It takes three years to make it right, so be warned. Ovaries of the Japanese pufferfish, called fugu, are pickled in salt and bran in Hakusan’s Mikawa district to eliminate toxic poison.

OSAKA--Local landmarks for a century here, two popular fugu restaurants are the latest casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Zuboraya restaurants--famed for their huge 3-D puffer fish signs ...