Shopping at "Wakasaimo Honpo", a popular confectionery in Lake Toya Onsen, Hokkaido's soul food.

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Hokkaido's soul food, "Wakasaimo".
Hello everyone. This is the Hokkaido News Department. Thank you for visiting our website. Today, we would like to introduce "Wakasaimo", which is so famous as a confectionary of Hokkaido, and whose store is located in Toyako Town where "Lake Toya Onsen" is located.

The founder's vision of "Wakasaimo".

Wakasaimo] Toyako Honten
About 90 years ago, the founder, Hakasu Wakasa, decided to create a specialty of Toyako Onsen, and the idea of making baked sweet potatoes in a place where sweet potatoes are not grown was born.

Ingredients are mainly from Hokkaido.

The main ingredients are "Daifuku beans" and "Hokkaido chopped kelp".
Do you all know what the raw materials are? Of course, most of them are farm products grown in the fields of Hokkaido, but the key to the delicious taste is "Oufuku-mame," a high-grade green soybean.
These beans look as white as Hokkaido's snow, and the best quality beans are selected for their tender texture, which is similar to that of baked sweet potatoes. In addition, to give the baked potato the fibrous texture seen when it is split in half, Hokkaido chopped kelp is kneaded in with the white bean paste. The outside is coated with egg and soy sauce to give the baked potato a savory crust. The "wakasaimo" is not only particular about this. Although it is now possible to import ingredients from many different countries, Wakasaimo is made by artisans, one by one, using ingredients from Hokkaido, with the wish that "everyone can eat delicious food with peace of mind" and "everyone in the region can be happy.

The 100th anniversary of the naming of "Yaki-imo", the predecessor of "Wakasaimo". This is the birth of a new soul food of Hokkaido.

Wakasaimo" + "Chocolate" = "Wakasaimo Chocolat
The name of the product is "Wakasaimo Chocolat. Unlike conventional "wakasaimo," it is made from Hokkaido azuki beans mixed with original chocolate containing 57% cacao, giving it a rich, Western-style taste. It is a product that chocolate lovers will enjoy.

The demonstration corner at the Toyako main store also offers "Imoten," a tempura of "wakasaimo" (sweet potato).

Imoten" is deep-fried to a golden brown and ready to eat.
Enjoy the hot, freshly fried "Imoten".
Wakasaimo] The Toyako main store offers a variety of seasonal Japanese and Western confections, including "Wakasaimo". At the demonstration corner, you can try "Imoten", a tempura of "wakasaimo". Also, you can enjoy your meal with a view of Lake Toya from "Sendoan Restaurant" on the second floor. Why don't you stay at Toyako Onsen and buy "Wakasaimo", Hokkaido's famous confectionery, as a souvenir from "Wakasaimo Honpo"? For more information, please visit the official website of Wakasaimo Honpo.
Image courtesy of Wakasaimo Honpo
The official website of Wakasaimo Honpo is here
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