Fresh meat of fin whales displayed on tray at a fish market in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern Japan Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.

Shimonoseki is best known for its fugu, a potentially deadly blowfish, but its growing restaurant scene has a lot else to offer, with one chef in particular trying to elevate it to food-tourism ...

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 ...

The puffer fish is a full-time obsession of Shimonoseki, and with good reason. More than 80 percent of the country's puffer fish supply is sourced here, with some calling the city Japan's fugu ...

He said he plans to ship the meat to restaurants in Hiroshima and Tokyo. Last year, the same wholesale market at the Shimonoseki port set what was then a record 120,000 yen per kilogram for whale ...

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.

The Haedomari fish market in Shimonoseki handles the largest volume of the wild torafugu variety in Japan. But Monday's blowfish catch was around one-third of the seasonal average.

But while rural Shimonoseki would make an ideal invasion point for hipster aliens who feel that attacking Tokyo has been done so often in anime as to be played out but not quite so often that they can ...

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Maintenance Division shows an auction selling fresh meat of fin whales at a fish market in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern Japan Thursday, Dec. 12 ...

Remember those Shimonoseki fish we talked about? Some of them are more active at night, but are still drawn to light. Many fishermen attach lights to their boats, called "isaribi" in Japanese, to ...