To enter a fugu restaurant is cast as a daredevil feat akin to skydiving, with each bite a roll of the dice. You don’t just toddle home afterward with a full belly; you survive. While ...

A single mistake could mean death for a customer. Fugu is an expensive delicacy in Japan and the restaurants that serve it are among the finest in the country. In Miura-san's establishment a meal ...

Before I’d arrived at this dark, back-alley restaurant in Tokyo, I’d been told that trust was the most crucial element involved when choosing a fugu chef. It was like selecting a heart surgeon ...

Today Bon Appétit joins Chef Kazuchi Hotta at his restaurant Shunsai Fuku Hotta in Tokyo to observe his mastery of fugu. Fugu, also known as pufferfish, is a seasonal winter delicacy in Japan ...

The first time I heard about fugu was on an episode of The Simpsons. Homer visits a new sushi restaurant and he demands to eat fugu (as well as everything else on the menu). The sushi master was ...

OSAKA--Local landmarks for a century here, two popular fugu restaurants are the latest casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Zuboraya restaurants--famed for their huge 3-D puffer fish signs ...

A single mistake could mean death for a customer. Fugu is an expensive delicacy in Japan and the restaurants that serve it are among the finest in the country. In Miura-san's establishment a meal ...