Will candy potatoes received style twice as candy as candy potatoes earned?
Whether or not you shout it out for all to listen to or whisper it inside your coronary heart, “Ah, candy!” is a wonderfully logical response to successful one thing at a crane sport/UFO catcher. For those who’re taking part in the machines at sure arcades in and round Tokyo this fall, although, you’ll be able to amend that to “Ah candy…potato!”
Tore Tore Ya is a series of crane game-exclusive arcades recognized for his or her large collection of machines, with their department within the metropolis of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture, being acknowledged by the Guiness World’s Data affiliation for having the biggest variety of crane video games in a single location in 2012. Having so many machines lets Tore Tore Ya transcend the orthodox choices of Pokémon plushies, anime figures, and the like, and as of October 7 4 Tore Tore Ya branches have Yaki-imo (Roasted Candy Potato) Catchers in operation.
You play the sport identical to every other crane sport, utilizing the controls to govern the claw and seize your prize, which on this case is a uncooked candy potato. In fact, whereas autumn is the season for candy potatoes, they have to be roasted to unlock their full taste, so close to the Yaki-imo Catcher you’ll additionally discover a microwave to roast them in, with a specifically designed candy potato roasting container inside.
The cooking instructions, posted on a sheet above the microwave, say to position the candy potato you’ve received contained in the container and let it cook dinner for 4 to five minutes at a setting of 500 to 600 watts. As soon as that’s performed, use the offered oven mitts to rigorously take away the container and switch the potato over. Substitute the lid and put the container again into the microwave for a second spherical of roasting of three to 4 minutes, and as soon as your potato is cool sufficient to eat, you’ll be able to dig in! The precise roasting time relies on the scale of the potato, however as a rule of thumb they’re able to eat as soon as they’ve cooked lengthy sufficient to develop into gentle.
▼ It seems to be like a few of Tore Tore Ya’s crane video games are stocked with citrus fruit too, and the microwave has written instructions for making curry, suggesting that prompt curry packs may be potential prizes at sure branches, so you’ll be able to put collectively a reasonably first rate meal in the event you play nicely sufficient.
Tore Tore Ya’s preliminary inventory of winnable candy potatoes are of the Beni Azuma selection, recognized for his or her chestnut-like sweetness and fluffy texture as soon as roasted. As we get deeper into autumn, different kinds of candy potatoes would possibly begin displaying up within the machines too, relying on availability.
That is the second consecutive 12 months for Tore Tore Ya’s Yaki-imo Catchers, which in 2023 have been solely on the chain’s Gyoda and Yashio branches in Saitama. This 12 months, although, the department in Okegawa, Saitama, is getting one too, as is the Tama no Kuni location in Tokyo’s Tama Metropolis.
They are saying that cash received is twice as candy as cash earned, and now we have a hunch that holds true for candy potatoes too.
Associated: Tore Tore Ya Gyoda department, Yashio department, Okegawa department, Tama department
Supply, photos: PR Occasions
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