Does anyone know which sweet potato in Australia is closest to Japanese sweet potato?

Trying to make this recipe

https://www.justonecookbook.com/wprm_print/baked-japanese-sweet-potatoes-yaki-imo

But it doesn't turn out as good with regular orange sweet potatoes and I live in a regional town and I don't know if my local Asian stores will have them because they don't have websites I can check so I'm wondering is anyone knows which sweet potato type here in Aus is closest to the Japanese sweet potato.

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CameronDev@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y

https://www.change.org/p/petition-coles-and-woolworths-to-stock-satsuma-imo-sweet-potatoes-taste-like-chestnuts

I'm sure I've seen them in specialty fruit and veg stores, but I am struggling to find them as well.

Found these: https://marketplacefresh.com.au/vegetables/potatoes-pumpkins/sweet-potato-white-medium but its the opposite colour scheme :(

tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y

The most common variety in Japan is the satsuma imo (satsuma potato) if that helps at all.