place. go hungry it is worth it....