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[2022] You can eat it in Kyoto! 5 popular sweet potato sweets

As autumn deepens, you'll miss sweet sweet potatoes. This time, we will be picking up original sweets made by a famous shop that makes rich baked sweet potatoes that bring out the flavor of the ingredients to the fullest. Why don't you take a break with potato sweets while watching the autumn leaves of Kyoto?

1.Mont Blanc sweet potato dumplings from [Kyoto Kinnoka Saga Arashiyama store] that are very satisfying with just one dumpling/Arashiyama

About a 1-minute walk from JR Saga-Arashiyama Station, a shop has opened where you can take out potato and chestnut sweets that are perfect for eating while walking. The Mont Blanc sweet potato dango marron flavor is hearty, with a dango wrapped in sweet potato filling and a thin string of roasted chestnut paste poured over the top. There is also a version of roasted chestnut paste that incorporates Uji matcha.

Kyoto Kinnoka Saga Arashiyama store Arashiyama potato dango marron flavor

From the left: Arashi Yam Dango Matcha Flavor, Maron Flavor 550 yen each. It's great to be able to enjoy a variety of flavors at once, such as the chewy dango, the mellow sweet potato filling, and the moist and rich chestnut paste.

Exterior of Kyoto Kinnohana Saga-Arashiyama

Kyoto Kinnohana Saga Arashiyama

  • Kyoto Kinnohana Sagarashiyamaten
  • December 04, 2021 open
  • EBISU92 Building 101, 9-2 Kuramichicho, Saga Tenryuji, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 1 minute walk from JR Saga-Arashiyama Station
  • Tel.075-812-9878
  • Eat-in not allowed

2.Potato chateaubriand! ? [Kyoto Imoya Potato and Vegetables Shijo Kawaramachi Branch] Luxurious Mitarashi Potato Dango / Kawaramachi

Mr. Nakamura, the representative who won the semi-Grand Prix at the National Yakiimo Grand Prix 2022. Focusing on sweet potatoes, which are perfect for building a healthy body, they create sweet potato sweets that satisfy the soul, such as chilled tarashi potato dumplings, ultra-sweet sweet potatoes with concentrated sweetness, and honey potato sandwiches.

Kyoto Imoya Imo to Yasai - Chilled Mitarashi Imo Dumpling at Shijo Kawaramachi Branch

Chilled tarashi sweet potato dumplings 880 yen. A new product that uses only chateaubriand potatoes with the skin part removed, and layered with pure potato paste and shiratama and mitarashi sauce.

Kyoto Imoya Potato and Vegetables Shijo Kawaramachi store exterior

Kyoto Imoya Potato and Vegetables Shijo Kawaramachi

  • Kyoto Imoya Imoto Vegetables Shijo Kawaramachiten
  • July 15, 2022 open
  • 511-2 Higashimachi, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 3 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station"
  • Tel.075-463-7682
  • Eat-in not allowed

3.You can spend a relaxing time with a footbath and sweets [Mikazuki Tsuboyaki Imo Café] / Fushimi Inari

A cafe where you can enjoy sweet potato sweets and drinks, attached to the footbath salon [Arashiyu]. In addition to the pot-roasted sweet potatoes that appear every fall, other popular baked sweets include pot-roasted potato ice cream topped with ice cream and honey butter topped with butter and honey. Potato waffles are on standby for the menu that can be enjoyed all year round.

Mikazuki Tsuboyaki Imo café's sweet potato waffle

Sweet potato waffle 990 yen. Topped with Anno potato cream, sweet potato, and purple potato chips. You can also add ice cream toppings for an additional 150 yen.

Interior view of Crescent Moon Tsuboyaki Imo Café

Mikazuki Tsuboyaki Imo Cafe

  • Mikazuki Tsuboya Kiimo Cafe
  • 36-8 Fukakusa Kaido-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 3 minutes walk from JR Inari Station
  • Tel.075-277-6665

4.[Tsuboyakiimo Kyoto Yamashina Zento] An exquisite collaboration of sweet potato and soy milk ice cream / Yamashina

The owner, Noriko Tamura, who learned the know-how at Kojin, a popular tsuboyaki sweet potato shop in Gifu Prefecture, runs this roasted sweet potato shop with her family, including her son Sora. In addition to the rich tsubo-yaki sweet potato that is slowly baked in a Tokoname pot, the soy milk chilled sweet potato parfait that is sold year-round is also popular.

Tsuboyaki sweet potato Kyoto Yamashina Zento soy milk chilled sweet potato parfait (large)

Soymilk Ice Pot Baked Sweet Potato Parfait (Large) 500 yen. The moist potato paste and fresh cream combine in your mouth with light cornflakes and potato chips to create a fun dish with different textures.

Tsubo Yaki-imo Kyoto Yamashina Zento Exterior

Tsuboyaki sweet potato Kyoto Yamashina Zento

  • Tsuboyakiimo Kyoto Yamashina Zento
  • June 5, 2022 open
  • 14-1 Shinomiya Daishogun-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 1 minute walk from Keihan Shinomiya Station
    8 minutes walk from JR "Yamashina Station"
  • Tel.080-5320-6240

5.[Konishi Potato] Rich gelato and sweetness of sweet potato / Fushimi Inari

70 years since its establishment. [Konishi Potato] is still loved by the locals, saying, "When you think of a potato shop, it's here." Since 2019, we have collaborated with Premarche Gelateria, a popular gelato shop in the Sanjokai shopping district, to sell gelato made without using animal products and Daigaku potato parfait that brings out the natural sweetness of potatoes.

Konishi Potato Gelato and Sweet Potato Parfait

Gelato and sweet potato parfait 700 yen. There are 5 types of gelato to choose from, including silk sweet, roasted rice caramel, and coffee and dates. Topped with soft Daigaku sweet potato

Konishi potato

Konishi potato

  • Konishiimo
  • 30 Enokibashi-cho, Fukakusa Inari, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 3 minutes walk from Keihan "Fushimi Inari Station"
  • Tel.075-641-5629
  • Eat-in not allowed
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