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Solo baker, 25 kinds of bread, a wood-fired oven | Sourdough bread making in Japan | Documentary

REIYA Watanabe | Japanese Breads

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Baking bread without electric ovens, baker's yeast, and fermenters.

Obst, a bakery specializing in bread made by home-cultivated leavens. The previous video, which recorded 3 million views on Youtube:
朝3時半から、たった1人で２０種類以上のパンを製造！自家培養酵母パン屋オぷスト

Three years have passed since this video, and baker Ryuji Koiwai has entered a new stage in his career: he closed the store he had operated for 8 years in the city. He reopened the store with a wood-fired oven in a small port town. While maintaining his one-person bread baking style, he has taken on the challenge of baking bread more naturally without using three Sacred treasures for baking: an electric oven, baker's yeast, and a fermenter.

I closely covered a day in the life of a baker, Ryuji Koiwai, who alone produces 25 kinds of bread from 3:30 in the morning and covered the entire baking process. He also talks about his thoughts on bread making, the characteristics and uses of raisin leaven and rice wine leaven, and how he decided to open a store in Okayama, where he had never been.

Click here to see the "Kurousagi" that Koiwai trained at
60 kinds of bread from 5 different natural...

the kind of leaven
1. Raisins leaven
2. Ryesour leaven
3. Rice wine leaven

Baker: Ryuji Koiwai (小岩井竜二)
Bakery`s name: OBST （オぷスト）
Location: Ushimado, Setouchi city Okayama prefecture JAPAN
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/obst_yuimay...
Filming and Editing： REIYA Watanabe

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chapter
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0:00 Preparation and shaping of the dough
5:04 the wood-fired oven is fired
7:50 Shaping and temperature control of oven
17:52 Start baking and shaping
32:38 Serving and opening the bakery
34:21 Talking about his personal history
36:20 Talking about raisin leaven
39:59 Talking about rice wine leaven

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20 Comments

@hollydayholiday 4 years ago

This isn't a baker, this is a master baker. The beauty of his breads is breathtaking - and I know what I talk about: here we love bread with a passion and produce excellent breads (Belgium). My father used to go the countryside every sunday to buy stone baked bread and it was a pure delight! Breads in the video looked alike. My heating goes by the same principle: electricity heats the stones and my house is warm 24/24. I will even take out the stones from one old heater and build a bread oven in the garden using them. It really is a great way to bake and warm a home. Wishing this master baker and his family the best success.

@luizvictorsantos250 4 years ago

As a baker, this is one of the most beautiful things I have seen in this industry. Well done 👏

@kostasvakis1485 4 years ago

You are an artist my friend! It's a hard work to be a baker. I am also a baker myself and i know the effort, the devotion, the discipline and the love you have to put to everything you create. It's difficult to work when everyone else is sleeping but at the end of the day, when you see the smiling faces of your customers, you see that all the effort was worthy. Keep up the good work my friend!!!

@xanacanadu 4 years ago

This is by far the best baker I have watched on youtube. This is a beautiful example of how to work with care, pride, efficiency and love. This man's work to me is the epitome of beauty.

@JonathanXLindqviust 3 years ago

Swede here. Please relay how people across the world see this man as the artisan he is. Thank you for your work.

@krazyleg 3 years ago

Another Vincent Talleu, what a master. I’ve baked for 45 years. Owned a handful. This is what baking should be. No wasted motion or space. An Artist, a Craftsman, a Renaissance man.

@johnboy4067 3 years ago

I was a Baker for 30 years and this is the cleanest my far I have seen , and the most relaxed

@blackfist3517 4 years ago

His smile when he says all work is done made me smile too. I know that feeling and I can't but connect with it. Great work sir!

@knackigbrot 3 years ago

When I saw how quickly and carefully he worked up the breads, I knew immediately that he had learned either in Germany or France. And I just love how he said efficiency takes the fun out of it. Because I agree with that 100%!

@_KITE 3 years ago (edited)

I’ve been to this bakery and can honestly say that the quality of the bread is truly superb.

I did not know that the store was famous at the time because it is fairly deep in the countryside and not really accessible via public transportation. Come to think of it though, there were so many people there for the bread. What a treat to see it again here!

@kpopkisses11 4 years ago

This was one of my favorite videos of all time on YouTube. I learned SOOO much and absolutely admire this man for really focusing his passion and making it his own. The result is beyond impressive and he must live a very happy and fulfilled life. What a blessing.

@inspiredlife9315 1 year ago

Some years ago, I saw this baker building this bakery. Now to see him baking, fulfilling his dream is awesome.

@marcbaxterofficial 4 years ago

Very wellimpressed. If you ever tried to work with natural leavener and fire oven you know how hard it is. This is absolute master craft

@БатькаМахно-з3ч 4 years ago

Молоток !
Трудяга !
Уважаемым и нужным делом занимается !

@lorenzotodd4673 3 years ago

The baker was very fluid. Amazing artist

@robertmitchell8094 2 years ago

Watching this was relaxing. Much respect to the baker.

@MDj95 4 years ago

Молодец парень он знает , хлеб всему голова 🇰🇿🇮🇷🇰🇬🇵🇾🇵🇼

@karenramcharan8983 4 years ago

Omg I enjoyed this in its entirety!!!!!!!! It's like I'm actually there with you making the bread. Would have loved to see it in real life. You are so organized and skillful. I've always wanted to open a little diner with a few bakery stuff of my own. Very little like 3 tables and chairs setting for breakfast lunch and dinner. You brought out the urge in me that's been dormant for many years. Well done fantastic job!!!!! Blessings unto you and your family 🎉🙏

@tidawanbrunner7040 4 years ago

Wow Im so impress of how Japanese people take it serious and a lot of passion for whatever they do. Thank you Reiya you did a great job for your content.

@despasstscho4947 3 years ago

Respect from Germany! And don´t think about: I think you are very efficient ....and if I would have the choice, I would buy my bread in your bakery 👍❤