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Georges Ohsawa confused me when he said that "potimarron" was his nickname for a squash grown on Hokkaido. There is a European squash called "Potimarron" and it is neither kobocha nor Hokkaido pumpkin. This may be because Ohsawa encountered this "potimarron" when he was in France, and liked the name and decided to hijack it.

And speaking of cures, I understand that Ohsawa died of a massive heart attack at age 73, a relatively young age for Japanese--so "lifestyle" is probably a better phrase for macrobiotics than "cure".

Chad