●THE ROOTS OF SHUN " Butterbur " . . Fuki (Japanese butterbur) is a perennial plant that belongs to the plant family Asteraceae and can be found throughout Japan—from Hokkaido to Okinawa. It is an indigenous vegetable of Japan, which is a rarity. The fuki plant is said to have been harvested from the Heian period (794–1185) for food, with the younger buds used for medicine. . Fuki is said to have approximately 200 types, including wild species, but almost 70% of fuki on the market is Aichi wase