An old saying states: “Eating fugu is great but risking your life is worse.” Believe it or not, the dish is offered at eateries in Mikawa as part of efforts to revitalize the local community.

In 1958, a total of 176 people reportedly died across Japan after eating fugu, but nowadays only a handful of deaths are recorded annually. These numbers include people who have consumed ...

This rigorous regulation means that while the fish can be lethal, far more people die from eating oysters than fugu each year. All of the skill and training that goes into preparing this fish ...

If you have never experienced the melt-in-your-mouth butteriness of a piece of Bluefin otoro or experienced the ...

Occasionally, unlicensed individuals eat fugu caught in the sea and die. Karin's interest was piqued by news that a sixth grader in another region passed the test, and she trained since February ...

FUGU or pufferfish is not something that can be savoured at just any Japanese restaurant as a chef must be licensed to prepare and serve it. Prepared wrongly, consuming fugu can result in death as ...

fugu (the name of prepared blowfish) is often served raw and thinly sliced or added to soup. So why take the risk of eating it when the stakes are so high? Well, in Japan (and other countries ...

Zuboraya opened in 1920 and has been providing fugu dishes at reasonable prices for ... way to encourage customers in carefree outfits to eat sloppily to their contentment. The restaurants ...