Azuminoru Bakery

Azuminoru bakes hard breads from Nagano-grown wheat using only flour, water, salt and yeast. The shelves hold pain au levain, baguettes, focaccia, rustique, campagne and a cranberry and cream cheese loaf. It opens 9:00 to 16:00, or until it sells out, from Thursday to Sunday, five minutes from the Azumino interchange. The bakery asks visitors not to stop or turn on the road in front of the neighbours' houses, so park in its five spaces or lean the bike out of the way.