This Weekend! The 1st Imo Fes! IN Kofu Station, May 16-17, 2026! Hamamatsu Vendors Announced
The first "Imo Fes!" will be held at Kofu Station North Exit Yochabare Plaza from May 16-17, 2026. This popular food event, which has attracted over 470,000 people mainly in the Tokai region, will feature 15 vendors, including a baked sweet potato shop that won a Mond Selection gold medal, and is drawing significant attention as its first time in Kofu City.
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The 15 vendors participating in the "Imo Fes! IN Kofu Station" to be held on May 16-17, 2026 (Saturday and Sunday) at Kofu Station North Exit Yochabare Plaza have been announced. Imo Fes! is a food event that has attracted over 470,000 people, mainly in the Tokai region. This time, Imo Fes! is being held for the first time in Kofu City, making it a highly anticipated sweets event.
The highlight will be stores that received the world's first Mond Selection gold medal for baked sweet potatoes and stores that won the Imo Fes! Grand Prize announced in December 2025.
The participating vendors are as follows:
1. Ruiida KITCHEN: Mond Selection Gold Medal winner! World's first baked sweet potato to win a Mond Selection award. Imo Fes! Grand Prize Best Award.
The era of evolving baked sweet potatoes has arrived. "Aged baked sweet potatoes" are attracting attention as a symbol of this evolution. By aging sweet potatoes for a certain period after harvesting, starch turns into sugar, creating an astonishing sweetness and deep flavor. "Ruiida Kitchen" offers "Special Aged Baked Sweet Potatoes."
2. Enmusubi: Imo Fes! Grand Prize Excellence Award, Gold Prize.
Aiming to be a "baked sweet potato specialty store without a standard," we offer baked sweet potatoes you've never tasted before! We offer sweets and "Mitsuro" baked sweet potatoes, which have a one-year waiting list for reservations!
3. Joiecrep: Imo Fes! Grand Prize Sweets Category, Grand Prize.
[Sweet Potato Brulee Crepe] A sweet potato brulee crepe inspired by baked sweet potatoes, with purple sweet potato powder kneaded into the dough, whipped cream, Anno sweet potato sauce, and sweet potato paste.
4. IMOBAKKA: Excellence Award, Silver Prize. IMOBAKKA.
Sweet potato lovers, pay attention! IMOBAKKA is a specialty store for imokenpi (sweet potato fries) that draws long lines at sweet potato events nationwide. IMOBAKKA's famous thick and soft imokenpi allows you to fully enjoy the natural sweetness of the sweet potato. Furthermore, a hint of natural seaweed salt adds an accent! The "Gochamaze Mix," a mixture of painstakingly hand-cut crispy thin imokenpi and chips, is so popular that customers come from Akita in the north to Wakayama in the south to buy it at the main store in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture. It can be stored for one month, making it a popular number one product for souvenirs or emergency food during disasters!
5. Imo Mitsu: Baked sweet potatoes.
6. Hokkori Imo: Sweets Category, Gold Prize.
This luxurious three-layered cake features the smooth texture of cream cheese and sweet potato, accented by a cookie crust. It was ranked No. 1 for two consecutive periods in the "Souvenir" category at the 2025 Sweet Potato Expo.
7. Peony: Satsuma chips.
Freshly fried sweet potato chips made on the spot. Please enjoy the fresh flavor and sweetness of sweet potatoes.
8. oimodo: Imo Fes Grand Prize Sweets Category, Silver Prize.
Our No. 1 best-selling product, selling 10,000 units annually! A proud masterpiece featuring oimodo's carefully selected sweet baked sweet potatoes topped with completely original baked sweet potato gelato. The gelato, kneaded with baked sweet potato including the skin, is sure to make you a repeat customer! Our No. 1 best-selling product, selling 10,000 units annually! A proud masterpiece featuring oimodo's carefully selected sweet baked sweet potatoes topped with completely original baked sweet potato gelato. The gelato, kneaded with baked sweet potato including the skin, is sure to make you a repeat customer!
[Oimo Tart] A collaboration product with Toraya & Cafe, a popular cake shop in Shizuoka. Oimodo's baked sweet potatoes are generously placed on a crispy tart crust. Individually packaged, it's a perfect souvenir.
9. Recanto: Please try the Brazilian-style Mishima Croquette, a collaboration of Mishima City's famous Mishima Croquette and Brazilian home cooking.
10. DINER Sugi: Imo Fes! Grand Prize Special Jury Award.
Sweet potato chips, french fries, motsuni (offal stew). A restaurant where everything tastes delicious.
11. Kazumi: Stone-baked sweet potatoes.
12. DAIKUCOFFEE: Carefully brewed coffee made by a carpenter.
13. Minami Alps Stand: A shop specializing in baked sweet potato sweets and Basque cheesecake.
14. Watanabe Pear Garden: Pot-baked sweet potatoes. How about sweet potatoes baked in a pot?
15. Karaage Dojo: Fujinomiya Yakisoba. The exquisite yakisoba representing Fujinomiya City's B-grade gourmet, a town at the foot of World Heritage Site Mt. Fuji. Bakudan Karaage (garlic soy sauce, savory salt, sauce flavor).
