Film
Bread of Happiness (Shiawase no Pan)
Central Hokkaido area
This heartwarming live action film takes place in a small town called Tsukiura on the shores of Lake Toya, Hokkaido, and follows a couple who run a bakery and guesthouse called máni. Their customers come to máni with various states of mind, and each customer's life is touched by the couple. After enjoying warm bread baked by Nao Mizushima (Yo Oizumi), with a cup of coffee lovingly prepared by his wife Rie (Tomoyo Harada), every customer feels emotionally nourished. The film takes a gentle look at problems we face in various areas of our lives, from love to family.
© 2011, Bread of Happiness Production Committee
- Year released
- 2012
- Starring
- Tomoyo Harada, Yo Oizumi, etc.
- Director
- Yukiko Mishima
- Screenwriter
- Yukiko Mishima
- Distributor
- Asmik Ace
STAMP SPOT!
gla_gla
The studio and gallery of local glassblower Daisuke Takatomi. gla_gla appears in an impactful scene in the film where Rie, the wife, meets glassblower Yoko while looking for a mirror. The store's crystal-clear wares are made by a glassblowing technique called free-blowing. An objet d'art called Nup-same-mem (a name from the language of the indigenous Ainu people) is placed on the terrace so that you can enjoy the melodic clinking of the glass and the beauty of the surrounding nature all at once.
- Address
- 44-517 Tsukiura, Toyako Town, Abuta District, Hokkaido 049-5723
- Phone
- 0142-75-3262
- Access
- Around 15 minutes by car from JR Toya Station
- Open hours
- 10:00am - 3:00pm
10:00am-4:00pm Fridays
- Open period
- All year round
- Closed
- Wednesdays and Sundays
- Admission
- -
- Notes
- Sessions to make your own glass item are currently not available.
