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 23th (Sat), 2024 to February 2th (Sun), 2025
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 “#Tambasasayama Yam Fair” on X 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 |
Single dish
| Ohte Shincho | Mugitoro Ohte Gozen set | 71 Nikaimachi |
| Ryorisha Yamayu | Tamba local chicken tororo Hotpot meal | 81 Amigake |
| Tamagawarou | Tamba Tororo Gozen set | 32 Gofukumachi |
| Taisho Romankan | Beef tororo rice plate | 97Kitashinmachi |
| Village Maruyama (accommodation) | Tororo breakfast | 30 Maruyama |
| Kadose | Grilled mackerel sushi roll set
(A small bowl of grated yam) |
52Nikaimachi |
| Beauchemin | Peperoncino with grated Yam(tororo)(until the end of December) Yam soufflé (January) |
299Kondachi |
| Odagaki Mamedo | Kuromame rice gratin | 19 Tatsumachi |
| Uosai Uepara | Dashi Rolled Egg made with local eggs and Yam
Frenchi fried Yam potatoes Solitary hot pot Yam Botan |
76-4Nakano
Horonpia Hotel 5F |
Hot pot
| Japanese style cooking Hogyo-en | Botan nabe | 52 Kawakita Shinden |
| 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
| Nishiki service area(In‐bound) | Marugoto bowl
Blac been Udon and Soba set |
Maizuruwakasa Highway
In-bound line |
| Ohte Shokudo | Beef tororo bowl | 55-1 Nikaimachi |
| Ajidokoro Mitake | Wild boar meat tororo bowl | 18 Kurooka |
| Tokusan kan Sasayama | Simmered 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 |
| Tokusan kan Sasayama | 70-1 Kurooka |
| Odagaki Shoten | 19 Tatsumachi |
| Sakamotoya | 101-1Tatsumachi |
| JA Tambasasayama Midorikan | 942-1 Higashibuki |
| Kannanisamu store | 81Agake |
| Kuromame-no-yakata | 511-2 Shimoitai |
| ‘Minori’ market in Konda Yakushi Onsen Nukumori no Sato |
21-10 Kondashinden, Kondacho |
| Nishiki service area | Maizuruwakasa Highway
In-bound line |
Event information
| Inquiries | Tambasasayama Kuromame Section, Agricultural Capital Policy Division, Tambasasayama municipal government 41 Kitashinmachi, Tambasasayama City, Hyogo 669-2397 Phone: +81-79-552-1111 |
| Organizer | Tambasasayama Brand Product Strategy Conference (Hyogo Prefecture, Tambasasayama Agricultural Cooperative, Tambasasayama City) |