My Favorite Place in Japan!

​      My favorite place in Japan is Shimonoseki which is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu island
 
One of the reasons I love Shimonoseki is the pufferfish. There are pufferfish in Japan but the tastiest one in Japan is in Shimonoseki in my opinion. The shop we bought the puffer fish was verified by professional chefs. Puffer fish tastes awesome. It has white meat with soft texture. It is just awesome!

Another reason why i love Shimonoseki is because The Heike and Genji tribes who were fighting with each other for a very long time, fought their last war there in 12th century.
I performed an opera about that final war 1 year ago. The losing tribe that fought there was named Heike. Heike had an emperor Antoku who was around 10 years old and his grandmother didn’t want him to get killed or captured so his grandmother and the emperor dove into the ocean. ​​

​http://www.toshidama-japanese-prints.com/item_264/Yoshikazu-The-Battle-of-Dan-no-Ura-of-1185.htm

​http://www.shunpanro.com/en/fugu-browfish/

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