Today at FoodEx Japan – the once-a-year trade show where everyone from honey pepper vodka producers to octopus distributors show their latest and greatest – I discovered how they ship live fish! The dude in the picture above was just looking around, like, “What’s that strange animal floating around up there? I’ve never seen anything like it!”
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
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I wish I could be shipped home from Ireland like that.
Yeah, now that you mention it, I wish I could be shipped back and forth to San Francisco next weekend like that, instead of in Veal Pen Class! >_<