For many travelers, part of the fun of exploring the world is trying new-to-them foods that are unavailable back home. Sometimes, that means eating parts of an animal they're not used to or chomping ...

Ordering fugu in Japan means placing your life in someone else's hands. This isn't hyperbole—it's a simple fact. The dish has caused deaths over the centuries, with documented cases appearing ...

The seaside city of Shimonoseki in southern Japan has a desirable specialty in the culinary world – the potentially deadly delicacy fugu. Also called blowfish or pufferfish, fugu is available ...

Eating a Japanese blowfish can definitely kill you, but you can rest assured this 10-year-old girl will prepare it safely. The fugu, also known as blowfish, preparation certification test is one of ...

The poisonous puffer fish, which inflates itself into a small balloon when caught, lives in most of the world’s oceans. But only in Japan, where it is called fugu, has it become a national tradition.