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radishes from Higo province:

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Kubota radish and Kikuchi radish I have no idea to which degree the radishes of Higo (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture) were famous, the sources I’ve discovered so far report of two radish names that were apparently cultivated: Kubota and Kikuchi. It is also interesting to see that the sources that mention Higo radishes were rather early … Read more

Satsuma radish – Sakurajima (Island) radish and Kokubu radish

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Satsuma is the old province name for the now Western part of Kagoshima prefecture and place of one of the most famous radishes. Satsuma radish owns a reputation of being very big and heavy, and you expect it to be rather tough and woody due to its size. Yet it is soft in fiber, which … Read more