A rare restaurant serving whale meat barbecue has recently opened in Osaka, stressing low-calorie, low-fat food, amid dwindling domestic consumption…
OSAKA —
A rare restaurant serving whale meat barbecue has recently opened in Osaka, stressing low-calorie, low-fat food, amid dwindling domestic consumption of whale meat under international whaling regulations.
The restaurant Kujiraya—literally a whale meat store—opened in front of a busy railroad station, introduces various ways to eat whale, including raw “sashimi” and one-pot meals, while providing rare parts of whales such as tongue.
Whale meat was once a common dish including for school lunch menus in Japan but has disappeared from the dinner table as domestic consumption of whale meat shrank to several thousand tons a year from around 200, 000 tons in 1960s as consumers opted for cheaper imported meats.
