What is Mister Donut ? | Commentary by Japanese webmaster | Common in Japan #37

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What is ‘Mister Donut’ ??

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To introduce ‘Mister Donut’ well known in Japan
To clear your question about it

I wrote this article to introduce ‘Mister Donut’, as popular Japanese donut restaurant and to clear your question about it.

I would like to explain about the topic with mainly two parts.

Introduction of ‘Mister Donut’ in Japan
Deep Diving with Q & A style
- History
- Line-up of donuts
- Other products than donuts
- Price, etc

In first part, you can get basic information about ‘Mister Donut’ in Japan.

And next, I would like to introduce more details, with style of answering questions. You can get information with cherry pick style, in stead of reading long article.

I hope you will have proper information about Mister Donut in Japan, after reading this page.

This Article is written by

SHINTA+

Japanese Blog Writer | Born and raised in Japan. Lived, worked, visited in 21 countries in total. Introducing Japanese culture, based on experiences both domestic and international.

Table of contents

What is ‘Mister Donut’ ?
Deep Diving into Mister Donut in Japan
Postscript

What is ‘Mister Donut’ ?

‘Mister Donut’ is the largest Donut chain shop in Japan.

This chain is operated by Duskin with license agreement with Mister Donut U.S.A. There are more than 1,300 ‘Mister Donut’ in Japan. We can eat donuts inside or take them out.

‘Mister Donut’ is called as ‘MISUDO’ in short by Japanese people.

Introduction of Mister Donut

Largest Donut chain shops in Japan
More than 1,300 shops in Japan
Available both eat-in and take out
Operated by license agreement with Mister Donut U.S.A
In short, people call ‘MISUDO’ in Japan

Deep Diving into Mister Donut in Japan

I would like to introduce more information about Mister Donut in Japan, in this paragraph with Q & A style, so that you can access information easily.

Please kindly open items what you want to know.

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I hope you can clear your question in this part.

What is the history ?

Mister Donut has more than 50 years of history in Japan

First ‘Mister Donut’ in Japan was opened in 1971 with license agreement with Mister Donut U.S.A. From 1970’s to 90’s, number of shop was increased.

On the other hand, in 1990’s, ‘Mister Donut U.S.A’ closed or changed name of almost all Donut shops. So nowadays, Japan is the largest market for Mister Donut brand.

1971 First Mister Donut opened in Osaka
1974 Number of shops became 100
1987 Number of shops became 500
1997 Number of shops became 1000
2001 Number of shops became 1500

Reference : mister donut webpage

What kind of donuts are there ?

Various types of Donuts are available in Mister Donut in Japan

Pon de ring series

Constricted shape
Sticky texture
Leading product of Mister Donut

Old Fashion series

Crispy texture
Long seller since 1975
Tasty with freezing

French Cruller series

Fluffy texture
Nice with whipped cream

Yeast Donut series

Soft texture
Coated with sugar

Chocolate Donut series

Chocolate dough
Nice with coconuts powder

Others

Donuts pop
Sticked donut, etc

Author’s research

How much is it ?

The price of donuts are mainly in range between JPY 120 – 160 (+Tax, as of Apr 2022).

Example of price

Pont de ring : JPY 120
Old Fashion : JPY 120
Coconuts chocolate : JPY 150
Ponde double chocolate : JPY 140

Reference : mister donut webpage

Are there any products other than donut ?

Yes, other than donuts, various foods are available at Mister Donut in Japan

Pies
Hotdogs
Soups
Pizza (Large size stores)
Yamcha as Chinese cuisines (Large size stores)

Reference : mister donut webpage

What is the author’s recommendation ?

My recommendation is to have following menu at cafe space of Mister Donut. As coffee is free to refill at Mister Donut, we can spend time there with relaxing.