>>21481380
they're following the japanese business model of
>make niche dessert/souvenier food
>throw big pricetag on it
>market it to travelers passing through the area
>make a 2500% profit from a product that cost $1 to make

Japanese do this in every single individual city/town/region. Tokyo Banana is basically just a twinkie with an overripe bit of banana mush inside but people line up to pay $15 for a box of 6 of them