These are the 15 stores.
The content has been featured nationwide on Nippon TV's "DayDay." The events held during Golden Week at NEOPASA Hamamatsu and NEOPASA Shimizu were also covered by terrestrial news programs. In addition, various mass media outlets, such as Chukyo TV's "Zenryaku, Ootoku-san" and CBC TV's "Naruhodo Presenter! Hanasaka Times," have featured live broadcasts.
The highlight will be stores that received the world's first Mond Selection gold medal for baked sweet potatoes and stores that won the Imo Fes! Grand Prize announced in December 2025.
The participating vendors are as follows:
1. Ruiida KITCHEN: Mond Selection Gold Medal winner! World's first baked sweet potato to win a Mond Selection award. Imo Fes! Grand Prize Best Award.
The era of evolving baked sweet potatoes has arrived. "Aged baked sweet potatoes" are attracting attention as a symbol of this evolution. By aging sweet potatoes for a certain period after harvesting, starch turns into sugar, creating an astonishing sweetness and deep flavor. "Ruiida Kitchen" offers "Special Aged Baked Sweet Potatoes."
2. Enmusubi: Imo Fes! Grand Prize Excellence Award, Gold Prize.
Aiming to be a "baked sweet potato specialty store without a standard," we offer baked sweet potatoes you've never tasted before! We offer sweets and "Mitsuro" baked sweet potatoes, which have a one-year waiting list for reservations!
3. Joiecrep: Imo Fes! Grand Prize Sweets Category, Grand Prize.
[Sweet Potato Brulee Crepe] A sweet potato brulee crepe inspired by baked sweet potatoes, with purple sweet potato powder kneaded into the dough, whipped cream, Anno sweet potato sauce, and sweet potato paste.
4. IMOBAKKA: Excellence Award, Silver Prize. IMOBAKKA.
Sweet potato lovers, pay attention! IMOBAKKA is a specialty store for imokenpi (sweet potato fries) that draws long lines at sweet potato events nationwide. IMOBAKKA's famous thick and soft imokenpi allows you to fully enjoy the natural sweetness of the sweet potato. Furthermore, a hint of natural seaweed salt adds an accent! The "Gochamaze Mix," a mixture of painstakingly hand-cut crispy thin imokenpi and chips, is so popular that customers come from Akita in the north to Wakayama in the south to buy it at the main store in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture. It can be stored for one month, making it a popular number one product for souvenirs or emergency food during disasters!
5. Imo Mitsu: Baked sweet potatoes.
6. Hokkori Imo: Sweets Category, Gold Prize.
This luxurious three-layered cake features the smooth texture of cream cheese and sweet potato, accented by a cookie crust. It was ranked No. 1 for two consecutive periods in the "Souvenir" category at the 2025 Sweet Potato Expo.
7. Peony: Satsuma chips.
Freshly fried sweet potato chips made on the spot. Please enjoy the fresh flavor and sweetness of sweet potatoes.
8. oimodo: Imo Fes Grand Prize Sweets Category, Silver Prize.
Our No. 1 best-selling product, selling 10,000 units annually! A proud masterpiece featuring oimodo's carefully selected sweet baked sweet potatoes topped with completely original baked sweet potato gelato. The gelato, kneaded with baked sweet potato including the skin, is sure to make you a repeat customer! Our No. 1 best-selling product, selling 10,000 units annually! A proud masterpiece featuring oimodo's carefully selected sweet baked sweet potatoes topped with completely original baked sweet potato gelato. The gelato, kneaded with baked sweet potato including the skin, is sure to make you a repeat customer!
[Oimo Tart] A collaboration product with Toraya & Cafe, a popular cake shop in Shizuoka. Oimodo's baked sweet potatoes are generously placed on a crispy tart crust. Individually packaged, it's a perfect souvenir.
9. Recanto: Please try the Brazilian-style Mishima Croquette, a collaboration of Mishima City's famous Mishima Croquette and Brazilian home cooking.
10. DINER Sugi: Imo Fes! Grand Prize Special Jury Award.
Sweet potato chips, french fries, motsuni (offal stew). A restaurant where everything tastes delicious.
11. Kazumi: Stone-baked sweet potatoes.
12. DAIKUCOFFEE: Carefully brewed coffee made by a carpenter.
13. Minami Alps Stand: A shop specializing in baked sweet potato sweets and Basque cheesecake.
14. Watanabe Pear Garden: Pot-baked sweet potatoes. How about sweet potatoes baked in a pot?
15. Karaage Dojo: Fujinomiya Yakisoba. The exquisite yakisoba representing Fujinomiya City's B-grade gourmet, a town at the foot of World Heritage Site Mt. Fuji. Bakudan Karaage (garlic soy sauce, savory salt, sauce flavor).
These are the 15 stores.
The content has been featured nationwide on Nippon TV's "DayDay." The events held during Golden Week at NEOPASA Hamamatsu and NEOPASA Shimizu were also covered by terrestrial news programs. In addition, various mass media outlets, such as Chukyo TV's "Zenryaku, Ootoku-san" and CBC TV's "Naruhodo Presenter! Hanasaka Times," have featured live broadcasts.