Japanese sweet potato– tag –

In autumn, shoppers across Kansai are likely to see one Tokushima name repeated on produce signs: Naruto Kintoki. This Naruto Kintoki sweet potato comes from sandy fields in Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku. Roast one slowl...

On a cold evening in Tokyo, the aroma of yaki imo, Japan's roasted sweet potato, still drifts through shopping streets. Today, many vendors favor moist, intensely sweet cultivars, but Beniazuma once defined the classic fluffy style acros...

Picture a roasted sweet potato split open on a cold evening. The skin is wrinkled and dark, while the flesh glows golden orange with a glossy, syrup-like surface. This is the image most often associated with Anno Imo (安納芋), a Japanese...

Silk Sweet is a Japanese sweet potato sold under a trademarked name, and the name is a promise about texture rather than sweetness. Its breeder registered it with Japan's Ministry of Agriculture under the cultivar name HE306, and it then...