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About BASUKU
BASUKU (@basukucheesecakes) is a Dessert Shop creator on Instagram. The account has 24,034 followers and 266 published posts. Recent posts average 277 likes and 16 comments, an engagement rate of 1.47%.
With 24K followers, BASUKU is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Set against 86 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 279 followers per account BASUKU follows. BASUKU is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files BASUKU under a single category, Dessert Shop.
The Instagram bio for BASUKU runs to 14 words across 4 lines. The bio mentions @naturalstockcafe and @tsumugicafe.kyoto. The latest activity Flinque has on record for BASUKU dates from August 2025.
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266 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for BASUKU, 7 are carousels, 2 are single images and 1 is a video. That mix leans toward carousels. 266 published posts give BASUKU a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 90 followers for each post published. BASUKU also keeps 5 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 252 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include basquecheesecake, japaneseinspired, alwayshandmade, wheatfree and last. The captions tag #basuku, #basquecheesecake, #japaneseinspired, #alwayshandmade and #wheatfree.
Weโve taken some strides this past month in Japan! Our Original flavor cake is now available in Kyoto and Osaka on a daily basis!
Just like in America, we use only the best dairy we can find. The cream cheese and fresh cream in the Japanese recipe is all sourced from Hokkaido ๐ฅ. The Original flavor here has more of an orangey hue due to the amazing local eggs we found in Kyoto ๐ฅ. We are grateful to all of the support and positive feedback weโve received in Japan ๐ Canโt wait for some of you who know the Bay Area version to make it to Japan and try this one!
Here are the locations currently serving BASUKU in Japan:
Kyoto: - a wonderful cafe that specializes in sweet potato desserts. They also make an amazing Hokkaido Salted Butter soft cream that is ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Pay them and their friendly staff a visit when youโre in Kyoto ๐
Osaka: - conveniently located in the Daimaru Department Store at Osaka station, this oasis in the middle of the hustle and bustle is a great place to relax and enjoy some cheesecake or their seasonal kakigori ๐ง They also have matcha products using crazy good organic matcha from our friends ๐ต
More flavors will become available over time in Japan! We now head over to Taipei and will be working on cakes becoming available by the Fall ๐ Stay tuned for those details coming soon!
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#basuku #japaneseinspired #basquecheesecake #alwayshandmade #wheatfree
Such a fun pop-up yesterday! Itโs was great to see such a nice turnout for our lunch + cheesecake event! It was gratifying to see that Basuku was so well received at one of our new homes, Kyoto ไบฌ้ฝ ๐ฏ๐ต
Thank you to those of you who came out in this hot weather ๐ฅต We will be doing more pop-ups in Kyoto in the future and the cake will be available via special order and slices will be available starting this weekend on a daily basis. Nearby in Osaka, slices will be available on the weekends. We will post more as we continue to grow in Japan!
Next stop will be back to Taiwan ๐น๐ผ More information about when cakes will be available in Taipei will be in the coming months, but it should be sometime just after the summer!
#basuku #japaneseinspired #basquecheesecake #alwayshandmade #wheatfree
Itโs a wrap Bay Area! Itโs been a wild ride these last few weeks but itโs been very fulfilling to finish just as strong as when Basuku started ๐
These last 5 years really couldnโt have happened without bringing me down to Palo Alto to start baking ๐. I am eternally grateful to for opening up his restaurant and space to me. Vina Enoteca has been my home for the past 5 years and Rocco has become the Italian brother I never knew I had ๐ค I could not have been any more blessed working with such a dedicated operator offering me such flexibility over the years. With a similar dedication to high quality ingredients and handcrafted pizzas and pasta, Vina Enoteca has really been a natural home (currently serving some of the best and underrated pizza in the Bay).
Itโs really been an honor and a pleasure serving the Bay over the years. Iโve met so many amazing people, watched kids grow up and evolved as a person through this experience. As with any food business, it wasnโt without its challenges but the fulfillment came when I would hear the joy the cake would bring people โบ๏ธโค๏ธ
I will be posting updates from Asia as they come and should have some fun things happening very soon! Please reach out if any of you end up in Taiwan or Japan! I hope to be back to the Bay at some point will definitely pop-up if I do!
Forever grateful Bay Area ๐โค๏ธ
#basuku #japaneseinspired #basquecheesecake #alwayshandmade #wheatfree
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Yesterday was the last sale in SF and it was so great to see and chat with many of you who have gotten cakes over the years!
SF has been a very special place to me having worked in the City for 10+ years and a place where Iโve gotten to know so many wonderful people over the years.
