TRANSIT – No. 65: Adventures in Bread Around the World

Tokyo based magazine that covers cultures, people and landscapes of our world.

Bread is a common sight on our dining tables. It is loved by people not only in Japan but all over the world, and fills our stomachs. When we unravel this familiar food, we find that the ingredients, processes, shapes, and names vary from region to region, strongly reflecting the climate, culture, and history of each region. Its origins date back to ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, and it spread across the Mediterranean and Silk Road, and then around the world as Europe expanded into the world. Baked, fried, steamed, sandwiched... Bread has evolved in connection with the cultures of each region, and is still developing today. This book follows the lives of people in each country with bread, which is a daily part of their daily lives, and takes us on an adventure around bread around the world.

[Special feature]
Bread that connects life in Egypt from ancient times to the present/Egypt
Photos: Yoko Takahashi Text: Sayoka Hayashi (TRANSIT)
Round bread crossing the Silk Road/Uzbekistan
Photos: Takehiro Goto Text: Yuki Yamaguchi (TRANSIT)
A peaceful time exploring bread in Xi'an. Attracted by the smell of steam/China
Photos and text by Yuya Shiokawa
Ploughing the fields and baking bread, the primitive light/Lithuania
Photos and text by Yayoi Arimoto
Praying and sharing: bread, wine and monasteries/Italy
Photos by Sayuri Ichida, text by Reiko Sato
Days in Berlin with bread/Germany
Photos by Mai Kise, text by Hideko Kawachi
There are as many types of bread as there are cultures
Conditions that determine bread
The origin of bread...the history of wheat cultivation
The history of bread's spread around the world
Catalogue of local breads from around the world
Everyone's independent research on bread and travel...Morocco (Hikaru Iwama)/China (Shinobu Okumura)/Lithuania (Saori Matsuda L.T.shop)/India (U-zhaan)/Latin America (TOLO PAN TOKYO)
The relationship between faith and bread
Around the world in Japan! Bread travel guide...Europe/Middle East and Africa/Asia/America
Ask bread lovers! Recommended bread shop guide...Uemura Yuto/Tanabe Tomoka (Borujiku)/Ikeda Hiroaki/Yamamoto Yuko/Kai Minori/Sakai Yutaro
A guide to bread shops in 10 cities around the world
The beautiful world of fermentation
Fermentation is the mystery of life!/The origin of fermented foods/Fermented breakfast diary/Fermentation without eating/A conversation between Sander Elix Cats and Ogura Hiraku/Writers connected with fermentation/Guide to the world fermentation movement/Fermentation laboratory in the editorial department

[Appendix poster] Stickers for 4 types of bread

[Series] World View
The world today/Small words that travel far away/Citizens' conference to open up the future/One in 8 billion/Local folklore from across the sea
NIPPON's national parks Yoshino-Kumano National Park Photos by Maruo Kazuho Text by Sugawara Nobuko (TRANSIT)
A journey to see the light...Hoshinoya Fuji Photo by Katsumi Omori Text by Takashi Sakurai

Language: Japanese