Japan is an island nation.
There is a "Disaster Drill Day" in September.
As you know, Japan is the country which is often hit by natural disasters like Tsunami and earthquake. Therefore, the Japanese people are concerned about the emergencies in daily life and many people prepare emergency supplies at home.

As one of them, “Food”. Recently the Japanese emergency food has been improved for its high quality of instant-cooking and taste. When we talk about “emergency food”, we often have stuff like crackers and canned food in the past, but now, various kinds of emergency food like curry, soup, rice and noodles are sold at the grocery store, drug store and sometimes do-it-yourself store.
Hot water in, and you will have restaurant- level delicacies.



Today, I would like to introduce the “KANPAN” which is called hardtack or ship biscuit in English. However, this is not usual KANPAN as they are known as hard biscuit before. They are now soft delicious bread in this can.

This KANPAN is made by Kyoto Bologna which is a very famous and above- average in price bakery in Gion, Kyoto. The can is designed to be opened without a tool and can been opened without too much force. Most surprisingly, this bread can be kept for as long as five years so you don’t have to worry about the expiration date that often.



In fact, this KANPAN is not only for the emergencies but also useful for outdoor activities like mountain climbing. You can buy it on the internet. How about adding this KANPAN to your list of emergency supplies?