A huge thank you for everyone from the early days Basuku - and to then. Would not have made it this far without all of you ๐
Special thank you to Ramzi for offering me his space these last few years. He is such a wonderful human being and so community oriented. Always offering his space to many up and coming pop-ups - the kind of person that makes SF a special place. Itโs been amazing to see this little corner store grow and aside from making some of the best sandwiches in the City, the work he is doing highlighting local business owners on the podcast is exactly what SF needs right now.
I have so many cherished memories in this City both cheesecake and non-cheesecake related which makes this departure especially bittersweet. Iโm leaving wishing the work I did here somehow contributed to the culinary and hospitality traditions that brought me to this special city in the first place. I had some amazing SF mentors that taught me about the culinary history of this City. I did my best to honor the Bay Area culture of sourcing, hospitality and promoting the next generation, much like those who came before, did for me.
So grateful to the past and present of SF. Hope to be back one day ๐
#basuku #japaneseinspired #basquecheesecake #alwayshandmade #wheatfree
Been really proud use only the best ingredients over the years. Having come up in the Bay at a time where sourcing was everything, Iโve done my best to be committed this Bay Area ethos (sad this is no longer something emphasized by the new generation of local food media ๐ข). cream has always been been the soul of Basuku and has been in every one of the 25,000 cakes made over the last 5 years.
This week will be the last sale in SF and Palo Alto for the foreseeable future. Please note the change to the Palo Alto pickup time.
The pre-sale drops tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5pm at our Online Shop (link in bio). SF pickup is Wednesday 3:30-5:30p. Palo Alto pickup is Saturday 11:30-1:30p. Slices will be available at both pickups on a first come first serve basis. Please only order if you can pickup during the pickup window, as cakes will be forfeited if not picked up by the end of the pickup window - no exceptions. Please respect our time and policy.
This weekโs menu:
- OG
- Cookies+Cream ๐ช๐ฅ
- Black Sesame ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ
- Hojicha ๐ฅ ๐ต
- Pure Strawberry ๐
- Roasted Banana ๐
- Choco Banana ๐ซ ๐
- Strawberry Mont Blanc (Palo Alto Only)
Due to popular demand, we got some more Hojicha from the fine people for this last sale.
Online sales have been super intense lately with everything selling out within the first minute. Lots of people report having things in the cart, but it disappears by the time payment is processed. This is something has never repaired in their system. Apologies for thatโฆbest advice is to start refreshing the site before 5:00pm and process your order as soon as the store opens up.
Wonโt put all the cakes out for pre-sale for the Saturday Palo Alto pickup so we can better accommodate what we expect to be a long queue that morning. Shooting to be able to accommodate 60-80 people between slices and whole cakes, but will post more accurate numbers on Friday.
#basuku #japaneseinspired #basquecheesecake #alwayshandmade #wheatfree
Yesterday was the last sale in Oakland and. Thank you to everyone who came out and who has supported Basuku over the last 5 years. Basuku was born in The Town, so it definitely felt alittle bittersweet.
A very heartfelt thank you to and the team over the years. Not every 2-Michelin star restaurant would be cool with some guy selling cheesecakes out of their space, but it really goes to show how much Chef James has done to not only uplift the City of Oakland with his culinary prowess, but also support and mentor the local F&B community over the years. Not just any Chef gets a key to the city! As a 17-year Oakland resident and coming from a restaurant background, Chef James has always been the North Star for excellence in the East Bay. Itโs been an honor to have collaborated with him but also call him a friend ๐
Basuku started at an interesting time and couldnโt have happened without the support of other people, businesses and the community. Shout-out to who were all a big part of the start in the East Bay. As with any other food business, itโs important to recognize and respect those who came before that created awareness and paved the way. Iโm forever grateful to those people and the opportunity to have served the place Iโve called home for such a long time.
Thank you Oakland and goodbye for now ๐
#basuku #oakland #japaneseinspired #basquecheesecake #alwayshandmade
This week marks 5 years for Basuku ๐ As this wild ride comes to an end in the Bay, itโs been crazy to reflect on everything. Grateful for all of the support over the years ๐ but itโs not over yet!
This week will be the last sale jn Oakland and next week will be SF.
The pre-sale drops today (Tuesday) at 5pm at our Online Shop (link in bio). Oakland pickup is Wednesday 2:30-4:30p. Palo Alto pickup is Saturday 11-4p. Slices will be available at both pickups on a first come first serve basis at both pickups. Please only order if you can pickup during the pickup window, as cakes will be forfeited if not picked up by the end of the pickup window - no exceptions. Please respect our time and policy.
