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Whale soup served in Hakodate

[Food Trek] Hakodate, Where Whale Soup is a New Year’s Dish and Every Household has its Own Recipe

2023-02-07
On: 2023-Feb-07

“It is important not to lose our food culture” says Professor Takashi Matsuishi, adding that whale should be used “sustainably based on scientific evidence.”

Scenes in Kushiro: A Grateful City, a Watching World as Japan Resumes Commercial Whaling

2019-12-12
On: 2019-Dec-12

The five whaling boats chugged out into the bumpy waters off of eastern Hokkaido, a tiny armada under gray skies and the gaze of the world.

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