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Tokyo’s Yabai sweet potato shop lives up to its name with a truly yabai creation

Yabai always means shocking, but is it in a good way or a bad one here?

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Japanese vending machine is the only one of its kind in Japan, dubbed the “phantom machine”

A neat example of marketing to help a rural community. 

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Japanese vending machine sells a famous Kyoto bread loved by locals

A cult hit that’s yet to be discovered by international tourists.

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Hiyashi yaki-imo vending machine changes the whole way we think about roasted sweet potatoes

There’s nothing like the warmth of a freshly roasted sweet potato, so who wants to eat them cold? We do.

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Weird Japanese vending machine find gives us unique sweet potato sweets

The quality of these chilled sweet potato treats surprised our seasoned reporter.

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Tokyo cafe serves up the artsiest version of a drinkable roasted sweet potato that we’ve seen yet

The perfectly Instagram-worthy drink can be found in one of Tokyo’s most bohemian hipster neighborhoods.

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Mitsuimo tart “caramelized sweet potato tart” ice cream hits the shelves at Lawson convenience stores

Häagen-Dazs Japan rolls out a perfect, leveled-up mitsuimo sweet treat for this autumn season.

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Japanese netizen moves into new apartment, gets greeted by shriveled surprise in the oven【Pics】

Ummm…thanks?

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Hey! You Can Drink Sweet Potatoes, says Japanese beverage maker with new drink

Yakiimo-style drink is just the thing for autumn in Japan.

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Eat Japanese street food at home with this amazing sweet potato maker

Enjoy the seasonal flavour of a stone-roasted yakiimo from the comfort of your kitchen!

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Japan now has drinkable roasted sweet potato, and it’s practically a dessert in a bottle!

One of Japan’s comfort foods will be available as a hot dessert drink straight from a vending machine! 

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Back in Japan by popular demand: Ice cream that looks exactly like a roasted sweet potato

Come autumn, the droning sound of an old man singing about yaki-imo (roasted sweet potatoes) fills the streets of Japan. A chilly weather treat that is usually bought from the back of a truck specially equipped with hot stones, yaki-imo is a fall favorite enjoyed by people of all ages. But as delicious as it may be – if internet raving is anything to go by – the yaki-imo ice cream made by the Imuraya Confectionery Company is even better than the real stuff…and it looks and tastes exactly like a roasted sweet potato!

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