Sakai sweet potato brings in sweet success

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A sweet crop, cultivated in a rural town in Japan, is being met with sweet success thanks to a joint effort between a local farmer and the town’s mayor and council.

Just a few months ago, Shinichi Kimura, 69, was hard at work harvesting what has become an important export for Sakai town, Japan.

Kimura-san shows no signs of slowing down as he reveals a bumper crop of sweet potatoes grown right here at his farm…

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