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Walk a few blocks from Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa, and you start to notice a pattern. One shop sells candied sweet potatoes, and the next sells sweet potato bars. A third, meanwhile, grills little sweet potato cakes. The Asakusa sweet p...

Daigaku Imo (大学芋, daigaku imo) is a Japanese sweet potato snack made by frying bite-sized pieces and coating them in sugar syrup, usually with black sesame seeds. Imo means potato or tuber in Japanese. “University potato” is the liter...

Daigaku Imo (大学芋, daigaku imo) is a Japanese sweet potato snack made by frying bite-sized pieces and coating them in sugar syrup, usually with black sesame seeds. Imo means potato or tuber in Japanese. “University potato” is the liter...