diff --git a/library/train_util.py b/library/train_util.py
index 3b74ddce..21e0d191 100644
--- a/library/train_util.py
+++ b/library/train_util.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from tqdm import tqdm
 
 import torch
 from library.device_utils import init_ipex, clean_memory
+
 init_ipex()
 
 from torch.nn.parallel import DistributedDataParallel as DDP
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ from library.original_unet import UNet2DConditionModel
 TOKENIZER_PATH = "openai/clip-vit-large-patch14"
 V2_STABLE_DIFFUSION_PATH = "stabilityai/stable-diffusion-2"  # ここからtokenizerだけ使う v2とv2.1はtokenizer仕様は同じ
 
+HIGH_VRAM = False
+
 # checkpointファイル名
 EPOCH_STATE_NAME = "{}-{:06d}-state"
 EPOCH_FILE_NAME = "{}-{:06d}"
@@ -2281,8 +2284,8 @@ def cache_batch_latents(
             if flip_aug:
                 info.latents_flipped = flipped_latent
 
-    # FIXME this slows down caching a lot, specify this as an option
-    clean_memory()
+    if not HIGH_VRAM:
+        clean_memory()
 
 
 def cache_batch_text_encoder_outputs(
@@ -3037,7 +3040,12 @@ def add_training_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, support_dreambooth:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--lowram",
         action="store_true",
-        help="enable low RAM optimization. e.g. load models to VRAM instead of RAM (for machines which have bigger VRAM than RAM such as Colab and Kaggle) / メインメモリが少ない環境向け最適化を有効にする。たとえばVRAMにモデルを読み込むなど（ColabやKaggleなどRAMに比べてVRAMが多い環境向け）",
+        help="enable low RAM optimization. e.g. load models to VRAM instead of RAM (for machines which have bigger VRAM than RAM such as Colab and Kaggle) / メインメモリが少ない環境向け最適化を有効にする。たとえばVRAMにモデルを読み込む等（ColabやKaggleなどRAMに比べてVRAMが多い環境向け）",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--highvram",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="disable low VRAM optimization. e.g. do not clear CUDA cache after each latent caching (for machines which have bigger VRAM) / VRAMが少ない環境向け最適化を無効にする。たとえば各latentのキャッシュ後のCUDAキャッシュを行わない等（VRAMが多い環境向け）",
     )
 
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -3128,6 +3136,15 @@ def add_training_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, support_dreambooth:
 
 
 def verify_training_args(args: argparse.Namespace):
+    r"""
+    Verify training arguments. Also reflect highvram option to global variable
+    学習用引数を検証する。あわせて highvram オプションの指定をグローバル変数に反映する
+    """
+    if args.highvram:
+        print("highvram is enabled / highvramが有効です")
+        global HIGH_VRAM
+        HIGH_VRAM = True
+
     if args.v_parameterization and not args.v2:
         print("v_parameterization should be with v2 not v1 or sdxl / v1やsdxlでv_parameterizationを使用することは想定されていません")
     if args.v2 and args.clip_skip is not None: