The "Melonpan Festival" "3rd Melonpan Festival" will be held on May 5th at 3331 Arts Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), where melonpans from all over the country will come together.

A lot of unique melon bread! (Source: Melonpan Festival Official Facebook)
A lot of unique melon bread! (Source: Melonpan Festival Official Facebook)

A variety of melon breads are on sale, from a wide variety of melon breads available from all over the country to "limited melon breads" that are a collaboration between a popular bakery in Tokyo and a melon bread festival.

The collaboration with Kichijoji "Bonjour Bon" was "Compota Melonpan" (151 yen, tax included, same below). It is finished by wrapping plenty of Hokkaido sweet corn with a crushed texture in melon bread. The dough is also blended with creamy corn potage as a secret ingredient.

You can enjoy the rich taste of component melon bread
You can enjoy the rich taste of component melon bread

Also, "Adult Melonpan" (220 yen) collaborated with Yoga "salut!". It's a cupcake-type melon bread, and it's said that you can squeeze the Cointreau cocktail in the dropper stuck at the top.

In addition, "Carino Pan", which makes miniature bread from real bread dough and processes it to make brooches and magnets, will be exhibited for the first time at the Melon Bread Festival. At events held in the past, popular miscellaneous goods that were sold out within an hour of opening will be sold.

"Inedible" breads are too cute to buy (Source: Melonpan Festival Official Facebook)
"Inedible" breads are too cute to buy (Source: Melonpan Festival Official Facebook)

The proceeds of the event, excluding operating expenses, will be donated to support the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa.

[Overview]
Date and time May 5th, 12: 00-17: 00 (Various breads will end as soon as they are sold out)
Venue 3331 Arts Chiyoda (6-11-14 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Tickets are required to purchase bread, and advance tickets and same-day tickets can be purchased from the event official website.

[Exhibitors (as of April 6, 2016)]
・ Tokyo bakery Azabujuban Montabo
ecru
salut!
Chez Kazama Bakery & Cafe Pan au Thrill Panya Pingouin
HIGU BAGEL & CAFE
Boulangerie Auvergne
Boulangerie NOBU
Boulangerie Bonheur
Boulangerie LA SAISON
Polaris Bonjour Bonn
Lotus baguette

・ Bakeries other than Tokyo
cachette (Fukuoka)
Kalaheo Bakery (Kanagawa)
Gourmand Marce (Gifu)
Koukado (Ibaraki)
Taisho Seipanjo (Kyoto)
Boulangerie La oeuf (Kanagawa)
Bakery Hallebino (Chiba)
Billion Billion (Aomori)
Peter Pan (Chiba)
Fukuyama Bakery (Kumamoto)
Boulangerie Le Bonheur (Aomori)
Yamaguchi Confectionery (Chiba)