sweet potato– tag –

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...

Benikomachi is a Japanese sweet potato cultivar closely associated with Chiba Prefecture. Written 紅小町 in Japanese, it has dark reddish-purple skin and pale yellow flesh. Cooked, it develops a floury, fluffy texture and mild sweetness,...

Beniharuka, officially registered in Japanese as べにはるか and commonly written 紅はるか in shops, is one of Japan's best-known sweet potato cultivars for moist, strongly sweet yakiimo. It has reddish-purple skin and pale flesh that tur...

Open a bag of Imo Kenpi and the first thing you notice is the sound. The sticks rattle like dry twigs. This Japanese sweet potato snack looks plain, yet it delivers a firm, slow crunch. So what is it, and why is it so closely associated ...

Walk through Asakusa on a cool afternoon and you will notice golden blocks stacked in shop windows. That is Imo Yokan, a dense Japanese sweet made by pressing cooked sweet potato and sugar into a sliceable block. It belongs to the wagash...

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...

INTRODUCTION TO IMO YOKAN Imo Yokan is a traditional Japanese jelly dessert that has an ingredient of sweet potato and sugar. Additionally, this wagashi is famous in the autumn season. You can get a lot of sweet potatoes, pumpkins, persi...

Walk through Asakusa on a cool afternoon and you will notice golden blocks stacked in shop windows. That is Imo Yokan, a dense Japanese sweet made by pressing cooked sweet potato and sugar into a sliceable block. It belongs to the wagash...

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...

INTRODUCTION TO IMO YOKAN Imo Yokan is a traditional Japanese jelly dessert that has an ingredient of sweet potato and sugar. Additionally, this wagashi is famous in the autumn season. You can get a lot of sweet potatoes, pumpkins, persi...

Open a bag of Imo Kenpi and the first thing you notice is the sound. The sticks rattle like dry twigs. This Japanese sweet potato snack looks plain, yet it delivers a firm, slow crunch. So what is it, and why is it so closely associated ...