A store specializing in roasted sweet potatoes in a pot where you can eat roasted sweet potatoes that are just like sweets!
After getting off at Oshiage Station and walking about five minutes through Tokyo Skytree Town, a sign reading “Rich, charcoal-grilled sweet potatoes” catches your eye at the entrance. You’ll find a chic, elegant shop specializing in tsubo-yakimo (baked sweet potatoes).
Photo of the sign
Photo of the store exterior
Entering the shop, you’ll find a stylish, modern Japanese space, and the gentle aroma of roasted sweet potatoes wafting from the large tsubo-yakimo pots lined up in the back.
Located in Narihira, Sumida Ward, Tokyo, tsubo-yakimo specializes in tsubo-yakimo (baked sweet potatoes). Their signature dish is tsubo-yakimo (baked sweet potatoes), primarily made with “Beni Haruka” sweet potatoes. This tsubo-yaki method maximizes the sweet potato’s potential. They also pay particular attention to the sweet potatoes themselves, purchasing them directly from farmers, varying the variety and origin of each season.
The shop is run by a brother and sister. Owner Dohi suffered from severe food allergies as a child, which prevented him from eating meat, eggs, rice, buckwheat, tuna, dairy products, and sugar. One of his favorite foods was sweet potato.
He opened a specialty store for roasted sweet potatoes in a pot with the desire to share with people with food allergies like his own as a child, as well as those who want to avoid sugar for diet or health reasons but still want to enjoy sweet treats, that there is such delicious food out there!
“We only serve roasted sweet potatoes.
We don’t add any seasonings; we simply purchase and roast the potatoes. Therefore, the quality of the potatoes themselves is extremely important.
Our roasted sweet potatoes are healthy and delicious, something I can wholeheartedly recommend to my past self and my current family.”
Owner Dohi shared his thoughts.
Exterior photo of the store
Rich baked sweet potatoes made with the utmost care for origin, quality, and baking method
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Their baking method is also incredibly detailed. They use embers and the reflected heat of the pot to slowly roast the sweet potatoes in a special pot made specifically for this purpose.
It takes an hour just to heat the pot, and then they slowly cook the sweet potatoes over low heat for two hours. This slow, low heat converts the starch into maltose, resulting in a sweet and delicious baked sweet potato.
Order your baked sweet potato at the store and it will be handed to you wrapped in its skin.
Baked sweet potatoes are available in small and medium sizes, and depending on the season, you can even try two varieties: “Beni Haruka” and “Silk Sweet.”
Baked Sweet Potatoes
View from the eat-in area (Skytree)
There’s a bench outside the shop, and when you sit there, you’ll be greeted by the magnificent Skytree right in front of you.
The view is so spectacular, it’s hard not to exclaim, “Wow, that’s amazing!” It’s a luxurious and delightful experience to enjoy freshly baked sweet potatoes while taking in the view.
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Splitting the sweet potato in half, the gentle, sweet aroma of the sweet potato whets the appetite. The skin is crisp, and the aroma of charcoal grilling fills the mouth. The high-moisture potato inside is smooth, like sweet potato paste or cream. It’s so sweet it’s hard to believe it’s sugar-free, and it tastes like a delicious sweet potato. The richness of the flavor completely overturns my image of baked sweet potatoes, and I was blown away.
The pot-baked sweet potatoes, carefully baked one by one while keeping an eye on the state of the sweet potato, have a luxurious flavor that makes you feel happy, just like a dessert.
Because they’re sugar-free, they’re truly a guilt-free treat. Try these rich, luxurious sweet potatoes, a little different from any other baked sweet potato you’ve tried.
Popular sweet potato desserts for takeout and souvenirs
Menu
In addition to baked sweet potatoes, you can also order dried sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes (weekends only), and baked sweet potato hojicha latte.
While the hojicha latte contains dairy products, the other items are allergy-friendly and sugar-free, so even those with allergies or on a diet can enjoy sweet potato treats with peace of mind!
Dried Sweet Potato
Their dried sweet potatoes for dogs are so popular they often sell out. Frozen baked sweet potatoes and dried sweet potatoes are also available online, so you can enjoy the shop’s delicious sweet potatoes at home. Please order from the website.
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After graduating from Tokyo Kasei University, Faculty of Home Economics, Department of Nutrition, with a major in Registered Dietitian, I joined RIZAP Group Inc. As a personal trainer, I gained experience helping clients with weight loss, nutritional advice, and meal support. After my own pregnancy and childbirth, I decided to go independent, wanting to provide support specifically for women. I run Ready, a personal gym exclusively for women, where children are welcome.
Through providing dietary advice to customers, I have come to realize that food is closely related to the body, health, happiness, etc. In particular, in recent years, there has been an increase in people suffering from food allergies and people who are highly conscious of additives, pesticides, artificial sweeteners, etc. Therefore, as an expert, I hope that the articles and information I write will provide peace of mind to those who are in the food minority, and that I will create an environment where everyone can enjoy food with peace of mind.
