Depachika Sando (デパ地下サンド)
Department store basement (depachika) sandwiches; premium quality, beautifully packaged.
Department store basement (depachika) sandwiches; premium quality, beautifully packaged.
Department store katsu sando; often from famous tonkatsu restaurants.
Department store fruit sandwiches; showcase premium seasonal fruits.
Soft roll filled with Japanese curry; baked version.
Thin cucumber slices with mayo on shokupan; light, refreshing.
Cuban sandwich adapted in Japan; specialty shops.
Sandwiches designed for beautiful cross-section appearance when cut.
French croque monsieur at bakeries and cafés; ham, cheese, béchamel.
Japanese cream stew (white stew with chicken, vegetables) as filling.
Whipped cream sandwich on shokupan; simple sweet sando.
Soft roll filled with pastry cream (custard); distinctive glove shape.
The cocoa branch of a 1904 Tokyo bun built to carry custard like a French choux shell. Read it by the glove: the slits that vent the bake, and a seam crimped tight to hold a looser chocolate cream.
Cream croquette (creamy béchamel filling with crab or corn) on shokupan.
Crab meat (often canned or kani-kama imitation) with mayo on shokupan.
'American Dog'—battered and fried hot dog on a stick; festival food.
Egg sandos and cafe plates sold under anime and game licenses in Japan, from FamilyMart's Zenitsu box in July 2025 to Pronto's Pokémon menu in 2024.
Japanese club sandwich; usually ham, egg, lettuce, tomato, less towering than American.
Toast with butter, sugar, and cinnamon.
Chocolate cream sandwich.
Chocolate-filled soft bread; various forms.
Cone/horn-shaped bread filled with chocolate cream.
Most fried chicken gets sauced once; chicken nanban gets sauced twice, a sweet-vinegar bath then a blanket of tartar, and the sando has to carry both into bread that fights the wet.