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 prime minister, Shinzo Abe, lived in Shimonoseki in the early 2000s and the city is his home constituency. The Karato fish market in Shimonoseki, famous as a market for blowfish. Photo ...

The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki is home to the ocean sunfish. An aquarium in Japan has come up with a unique and out-of-the-box idea to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish after the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- Japan's oldest post office building still in service here is also available for various events such as concerts and weddings ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--Raw whale meat fetched 500,000 yen ($3,560) per kilogram at an auction here on Nov. 14, double the previous record of 250,000 yen set in Osaka in October.