Tambasasayama Yam Fair November 18th-February 4th

Tambasasayama Yama-no-imo, or Tambasasayama Yam, is a local specialty of the city. From mid-November when the peak season of this yam comes, Tambasasayama Yam Fair is held so that many people will know the charm of this yam.

Please take this opportunity to purchase yams at Tambasasayama.

 

[Period]
From November 18th (Sat), 2023 to February 4th (Sun), 2024

Leaflet download (PDF)

 

 

What is Tambasasayama Yam?

There are many kinds of yams in the yam family such as Chinese yam and Japanese yam, and “Yama-no-imo” in Tambasasayama is a kind of  Tsukuneimo or Yamatoimo. It is round with black, rugged outer skin, and inside is fine texture and pure white color.

It is the stickiest of all potatoes, becomes fluffy when cooked,  and has a thick texture.

A traditional vegetable that has been cultivated and eaten since the Edo period(1601-1867).

The Tambasasayama Yams are planted in early April. They need a lot of care and are very precious, because the farmers can harvest only one from one seed potato.

From autumn to winter, you can see Tambasasayama in a thick fog called the Tamba Fog.
Around that time the large yam is harvested, so it is sometimes called Kiriimo or the Fog Yam.

The harvest starts around the end of October in Tambasasayama, and the high season is until the beginning of December.

There are many ways to enjoy the yam, such as to cut it into strips and eat them raw with ponzu sauce, or to use it as an ingredient of a botan nabe (wild boar soup), or to grate it (make it tororo) and put it on the rice or drop it in the soup to make dumplings, or to put it in okonomiyaki (Japanese pizza-like dish). The deep fry yam with seaweed wrap called Isobe Age is also recommended!

The yam is also useful as an ingredient for high-class Japanese sweets. It is indispensable for giving a fine and fluffy texture to the Joyo manju, which is a steamed yeast bun with filling.

Not only delicious but full of nutrition!

Being rich in dietary fiber, eating the yam helps to prevent lifestyle diseases and improve intestinal condition.
It also protects the inner wall of the stomach and improves the digestive function.
Also, it is said that eating yam is like taking a supplement, which contains a lot of vitamins, amino acids, and potassium that removes the swelling.

Tambasasayama Tororo Rice Set Present Campaign

During the yam fair period, we will distribute a questionnaire to those who have eaten and purchased yam at the stores participating in the fair.

Application deadline: February 4, 2024 (must arrive)

From those who answered the questionnaire, 20 people will be chosen by lottery. The winners are to receive the “Tambasasayama Tororo Rice Set”. The set consists of ‘Megumi Rice from Agricultural Capital’ which is the environmentally friendly Tambasasayama rice with reduced pesticides, and the Tambasasayama Yam. (Scheduled to be shipped in late February , 2024)

* We are running a campaign where you can double the number of lottery tickets by posting “#Tanba Sasayama Mountain Potato Fair” on Twitter and Instagram and responding online !

Please take this opportunity to purchase the Tambasasayama yam.

 

Fair participating stores

Soba and udon

Hiiragiya	Fried yam soba	56 Nikaimachi
Ajidokoro Mitake Main Store	Wild boar meat and tororo udon noodles	683 Kurooka
Sobakiri Hanakoushi	Yama-no-imo tororo soba	160 Kawaramachi
Unitopia Sasayama	Yama-no-imo tororo udon /soba set meal	231-1 Yashiro
Jinenjo-an	Tororo soba (cold)	947-8 Mananjo
Sasayama Sarasoba Nijiroku	Tororo soba	19Kuroka
Tanzaemon	Yama imo grated yam soba	209-3Nishiokaya

 

Single dish

Ohte Shincho	Mugitoro Ohte Gozen set	71 Nikaimachi
Ryorisha Yamayu	Beef tororo bowl set	81 Amigake
Tamagawarou	Tamba Tororo Gozen set	32 Gofukumachi
Village Maruyama (accommodation)	Tororo breakfast	30 Maruyama
Kakusei	Small bowl of nigiri set	52Nikaimachi
Beauchemin	Yam and fish gratin (until the end of December) Yam soufflé (January)	299Kondachi
Odagaki Mamedo	Tambasasayama Satoyama Risotto	19 Tatsumachi

 

Hot pot

Japanese style cooking  Hogyo-en	Botan nabe	52 Kawakita Shinden
Tambasasayama Kinmata	Botan nabe	81 Nikaimachi
fireplace open hearth Cuisine Iwaya	Botan hotpot (2 people or more)	495-1 Hiuchiwan
Umetan Fuji	Sumashi peony hotpot course with grated mountain yam	65-3Ofuji

 

Rice Bowl

Restaurant Sanmon	Wild boar tororo bowl	116 Toukouchi
Ohte Shokudo	Beef tororo bowl	55-1 Nikaimachi
Ajidokoro Mitake	Wild boar meat tororo bowl	18 Kurooka
Tokusan kan  Sasayama	Tambasasayama beef rice bowl	70-1 Kurooka
Shishigin Sue no Sato Store	Tamba beef tororo rice	3 Kondacho Kamitachikui

 

Souvenir

Tamba Kurika Confectioner  Daifukudo	Chestnut countryside/Tamamizu	121-1 Kitashinmachi
Tanaka Shoich soy souce store	Yam shoucu	391-2 Ajima Shin
Hikoki	Yam bread	41-1 Ochikata

 

Shops for purchasing Yam

Taisho Romankan	97 Kitashinmachi
Tamba Sasayama Hyakukeikan	58-2 Nikaimachi
Sasayama grocery store	54 Nikaimachi
Tamagawa Foods	55-1 Nikaimachi
Nishihachi main Store	65-3 Nikaimachi
Nishihachi branch store	65-3 Nikaimachi
Wadaei	95 Nikaimachi
Odagaki Shoten	19 Tatsumachi
JA Tambasasayama Midorikan	942-1 Higashibuki
Kuromame-no-yakata	511-2 Shimoitai
‘Minori’ market in Konda Yakushi Onsen Nukumori no Sato	21-10 Kondashinden, Kondacho
Gosetsusha Yamayu	81Amigake

Event  information

Inquiries	Tambasasayama Kuromame Section, Agricultural Capital Policy Division, Tambasasayama municipal government 41 Kitashinmachi, Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture 669-2397 Phone: +81-79-552-6580
Organizer	Tambasasayama Brand Product Strategy Conference (Hyogo Prefecture, Tambasasayama Agricultural Cooperative, Tambasasayama City)