Samurai Factory Announces Late-May Pop-Up Event Schedule Across Japan for Its Sweets and Bakery Brands

Samurai Factory Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kita-ku, Sapporo and led by representative Masaaki Kubo, has announced the late-May nationwide pop-up event schedule for its brands Pudding Honpo, Brezelia, LA PANADERIA DOTS, Caneliche, THE BAGEL STAND, and WAFFLE HOLIC. Customers visiting nearby areas are invited to stop by. Pudding Honpo will appear at department stores, station sweets areas, and Hokkaido product fairs in Tokyo, Iwate, Kanagawa, Saitama, Hyogo, Nagano, Niigata, Oita, and Kyoto, including Sweets Box Odakyu Shimokitazawa, Kawatoku, Kawasaki Azalea, Sogo Omiya, Sanyo Department Store, Nagano Tokyu Department Store, CoCoLo Niigata, Tokiwa Main Store, Ekimal Sweets Kyoto West Gate, and Sweets Box Emio Ikebukuro. Its summer-only “Adult Coffee Pudding” will be sold from around late May to late August 2026. Made with Hokkaido milk and fresh cream, the smooth coffee pudding is topped generously with lightly sweetened whipped cream and offers a refreshing yet rich flavor. Price: 600 yen including tax. Brezelia, a specialty shop for authentic German-imported pretzels, will operate pop-ups in Kanagawa, Saitama, Tokyo, Shizuoka, Okayama, Hyogo, Nagano, Niigata, Hiroshima, Osaka, Aichi, Ehime, Kyoto, and Hokkaido. The brand delivers traditional German salty pretzels made by a long-established German manufacturer with over 100 years of history, flash-frozen to preserve their flavor for customers in Japan. LA PANADERIA DOTS will appear in Kanagawa, Akita, Shizuoka, Osaka, Tokyo, Okayama, Kochi, Ehime, Kyoto, Hyogo, Hiroshima, Oita, Aichi, Chiba, Hokkaido, and Fukuoka. The brand is currently selling its spring-limited Blueberry Dots, a fluffy and chewy doughnut coated in blueberry-rich sugar, offering a bright blueberry flavor. Price: 390 yen including tax. Caneliche will open a pop-up from May 19 to June 2 in front of the food hall at Fuji Grand Higashihiroshima in Hiroshima. The brand specializes in canelés imported directly from Europe, selling authentic canelés from France for snacks and gifts. THE BAGEL STAND will appear at Ikspiari in Chiba, Lumine Ogikubo and Kitasenju Marui in Tokyo, and Tennoji Mio in Osaka. The brand specializes in authentic New York-imported bagels, made with long, low-temperature fermentation and baked in a wood-fired oven for a distinctive chewy texture. It also offers evolved croissant sweets such as croissant waffles and croissant doughnuts. WAFFLE HOLIC will appear in Aomori, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Ehime, Okayama, and Osaka. Based on the concept of “the joy of choosing and deliciousness you get hooked on,” the brand offers a wide variety of waffles, including authentic Belgian Liège waffles, chewy cream-filled waffles, savory meal waffles, and seasonal limited items. Samurai Factory sells house-made Western sweets as well as high-quality overseas sweets and breads. It operates eight brands, including Pudding Honpo, known for its flagship “Samurai Pudding,” and LA PANADERIA DOTS, a popular doughnut brand imported directly from Europe. The company mainly sells products at events held in department stores and commercial facilities across Japan, participating in around 1,000 events annually. It was established on August 31, 2011, and is headquartered at 2-5 Kita 26-jo Nishi 3-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo.