The Fugu the poisonous pufferfish is a delicacy in Japan. The poison in Fugu is Tetrodotoxin. It is 1000 times more potent than cyanid and there is no antidote. Watch more from our playlist "Food Culture": https://goo.gl/cA9rGN Watch more from our playlist "Restaurants and their Specialities worldwide": https://goo.gl/Q5lxqr Subscribe to wocomoCOOK: https://goo.gl/9c1suR Follow wocomo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo/ To sell and buy this fish, you need a license. Rikizo Okamoto, owner of the Fugu restaurant "Uosei" in Tokio, is looking for Tora-Fugu (Tiger pufferfish), a toxic wild Fugu, as fresh as possible. Proper preparation is critical. The skin and the entrails are poisonous and they must not contaminate the non-toxical meat on the muscles. An excerpt from "The perfect Sushi" produced by NZZ Format, 2012