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All-purpose flour in Japan: what it's called and where to buy it

Japanese supermarkets mostly sell 薄力粉 (cake flour) and 強力粉 (bread flour). All-purpose flour, 中力粉, exists but is less common, so most people mix the two.

Look for this on the label

  • 中力粉

    chūrikiko · closest to all-purpose

  • 薄力粉

    hakurikiko · cake flour, low protein

  • 強力粉

    kyōrikiko · bread flour, high protein

Where to find it

In the shop

Flour and baking shelf (粉, 製菓材料), near sugar and pancake mix.

Which shops

薄力粉 and 強力粉 are everywhere. 中力粉 is at larger supermarkets, sometimes sold as udon flour (うどん粉).

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