A delicious and gourmet Japanese eggplant with pretty green skin. A beautiful variety, ideal for grilling or even eating raw with a dash of ponzu or sprinkle of salt. The skin is firm but the flesh is mild, sweet, and creamy with no bitterness. Eggplants were introduced to Japan in the 8th century, and since then, hundreds of years of breeding efforts have resulted in eggplants of the highest eating quality. This variety is exceptionally heat tolerant.