david pain
An artisan bakery opened in 2007 by David Mattei from Corsica, France, who trained at the renowned Maison Kaiser in Paris. Tucked away in a Tsukuba residential neighborhood, every bread uses homemade natural sourdough and carefully sourced organic, pesticide-free ingredients. Baguettes and croissants often sell out by mid-morning. Ranked #1 bakery in Ibaraki Prefecture on Google Maps reviews (2024–2025). Selected for Bread EAST Top 100 in 2017, 2020, and 2022.
"The baguette tastes exactly like what I had in Paris." "Sells out by mid-morning, so I wake up early and queue." "One of the reasons I'm glad I live in Tsukuba." "The homemade sourdough aroma when they come out of the oven makes you want to live nearby." "At this price, you can't find this quality even in Tokyo."