this is shiminoseki, the home of one of east asia's most notorious fish.normally raw as sashimi but it's lethally toxic. 0ne wrong bite and you could be killed instantly. in fact, the chemicals in the fish are reckoned to be 1200 times more poisonous than cyanide. some have described it as the dining equivalent of russian roulette. how many people die every year from eating fugu? the town has made something of a tourism industry of its relationship with fugu. and it's not hard to find a licensed chef in shiminoseki. so tell me which parts are poisonous. everything here. ok, so this is the liver, the eyeballs, this is the heart, gallbladder. ok, so what do you do with all these poisonous parts? so, what would happen if i ate some of these toxic parts? how would i die? so, the chef said it tastes better if you try three slices together. three slices? 0k. more than i wanted to take, but... i got some fugu sauce. it's chewier than a lot of sashimi i'm used to. not bad. the sauce was good, too. i feel very safe here but what i want is a rawer, less polished exp

and it's not hard to find a licensed chef in shiminoseki. so tell me which parts are poisonous.tter if you try three slices together. three slices? 0k. more than i wanted to take, but... i got some fugu sauce. it's chewier than a lot of sashimi i'm used to. not bad. the sauce was good, too. i feel very safe here but what i want is a rawer, less polished experience and ifind it at the town's unique fugu auction house. what we are about to see here doesn't happen anywhere else in the world. here, they have developed a system of bidding that ensures secrecy. everything happens inside a big, black glove. it's quite interesting, the man with the black bag or shroud around his hand, he's the auctioneer, obviously, from the fish market and all the wholesalers are bidding. but it's said to be shrouded in secrecy so they are doing hand gestures underneath the black cloth so you never really know the real price of the fugu. it's all shrouded in mystery. or it was shrouded in mystery until i asked how it works. i can't even add up that quickly! so, by and large, fugu is nothing to worry ab