Shimonoseki is located in western Yamaguchi Prefecture, where over 80% of Japan’s fugu is processed and distributed. Here, fugu isn’t just an occasional luxury—it’s woven into daily life.

Japan's Most Dangerous Dish Is a Poisonous Blowfish That Requires a Special Chef's License to Prepare It. Chefs must apply for a specialized license to prepare fugu fish.

Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan struggled to figure out what exactly was ailing its resident sunfish until they used cardboard cutouts of visitors to keep the lone fish company.

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SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- Tsunoshima Lighthouse in this southwestern Japan city is one of Japan's many lighthouses constructed in the early Meiji era ...

Shimonoseki, on the westernmost tip of Japan’s main island of Honshu, celebrated the return of its small whaling fleet late last month. The mother ship, Nisshin Maru , carried the meat from 333 ...

The combative tenor of the 54 th annual conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was set the day before the opening gavel struck on Monday, May 20 in the whaling city of Shimonoseki, ...

In this photo released by Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum "Kaikyokan," a sunfish swims near cardboard cutouts of people in uniforms at Kaikyukan in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern ...