People call him “Dr. Fugu” (Dr. Pufferfish) in a nod to his expertise. As a cooking instructor, he helped promote ways to safely consume the otherwise dangerous fish. Some 50 kinds of blowfish ...

It takes three years to make it right, so be warned. Ovaries of the Japanese pufferfish, called fugu, are pickled in salt and bran in Hakusan’s Mikawa district to eliminate toxic poison.