{"id":94062,"date":"2016-12-16T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T08:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?p=94062&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-12-16T17:45:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T08:45:31","slug":"japanese-winter-treat-baked-sweet-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/japanese-winter-treat-baked-sweet-potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Winter Treat &#8211; Baked Sweet Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter\u2019s been slow in arriving in Fukuoka, but gradually the chill is setting in. If you find yourself in dire need of a good warm snack, then head to Cocon Farm, located just off of Nishidori in Daimyo and get your hands on a baked sweet potato (<em>yaki-imo<\/em>), grown in Kyushu\u2019s very own Kagoshima Pref.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-5-1024x683.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-5.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-5.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-5.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can get the sweet potatoes to go, or sit in Cocon\u2019s indoor cafe, a small, but homely space round the back of the fruit stand. The sweet potatoes are deliciously caramelised and will warm you through. If you don\u2019t feel like eating one right away, put it in a jacket pocket to keep yourself warm as you walk around Fukuoka.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-1-1024x683.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cocon is also serving hot wine at the moment, alongside its usual range of fruit juices, smoothies and fresh fruit: there\u2019s enough Vitamin C there to keep the scurvy off for a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-7-1024x683.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-7.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-7.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-7.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural Farm &#038; Cocon<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Address: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/gcUafuDLAcv\" target=\"_blank\">1-12-56 Daimyo, Chuo-ku<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Open: 11:00~21:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Closed: Irregular<br \/>\n\u2022 Tel.: 092-752-8228<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-6-1024x683.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-6.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-6.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-6.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter\u2019s been slow in arriving in Fukuoka, but gradually the chill is setting in. If you find yourself in dire need of a good warm snack, then head to Cocon Farm, located just off of Nishidori in Daimyo and get your hands on a baked sweet potato (yaki-imo), grown in Kyushu\u2019s very own Kagoshima Pref&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":94063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"94062","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-drink","location-tenjin","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coconimo-5.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94068,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94062\/revisions\/94068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}