Yaki-Imo Man in Japan 石焼き芋屋さん 販売車

My encounter with the Yaki-Imo Man!

http://gakuranman.com/the-yaki-imo-man-of-japan/

I added captions where I could. Apologies for the quality and bluriness - was shot one-handed with a narrow depth of field on my E-P1 at night on a whim ^^;

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• yaki-imo
• gakuranman
• japan
• 焼き芋
• e-p1

[killers123]

Down in Los Angeles around the downtown area we have mini-markets of wheels. There is a truck that passes around the neighborhood selling things a food market would have.

[thegakuranman]

That sounds cool. What sort of things are sold?

[1matth3w1]

i have people like that all the time here in NY you have to catch them in a certain time to recieve something special or to see something special. anyone ever herd of the naked cowboy? lol well great video and ganbatte desu yo!

[thegakuranman]

Thanks for your comment! Never heard of the naked cowboy - what's that??

[CrimeAvenger2]

西武池袋線の富士見台駅付近にある「産直のお店　トキワ物産」という店、安納芋の焼き芋で、おいしいです。

[agaystory]

yaki-imo season has come　again,,,,(^^)

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

This is common in Mexico too, they also have a steam whistle sound as sometimes heard in Japan as well.

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

@Bigben2u They do the whistle thing in Japan too! It's very interesting.

[beximus]

In My neighborhood short mexican ladies and their kids wander about pushing a stroller full of steamy corn screaming out

ELOTEEEEEEES!

[dreamchaser171]

When you eat the Yaki Imo you sound kind of perverted O_O lol

[virushunter83]

I think the song is almost like some Adhan (the Islamic call to prayer) I have heard . Can't find any on Youtube that sound quite like it, but the sound reminds me of some of the prayer callers in Rabat, Morocco.

[rgg011]

In hawaii we have the 'Manapua Man'. A vendor drives through neighborhoods and sells the manapua; a version of the Chinese pork bun. No haunting song. I love the yaki-imo song!

[queczal]

Thanks for the video and narrative!

[Bigben2u]

We have the same thing in Mexico, but instead of announcing him/herself on a speaker, the mobile (barbecue) smoker releases a similar sound as a train whistle that alerts everyone in the block of his/her presence...if you are not quite familiarized with the whistle, it will scare the living crap out of you! Cheers from Richmond, Kentucky!