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(Clockwise from top left) Kanpachi Amberjack, Berkshire black Kurobuta Pork, Karen Kagoshima's marbled wagyu and kurobuta and Tontoro Ramen in Kagoshima.
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- Kagoshima offers fresh, affordable seafood with options like live prawn sushi for 616 yen.
- Kagoshima raises Berkshire pigs, known as "the porcine equivalent of wagyu beef", which are free-range, hormone-free, and produce deeply flavourful, marbled meat.
- Sakurajima volcano's fertile soil supports farming, and visitors can enjoy unique geothermal activities like sand baths.
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KAGOSHIMA, Japan – Strange, almost alien-looking and long as a hockey stick. But do not let its looks deceive you. The cornetfish, also known as yagara, packs a flavourful umami punch.
Offshore, the seafood gastronomy continues with hundreds of fish pens churning out the world’s largest output of farmed kanpachi, also known as greater amberjack. Watch them in a feeding frenzy, then feast on them, fresh from the sea.
