Japan is so small that large jumping fishes are allowed to leap over it, so nets are put in sky to catch large jumping fishes and other jumping water creatures. That means lots of water food is being eaten in Japan. Mother teach first about Japan type of eating called sushi where Japanese types gather at beaches and open maws to catch food. I am make try to eat infant mosquito in bathtub outside but they are small enough not to taste. First lesson difficult, things not looking so good for Yours Truly.
Next mother teach about abalone.
Abalone is giant skull fish that lurks on the sea bottom and prey on Russian submarine, it is also well received in Japan. I stare at abalone in pot for several hour and it is quiver and ooze, not much else. I taste abalone and it is not very good, similar to taste you get when nose is broken. I am wrong. This is the time where mother has squids she keeps in cellar and feeds cats, they live in a pit and murmur day and night.