This weekโs menu:
- OG
- Cookies+Cream ๐ช๐ฅ
- Black Sesame ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ
- Hojicha ๐ฅ ๐ต
- Pure Strawberry ๐
- Ube ๐
- Roasted Banana ๐
- Strawberry Mont Blanc (Palo Alto Only)
This will be the last week for Hojicha and Ube. For next week, thereโll be less flavors but more quantity of each. Online ordering has been really challenging for most, so likely moving it back to all first come first serve sales to make it as โfairโ as possible.
#basuku #japaneseinspired #basquecheesecake #alwayshandmade #wheatfree
Bringing Ube back for these next two weeks due to all of the requests. Demand has been kind of out of control these last few weeks, so apologies for those who have tried and couldnโt get one. Doing our best to make as many cakes as possible, but obviously itโs not enough for the demand. The only advice is to set Story notifications on because we will post some last minute sales (for example, the one tomorrow we mentioned in our Story). Also getting a ton of messages asking about how to get a cake or slicesโฆall of the answers are in these posts so read all the way through. The system hasnโt changed in months - itโs no secret, so please take the time to read and understand.
This week weโre back in SF for our second to last sale there. Back in Oakland next week.
The pre-sale drops tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5pm at our Online Shop (link in bio). SF pickup is Wednesday 3:30-5:30p. Palo Alto pickup is Saturday 11-4p. Slices will be available at both pickups on a first come first serve basis at both pickups. Please only order if you can pickup during the pickup window, as cakes will be forfeited if not picked up by the end of the pickup window - no exceptions. Please respect our time and policy.
This weekโs menu:
- OG
- Cookies+Cream ๐ช๐ฅ
- Black Sesame ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ
- Strawberry Black Sesame ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฅ
- Pure Strawberry ๐
- Ube ๐
- Roasted Banana ๐
- Choco Banana ๐ซ ๐
- Kyoto Matcha ๐ต
- Strawberry Matcha ๐๐ต
- Strawberry Mont Blanc (Palo Alto Only)
For those of you asking, Strawberry Mont Blanc will only be available in Palo Alto. Not trying to hold out, itโs just a difficult cake to transport. Mont Blanc cakes also only come in whole cake form - no slices.
This will be the last week for Kyoto Matcha and probably Choco Banana. Going to keep a lot of flavors going for this week and next, but the final week will likely be a much smaller menu. Also for the final week, there might not be any pre-orders, just all first come first serve. Stay tuned for more details.
#basuku #japaneseinspired #basquecheesecake #alwayshandmade #wheatfree
Exaggerated reactions from influencers can be fun, but seeing the genuine enjoyment of these kids enjoying cheesecake over the years has always warmed our hearts! Thank you parents for sharing over the years and itโs been a pleasure watching some of them grow up ๐โบ๏ธ
This week weโre back in Oakland for our second to last sale there. Back in SF next week.
The pre-sale drops today at 5pm at our Online Shop (link in bio). Oakland pickup is tomorrow, Wednesday 2:30-4:30p. Palo Alto pickup is Saturday 11-4p. Slices will be available at both pickups on a first come first serve basis at both pickups. Smaller slice quantities in Oakland. Please only order if you can pickup during the pickup window, as cakes will be forfeited if not picked up.
Same menu as last week:
- OG
- Cookies+Cream ๐ช๐ฅ
- Black Sesame ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ
- Strawberry Black Sesame ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฅ
- Pure Strawberry ๐
- Hot Chocolate ๐ซ๐ฅ
- Roasted Banana ๐
- Choco Banana ๐ซ ๐
- Hojicha ๐ฅ ๐ต
- Strawberry Mont Blanc (Palo Alto Only)
For those of you asking, Strawberry Mont Blanc will only be available in Palo Alto. Not trying to hold out, itโs just a difficult cake to transport.
3 more Bay Area sales after this week. Turnout was big last weekend in Palo Alto, so will try to have alittle more available this week. This will probably be the last week for Hojicha.
#basuku #japaneseinspired #basquecheesecake #alwayshandmade #wheatfree
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BASUKU's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.47%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 68 followers. An average post collects 277 likes and 16 comments, close to 17 likes for each comment.
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BASUKU (@basukucheesecakes) is a Dessert Shop creator on Instagram. BASUKU is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for BASUKU runs to 14 words across 4 lines.
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BASUKU has 24,034 followers on Instagram (24K). Set against 86 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 279 followers per account BASUKU follows. 266 published posts give BASUKU a moderate archive on Instagram.
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BASUKU's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.47%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 68 followers. An average post collects 277 likes and 16 comments, close to 17 likes for each comment.
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