Trying Japan's Deadliest Fish 🐡☠️⚠️ Fugu in Shimonoseki

Shimonoseki's known for fugu (pufferfish / blowfish), the most poisonous fish in Japan! They're also really cute!!

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Join us for a day in Shimonoseki, where you can try fugu at the fish market. There are lots of seafood restaurants on the boardwalk, which is lovely on a sunny day. I loved all the cute pufferfish statues and lanterns! You can also see pufferfish at Kaikyokan Aquarium. They're so kawaii! I didn't realise there are so many different kinds. Shimonoseki's right at the end of Honshu, Japan's main island, but it's easy to get to as a day trip from Fukuoka. Just take the shinkansen to Kokura Station (15 minutes), then a short local train to Mojiko Station, where there's a very short ferry across to Shimonoseki. There are lots of other things to do around there too, including the historic buildings at Mojiko Retro, the JR West train museum, and Aru Aru City's a must-visit for anime fans - it's like Akihabara in a mall, right by Kokura Station. Note that Karato Fish Market's only open at the weekends.

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00:00 Intro
00:37 Getting there (Kanmon Ferry)
03:42 Shimonoseki boardwalk
05:23 Karato Fish Market
06:48 Trying fugu
09:50 Seafood rice bowl
11:59 Kaikyokan Aquarium
15:54 Back to Kitakyushu

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