A festival to savor blowfish has attracted visitors to Shimonoseki City in the western Japanese prefecture of Yamaguchi. The annual festival takes place around February 9. This year, it was held ...

decided to cancel after consulting with the Shimonoseki city government and other stakeholders. “We apologize to all the fans who were looking forward to it,” said a representative from the ...

Locals are trying to make Shimonoseki recognized as Japan’s No. 1 city for whale meat. A total of 1.4 tons of whale meat was sold at the auction. A long line of shoppers formed when an outlet of ...