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REGIONAL ITEM HISTORY

Chicken bake

チキンベイク

Chicken, bacon and green onion fill the Japanese chicken bake described by Hisayama reviewer Kosuko. [2]

Historical Japanese observations, including later retrospective or menu-rotation reports. Current local availability is not verified.

REPORTED PRICE420 JPY(≈ $2.65 USD)One bake · Japan, historical records · report published 2016; sale date unknown

Nutrition: no verified local serving data.

Chicken bake photographed at Costco in Meridian, Idaho on October 11, 2026
Chicken bake at Costco in Meridian, Idaho, October 11, 2026. Photo: Jacob Falk.
THE RECORD

identity

Its chewy bread casing had a crisp, cheese-scented surface; the white filling sauce tasted strongly of cheese to the reviewer. [2]

THE RECORD

history

Chicken and bulgogi bakes appeared together on a Kawasaki menu published in February 2011. GIGAZINE tasted the chicken version during its Kyoto Yawata opening-day coverage that December. By the February 2012 Hisayama review, Kosuko had encountered either bake, or both, on different visits. [1] [3] [2] [4]

Looking back in November 2024, Kosuko recalled not seeing the food-court chicken bake for four or five years. That recollection describes a gap in the reviewer’s own visits, without fixing a nationwide withdrawal date. [5]

THE RECORD

nutrition

A Japanese serving-specific nutrition panel has not been verified. The reviewer’s roughly 30 cm length estimate is not a measured portion weight. [2]

No serving-specific nutrition verified.

THE RECORD

prices

The historical table separates the Kawasaki board, Hisayama purchase and later 2016 price annotation. The annotation gives a year, not an exact sale day. [1] [2]

THE RECORD

distinctions

Kosuko found the chicken bake milder than the bulgogi alternative and wanted more sauce. GIGAZINE also contrasted the creamy chicken filling with the meat-heavy bulgogi bake. These tastings describe two fillings within the same style of wrapped meal. [2] [3]

The otto&sons frozen cheese-and-chicken bake reviewed in 2024 was a separate retail product. Kosuko found it different from the remembered food-court bake; the package’s size and nutrition belong to that retail product. [5]

DATE & PLACE

Local evidence

Price observations

  • 400 JPY(≈ $2.52 USD) · One bake · Kawasaki Costco · report published 2011-02-18; sale date unknown. Historical source observation; not a current offer. [1]
  • 400 JPY(≈ $2.52 USD) · One bake · Hisayama Costco · report published 2012-02-08; sale date unknown. Historical source observation; not a current offer. [2]
  • 420 JPY(≈ $2.65 USD) · One bake · Japan, historical records · report published 2016; sale date unknown. The source gives the year of this historical price, without a month or day. [2]
  • 400 JPY(≈ $2.52 USD) · One bake · Kyoto Yawata Costco, linked opening-day reporting · report published 2011-12-09; sale date unknown. Historical report; not a current offer. [3] [4]

Nutrition observations

Read the scoped nutrition table and source limits in Nutrition ↑

Last checked 2026-10-15 UTC. A listing is not a live stock check.

CHECK THE TICKET

Sources & photo rights

The 2011 menu and contemporary tastings establish early local appearances, rather than the Japanese launch. GIGAZINE’s linked opening-day report establishes Kyoto Yawata as the location. Costcotuu supplies the Hisayama meal and later price annotation. [1] [3] [2] [4]

The filling’s sauce has no verified formula here, and U.S. nutrition is not assigned to the Japanese version. The 2016 annotation remains a year-only price reference. Existing photographs retain their own location, date and reuse captions. [2]

  1. 1. Costco Japan: Kawasaki visit Open original source

    Danny Choo · Published 2011-02-18 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. The rightmost labels are too small to read reliably. The exact visit date and permission to reproduce the photograph are unknown.

    Supporting section

    Original article body, item price and description

  2. 2. Chicken bake at Hisayama Open original source

    Costcotuu / コス子 · Published 2012-02-08 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. Updated January 3, 2017. The sauce description and approximate 30 cm length are the author’s observations, not an official recipe or serving specification.

    Supporting section

    Original article body, item price and description

  3. 3. Costco food-court tasting Open original source

    GIGAZINE · Published 2011-12-09 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. The final tasting installment does not repeat its warehouse name. Kyoto Yawata attribution derives from the publisher's explicitly linked opening-day series: the warehouse report names Kyoto Yawata and introduces the food-court continuation, links the hot-dog article, and that article links onward to this tasting. This is qualified series-based attribution, not an independent warehouse label in the final article. December9,2011 remains the report publication date; no new image-location or capture-date claim.

    Supporting section

    Final tasting introduction; https://gigazine.net/news/20111209-costco-yawata-in/ names Kyoto Yawata and links its food-court continuation; https://gigazine.net/news/20111209-costco-all-pork-hotdogs/ next-article link points to the final tasting.

  4. 4. Kyoto Yawata opening-day warehouse report and explicit food-court continuation Open original source

    GIGAZINE · Published 2011-12-09 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. Geographic attribution through the publication sequence, not a repeated explicit warehouse label in every installment. Retail deli prices are excluded.

    Supporting section

    Original author body; comments excluded unless source is explicitly a forum observation.

  5. 5. Retail chicken-bake review recalling the former food-court item Open original source

    Costcotuu / Kosuko · Published 2024-11-10 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. Retrospective personal recollection does not identify an exact national withdrawal date. Retail 220 g serving, ingredients, price and calories must not transfer to food-court item.

    Supporting section

    Original author body; comments excluded unless source is explicitly a forum observation.