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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...

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...