unique foods only in japan

hi, for the third post this week, ill talk about wird and unique foods only in japan,please enjoy and be disgusted! ^_^

these seemed-like-it's-only-half-ready dish is called  oden, it's made of Fish cakes, fried tofu and vegetables simmered in a hot pot. and available in most Japanese convenience stores.

Raw horse meat called Basashi is the traditional food in Tohoku region, Japan. People usually cut horse meat into thin slices and eat.

Bee biscuits include the bees captured directly in the forest. And the interesting thing is that this biscuit is baked and distributed to those who belong to love-bee club.

Japan is famous for its unique ice cream flavors such as fish, octopus, shrimp, horse meat and beef tongue. the color and the flavor is'nt friendly to the eyes and the tongue,so not everyone can eat these.

poisonous fish called Fugu or puffer fish is a normal dish in japan,but except anyone want to kill someone or paralyze someones muscles, only high-level chefs can make these.

insect sushi,is made by a (weird if i can say so myself) Japanese writer(what does a writer has to do with insects and sushi until he combines them into some weird,not-everyone-can-eat dish anyways), Shoichi Uchiyama.

Shiokara seafood is made from various fermented fish and salt. and yes, this is once again a not-eferyone-can-eat dish. 

these two disgusting pictures are what they call natto or nattou, it's a dish made fermented soybeans commonly used for breakfast in japan, again a not-everyone-can-eat dish, but it's popular and many people seemed to liked it, then again i won't bother trying.

these two pictures are the most disgusting dish i've ever seen, called shirako, and its made from reproductive organs of some male fish.it's popularity is increasing well in japanese pubs.i won't try it even if i'll be rewarded 100.000.000 yen...(well, add another three zero and i'll think about it...)

this is the second most disgusting food, When you eat these tiny transparent fish called Shirouo, they will jump in the mouth.*vomit*

can be guessed by looking this is a bowl full of insects.to be precise, this is a bowl of zazamushi, made from the aquatic insects living in the river bank.

a bowl full of ikura,that's all i can say to it, this rather large, orange-ish eggs, which explode in one's mouth with an impressive amount of highly fishy, salty yolk, seems to be called 'yummy' by many people in japan, me, on the other hand ,says 'yuck' to this food.