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.

Courtesy of Setouchi DMO. Fugu (or blowfish) is by far the country's most dangerous dish, and it's the one that Shimonoseki is most known for. If improperly prepared, fugu can be toxic to those ...

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.

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- Tsunoshima Lighthouse in this southwestern Japan city is one of Japan's many lighthouses constructed in the early Meiji era (1868-1912) with involvement from British ...

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Japan's lonely sunfish heartened by fake cut-outs of human onlookers 00:40. A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank ...

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, ...