1. Shirako

Wow .. from the look it is like cow intestine, but apparently this is Shirako, which is the male genitalia of fish and a bag containing sperm. Shirako a dish popular in the pubs in Japan (Izakaya) and sushi bar.

2. Inago no Tsukudani
“Inago no Tsukudani” is a traditional Japanese cuisine is popular in rural areas of Yamagata, Nagano and Gunma. Maybe the packaging is slightly different with fried insects that exist in Indonesia. grasshoppers in the stew with “tsukudani”, ie soy sauce and spices plus a special Japanese style. Want to try? Hehehe ..

3. Basashi
“Sakuraniku” is a name for raw horse meat. “Sakura” which means cherry blossoms bloom combined with “Niku” which means flesh. However, if served with thin slices of sashimi would be “basashi”. This food is famous in the area of ??Kumamoto, Oita and Nagano and the food is also common in the Tohoku region.

Besides meat, there is also a dessert of ice cream made from horse flesh ‘ice cream basashi “. Eww ..

4. Natto
Nahh .. foods that one is probably already familiar to us. Natto is fermented soy food that smells pretty stinging and very sticky like spider webs are usually served for breakfast in Japan.

5. Fugu
“Fugu” is the Japanese word for puffer fish. The kanji characters used to write the Fugu literally meaning river pig.
Fugu flesh is edible, but the skin, liver and ovaries contain a deadly poison tetrododoxin. If one element is consumed then the poison would paralyze the muscles, while the victim remains fully conscious and could eventually die of asphyxiation.
Restaurants in Japan could serve Fugu meat if performed by a qualified chef. So, do not ever try to eat these fish if we do not have any special expertise

6. Hachinoko
When a local bar in Japan ran out of nuts for snacks and we need adequate protein intake to re-indulge, then the larvae of bees “Hachinoko” crunchy this could be his successor.

Bee larvae “hachinoko” also became a popular food

This bee larvae turned out to be the late Emperor Hirohito’s favorite dish mixed with rice flavored with soy sauce and sugar.

7. Zazamushi
Other foods that are widely available in Japan either in canned or bottled in restaurants, is zazamushi (insects that live in water). Zazamushi actually not insects, but a name that is applied to the insect larvae that live in the riverbed. Insects “Mushi” at the scene, where the river makes the sound “zaazaa” as it flows.

8. Kujira & Iruca
Evidence that in Japan, the whale “kujira” is still consumed as food in a dish of sashimi. Wahh .. I do not recommend this one, because protected animals including whales and already threatened populations.

Even the dolphins’ iruca “a funny ending unlucky in the box at the supermarket.

9. Shiokara
Shiokara is seafood that is fermented with a salty flavor and fishy.

10. Shirouo no Odorigui
Shirouo is a name for the tiny transparent fish. Called Odogui Shirouo no, because these fish are eaten alive who would then feel like dancing our mouth “odorigui”.

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