#Fugu puffer professional#
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#Fugu puffer professional#

Fugu served in a professional establishment very rarely causes poisoning. After toxic elements are removed in processing, the fish, rendered harmless, are shipped nationwide.ДЇor this reason, the kind of scene depicted in the film is now almost unimaginable. We take pride in preparing blowfish safely.вЂќДЇour in five Japanese fugu caught in the wild or farm-raised-mainly in Nagasaki Prefecture-come to Yamaguchi, because of the numerous local processing companies. Ueno says, вЂњThere are very tight standards in Yamaguchi. Would-be fugu cooks are required to get licenses in many Japanese prefectures, including Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, ЕЊita, Tokyo, and Osaka. There have been no poisoning cases in Yamaguchi Prefecture for decades. (Courtesy Shimonoseki municipal government) Formerly a fugu wholesaler, Fuku no Seki is now the parent organization for processing company Daifuku, so Ueno knows his blowfish.ДЄ fugu auction. вЂњItвЂ™s total superstition!вЂќ says Ueno KenвЂ™ichirЕЌ, owner of the Shimonoseki restaurant Fuku no Seki, which specializes in blowfish-known in the local dialect as fuku. Is sand burial really a good way to cure fugu poisoning? People take their life in their hands when eating fugu. These spread to the whole body, in serious cases leading to death by respiratory failure. (There are also cases of fugu poisoning in Taiwan, where a total of 11 people died in 15 incidents taking place from 1991 to 2011.) Blowfish contain tetrodotoxin, which causes symptoms of numbness and paralysis 20 minutes to three hours after ingestion. In a typical year, some 50 people suffer fugu poisoning in around 30 incidents, some of which result in fatalities.

This raised the profile of fugu and its life-threatening properties.ДЄccording to the Ministry of Health, even today half of all food poisoning deaths in Japan come from eating blowfish. Two years before its release, the kabuki star BandЕЌ MitsugorЕЌ VIII died from poisoning after overindulgence in his beloved dish of torafugu (tiger blowfish) liver at a Kyoto restaurant. The film takes place in my hometown of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, the fugu capital of Japan. The protagonist, played by Sugawara Bunta, feels his whole body going numb after partaking of the fish-famously poisonous if prepared incorrectly-and submits to the surprising traditional remedy.

#Fugu puffer series#

There is a scene in a 1977 instalment of the Torakku yarЕЌ ( Truck Guys) series where the main character is buried in sand up to his neck as a cure for the effects of eating fugu blowfish.