Fugu fish, which Has Poison

If you hear "blowfish", do you have an idea to eat it. If so, you're very knowledgeable about Japanese culture. The fish has poison in, and yet it's very tasty.

This is a blowfish restaurant. Blowfish is called Fugu in Japanese.

In the fish tank, there're some bluefishes swimming back and forth very comfortably. 

And it's cute. At least I think so. From your view how it's like? 

If you catch a blowfish in a sea, you can never cook it. Because it has strong poison enough to kill human. So in Japan it's needed to get a chef's blowfish license to cook it. 

That's a bit weird. Because if it has poison, we never eat it from the second time. But, people in old Japan came up the great cuisine to eat it after taking off the poison parts. And the fish was getting very familiar in this country. 

It's one of the best dainties of Japan! Please try it, but never cook it by yourself. 

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