Anpan was originally created by Yasubei KIMURA, the founder of Kimuraya (known today as Kimuraya-sohonten (Japan's first bakery) and a former samurai from Ibaragi Prefecture, and with his second son named Eizaburo KIMURA, they put anpan on the market at their bakery in Ginza in 1874 where it was well received.
木村屋（現・木村屋總本店）創業者であり茨城県出身の元士族・木村安兵衛とその次男の木村英三郎が考案し、1874年に銀座の店で売り出したところ好評を博したとされる。