An update: it seems I was mistaken in thinking that China was "only" banning food products from 10 Japanese prefectures in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear plant discharging waste water into the sea beginning this Thursday. Rather, China has decided to ban seafood products from ALL of Japan.
Clearly, it's a political decision. As noted in a BBC report: "Beyond China, no other country has even hinted at a total ban". And with anti-Japan sentiments being whipped up in China, "Japan [has] told its citizens living in China to keep a low profile on Friday, including talking quietly in public".
Over in Hong Kong, however, I really don't think Japanese folks have much to fear from the locals (who tend to be big fans of Japanese food and pop culture). On a personal note: I've been partaking in quite a bit of Japanese culture in recent days; thanks to such as the ongoing Summer International Film Festival screening a number of Japanese films (including five works by master auteur Yazujiro Ozu) and a delicious (as well as visually enjoyable) omakase sushi dinner featuring seafood and other food items from those parts of Japan whose seafood products remain unbanned by the Hong Kong government -- a selection of which can be seen in the following photo-essay! ;b
by way of being massaged like shown in Jiro Dreams of Sushi ;b)
of mushroom and wasabi) -- a fish I ate for the first time ever this week!
-- tasty and also beautiful, right? :)
seasonal item, and so rare that only I was given it in my
party of five (because the chef knows I really love it)!
along with rice and seaweed
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