The pufferfish gets occasional bad press for its toxicity, but its bland taste and big price tag have been instrumental in hurting the fish’s popularity in Japan. Restaurant owners hope the Tokyo2020 Olympics will help change that by sakmurakami
TOKYO - In the kitchen at Fukudokoro Sakai, a restaurant across the road from a seafood market at the southern tip of the main island of Japan, the chef casually hacks off the head of a live pufferfish.
The meat of the fish, stained with blood, will be cleaned and cut into thin, semi-translucent sashimi slices and arranged into a chrysanthemum shape for customers to eat for lunch. But fugu-focussed restaurants hope the Olympics, and the hordes of tourists they will bring, will revive business. Furukawa, who is also the president of International Fugu Association, said wealthy tourists were a big part of his market.
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