Dog meat in Okubo!

[Catoneinutica]

Just got through adding my asinine 2 yen to a post by one of the MutantFrog kids on the violence inherent in eating live fish. I wrote, well at least the nipponesers don't eat dog, though some of them seem to enjoy a dolphin that's had the shit tastily kicked out of it. Then I go to check the wikipedia entry for "dog meat" and find that, by golly, dog meat is served in Japan:

[INDENT]Dog meat was consumed widely in Japan until 675 A.D. when Emperor Temmu decreed a prohibition on its consumption during the 4th-9th months of the year.[40] Today, it is exclusively consumed by Korean people in Japan. China is the only exporter of dog meat to Japan and exported 31 tons in 2006.[41] In Japan dog meat is available in Koreatowns such as the ones found in Tsuruhashi, Osaka and Okubo, Tokyo. Korean residents in Japan frequent dog meat restaurants there.[5][/INDENT]

Take, your input would be appreciated! Are these restaurants exempt from criticism because of the whole zainichi-taboo thing? Because Japanese seem to regard dog-eating as the depth of savagery, something only their less-evolved cousins on the Continent would do.

In any case, I'd like to take a look-see at one of these places next time I'm on the Shinjuku side of the Yamanote-sen.

-catone
-my avatar might be a bony-assed mofo, but maybe he should stay out of Okubo - just in case!

[omae mona]

Here's a blog entry about a visit to an Okubo restaurant:

http://www.arakawas.sakura.ne.jp/backn007/inuniku/inuniku.html

Dog nabe:


Translation of the commentary:

Dog meat tastes different than beef or chicken. It was a little stinky, but delicious!

Here's a restaurant info site with a map, where they gave it 2 out of 5 stars: http://namcotravel.jp/user/restaurant/r6046630/

[IkemenTommy]

[Catoneinutica]

I found a few more from this blog entry:

But what's most disturbing out of that whole article was, in translation,

Yeah, I note that in my MF comments:

http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/04/27/a-history-of-violence/#comments

My comments appears toward the end (I use the same user name as here - lack of imagination, I guess).

[2triky]

[wuchan]

Yeah, I note that in my MF comments:

http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/04/27/a-history-of-violence/#comments

My comments appears toward the end (I use the same user name as here - lack of imagination, I guess).

good points. The way I see it is: if you can eat it, AND it's species won't suffer from the harvest.... eat that shit.

your link showed, once again, that adamu is a sheltered, inbred cat from the "middle". I bet he has no problem shoving a burger down his throat.

I tried the dog thing, it's not for me but I do understand why people like it. on the other hand, horse is quite good.

[Christoff]

I have to be quite honest, when I lived in Korea I ate dog soup, poshin Tung, and it was quite good. I dog itself wast anything special, it taste like beef or dolphin, but the soup was delicious

[IkemenTommy]

it taste like beef or dolphin

Dolphin?

[osopolar]

Kinda reminds me of this small bit in "They call me Bruce" (pointless but hilarious movie from way back when), (glad I found a copy online..) speed up to about minute 5, though the line is at 5:24

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Wise guy in the middle: "Hey Bruce, this sauce is wonderful. What's your secret?"

Joon/Bruce: "Dog meat."

[james]

Kinda reminds me of this small bit in "They call me Bruce" (pointless but hilarious movie from way back when), (glad I found a copy online..) speed up to about minute 5, though the line is at 5:24

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Wise guy in the middle: "Hey Bruce, this sauce is wonderful. What's your secret?"

Joon/Bruce: "Dog meat."

lol - haven't seen that movie in ages. will have to watch again. "i tried to snort coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose!"