One of my favorite Japanese snacks.

One of the nice things about living in Japan is that it's easy to find healthy snacks. One of my favorites is sweet potatoes that look like this:

I don't know exactly how they're made, and yes, they look gross, but they are really tasty and I don't feel guilty if I eat a lot of them, because, hey - they're sweet potatoes...how bad for me can they be, right?