Background
Sokan Noguchi was born in Okinawa.
Sokan Noguchi was born in Okinawa.
Sokan Noguchi went to South China and brought back sweet potatoes to his native place (1605), only 11 years after the food crop was introduced to China. Sweet potatoes were brought from Okinawa to Satsuma (Kagoshima Prefecture) in Kyushu (1705).