sweet potatoes

Rare vending machine at Japan’s oldest shrine sells…divine crepes!

Holy ground for parishioners and vending machine lovers at this off-the-beaten path destination. 

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Can our writers tell which grilled sweet potato is 12 times more expensive?

Their sweetest and hardest challenge yet?

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Japanese convenience store’s sweet potato dessert drinks and coffee may have you skip Starbucks

Lawson rolls out new sweet potato drinks at its special cafe-menu stores.

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Burger King adds a sweet potato pie to its menu in Japan for a limited time

This isn’t just any sweet potato pie — it’s My Sweet Potato Pie!

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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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How to make your own hoshi-imo Japanese dried sweet potato snacks【SoraKitchen】

Making one of Japan’s favorite snacks is a slow and easy process.

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Japan has a special foil for roasting sweet potatoes at home, and it’s like having a time machine

Kuro Foil is exactly the kind of culinary black magic we want at this time of year.

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Does Starbucks Japan’s new Halloween Frappuccino taste as good as it looks?

This purple beauty plays tricks on our eyes and our taste buds.

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Starbucks Japan’s newest treats: the Purple Halloween Frappuccino and a gruesome-looking dessert

This Frappuccino’s special ingredient is seasonal in more ways than one.

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Three of the best Japanese convenience store sweets you’ll want to try this autumn

Family Mart, Lawson and 7-Eleven dig up some surprises for customers this fall.

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Sweet! Mister Donut’s sweet potato donuts are here to get us into the autumn dessert mood ASAP

We try all five of the chain’s autumn treats before the summer heat has fully faded.

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We try roasted sweet potatoes from a Japanese vending machine

This unusual machine sells hot potatoes and cold potatoes, but are they any good?

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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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Falling into the sweet life with Japanese convenience stores’ new sweet potato sweets【Taste test】

Autumn comes to Family Mart with the simultaneous of a huge new dessert lineup made with Japanese sweet potatoes.

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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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Japanese whisky sweet potatoes: A super-easy, super-delicious snack you can make in seconds

Save a splash of whisky for your spuds.

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Starbucks adds pumpkin to its autumn Frappuccino for Halloween

Slowly inching closer to Japan’s first pumpkin spice Frappuccino.

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