Starch production from
sweet potatoes flourished
after the Meiji period. In
the late Taishō era, a
factory that processed
starch into food products
moved into the city,
making it an important
local industry.

They say the starch was
used to make things like
mizuame (sweet syrup).
Chiba City really has a
close connection with
sweet potatoes!

I love roasted sweet
potatoes and mizuame!
We should be grateful
to the people of the
past who valued sweet
potatoes so much.