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Let's take a quick glance at a few more booths. This is a booth selling "Masks". 

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This booth sells masks of children's favorite TV show, comic book and cartoon characters.

A "Haka Pipe" booth.

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These pipe like toys are filled with a minty powdered candy that gives the sensation of "smoking a pipe".

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Many popular children's characters.

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One "pipe" sells for 500 yen.

And a booth selling "Anzu" .

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Anzu (Japanese apricot) are served in an edible cone bowl.

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Several other fruits are also available.

Of course, more sweets are available such as "Cotton Candy".

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A large size bag of "Cotton Candy" sells for 200 yen.

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The Vender starts with a wooden stick.

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The fluffed sugar is spun onto the stick.

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And "Sweet Potato Sticks"

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"Satsuma Stick" or "Sweet Potato Sticks" are loved by the Japanese. "Baked Sweet Potatoes" are also sold in Grocery Store parking lots and during the cold season by small trucks driving through the neighborhoods with loud speakers!

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On the top of the display are "Baked Sweet Potatoes". In the display are Large size cups of sticks (500 yen) and Small size (300 yen).


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