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Dotonbori fugu lantern
I loved photographing the outrageous lighted signboards along Dotonbori, Osaka.
The fugu lantern of the Zuboraya restaurant is my fave.
This is a handheld shot, the 16-35GM certainly has better color fidelity than the Sony Zeiss f4 version and crispier with better contrast.
Personally, fugu is mostly hype as it is said that eating it is akin to playing Russian roulette since fugu poison is 1,000x more poisonous than cyanide with no known antidote! Fact is, it is actually quite safe in the hands of qualified/certified chefs but as a dish, it has no real character making it rather overpriced.
Fugu fins are usually dried and sold separately, some prefer to soak them in Japanese sake for the unique flavor it imparts to the drink.
Very interestingly, due to climate change, there has been an increase in the incidence of puffer fish hybrids making identification difficult especially when external clues are not foolproof. The location of the poison is uncertain in the hybrids so the risk of eating this may well increase unless they have a foolproof method for identifying the specific species going forward.
The fugu's tetrodotoxin comes from eating other animals infested with tetrodotoxin-laden bacteria, it can be farmed poison-free by keeping them away from the bacteria.
Dotonbori fugu lantern
I loved photographing the outrageous lighted signboards along Dotonbori, Osaka.
The fugu lantern of the Zuboraya restaurant is my fave.
This is a handheld shot, the 16-35GM certainly has better color fidelity than the Sony Zeiss f4 version and crispier with better contrast.
Personally, fugu is mostly hype as it is said that eating it is akin to playing Russian roulette since fugu poison is 1,000x more poisonous than cyanide with no known antidote! Fact is, it is actually quite safe in the hands of qualified/certified chefs but as a dish, it has no real character making it rather overpriced.
Fugu fins are usually dried and sold separately, some prefer to soak them in Japanese sake for the unique flavor it imparts to the drink.
Very interestingly, due to climate change, there has been an increase in the incidence of puffer fish hybrids making identification difficult especially when external clues are not foolproof. The location of the poison is uncertain in the hybrids so the risk of eating this may well increase unless they have a foolproof method for identifying the specific species going forward.
The fugu's tetrodotoxin comes from eating other animals infested with tetrodotoxin-laden bacteria, it can be farmed poison-free by keeping them away from the bacteria.