カルテット Quartet | ブランジェ浅野屋 Boulangerie Asanoya — Questions across the Bread Counter

Warm timber, crowded bread baskets and the glow of an old bakery surround a conversation that is anything but comforting. In episode 3 of 『カルテット』, すずめ meets 巻鏡子 here. What looks like an ordinary pause in 旧軽井沢 is part of the secret inquiry into 真紀 and her missing husband. The location sharpens the scene’s unease. Bread is selected, wrapped and carried away while trust is being handled far less carefully. すずめ has grown close to the other members of Doughnuts Hole, yet 鏡子’s questions remind her that the quartet’s apparently accidental friendship began with concealed motives. The bakery’s everyday warmth makes that divided loyalty feel intimate rather than melodramatic. ブランジェ浅野屋軽井沢旧道本店 is a working bakery with seasonal operating and eat-in hours. Visit as a customer, keep the counter and aisles clear, ask before photographing inside, and never include staff or other patrons without consent. Photo: Yusuke Kawasaki, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.