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English: "Edo Sanpu Kiko" written by Siebold and published in 1832 in the Netherlands includes the following description: After whales were captured, their eatable parts were bought by fish-mongers, and were carried to various ports in Japan while the meat was still fresh.
Japanese: オランダで1832年(天保3年)に刊行されたシーボルト著の「江戸参府紀行」によれば鯨は水揚げされたあと、鯨肉など食用にされる部分は各々の魚商が買い上げ新鮮なうちに、日本中の港に運ばれたと記述している。
English: In the "Ryori shokudo-ki" (published in 1669) described above, the Ise province, the Kii province and the Hizen province were listed as whale meat-producing areas, and in addition, roast whale meat in the Matsumae domain (products by the Ainu in Hokkaido) and Kabura-bone (cartridges of whale heads) in the Izumo province were also described.
Japanese: 前掲の「料理食道記」（1669年）には、鯨肉産地として伊勢国や紀伊国、肥前国のほか、松前藩焼鯨(北海道のアイヌによる製品)、出雲国かぶら骨(頭部の軟骨)などが挙げられている。
English: In addition, in the areas where whales have been hunted traditionally in whaling Japan, such as present Iwate Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, and some parts of Shikoku, Tohoku and Hokuriku region, dolphin meat has also been distributed since old times.
Japanese: 他に、現在の岩手県、静岡県、和歌山県や四国、東北、北陸地方の一部、沖縄県の北部など捕鯨日本における捕鯨が伝統的に行われている地方では、古くからイルカ肉も流通している。
English: Dolphin meat-based dishes, compared with those based on large-sized whales, were strongly dependent on the area where they were eaten, and it can be said that they constituted an important position in the dishes in those areas.
Japanese: 大型のクジラの鯨肉に比べると地域性の強い食文化であり、特にそれらの地域では重要な地位にあったといえる。
English: (In Okinawa, "pito" was used for expressing whales and the like as a whole, without differentiating dolphins from whales, and it is not certain whether dolphin meat was handled separated from whale meat.)
Japanese: （沖縄において鯨類は「ピトゥ」という表現でイルカと区別がなかったのでイルカだけに限定されていたかは定かではない）
English: Some of the Dojo-nabe restaurants (restaurants serving loach-based nabemono) that have been operated in Tokyo since the Edo period have continued serving "Kujira-jiru" for more than 160 years.
Japanese: 東京都内の江戸時代から続くどじょう鍋料理店では、160年間以上にわたり「鯨汁」を提供し続けている店もある。
English: In the area around the Edo castle in the Edo period, it was ordinary for Dojo-nabe (also called Yanagawa nabe) restaurants to serve Kujira-jiru as well.
Japanese: 江戸時代の江戸城下では、どじょう鍋屋（柳川鍋ともいう）で鯨汁が出されるのが一般的であった。
English: According to a theory, it is said that, in contrast to the Dojo-nabe based on the smallest fish, Kujira-jiru based on the biggest fish was served for amusement.
Japanese: 一説では一番小さな魚料理のどじょう鍋に対しての洒落から一番大きな魚の鯨汁を提供したといわれた。
English: In almost all restaurants, Do-jiru and Kujira-jiru was priced at the same 16 mon.
Japanese: だいたいどの店でもどじょう汁と鯨汁は同じ値段で十六文で売られていた。
English: Although use of whale meat was dependent on areas, the situations remained basically unchanged until the end of World War II.
Japanese: 地域的な利用差がある状況は、第二次世界大戦終結まで基本的には変化が無く続いた。
English: The Russian whaling ships that operated at the sea near to the coasts of Japan sold whale meat to Japan profitably, and therefore, it is considered that a certain amount of demand for whale meat existed.
Japanese: 日本近海で操業するロシア捕鯨船が日本で鯨肉を販売して利益を上げていたことなどから、一定の需要はあったものと考えられる。
English: On the other hand, some of the restaurants specialized in whale meat-based dishes under the sponsorship of a whaling company were unable to be prosperous and became bankrupt.
Japanese: 他方、捕鯨会社の肝いりで東京に開かれた鯨肉料理専門店は繁盛せずに倒産した例もある。
English: According to existing statistical data, the amount of whale meat produced was 10,000 tons in 1924, increased to 30,000 tons in 1930 and further increased to 45,000 tons in 1939.
Japanese: 現存する統計の範囲で比較すると鯨肉生産量は1924年には1万トンであったのが、1930年には3万トン、1939年には4万5千トンに伸びている。
English: Aiming at the areas where whale meat had not been eaten, it was attempted to increase use of whale meat as a measure to promote the whaling industry.
Japanese: なお、鯨肉食の文化の無い地域を対象に、捕鯨産業の振興策の一環として鯨肉利用の宣伝が行われたこともあった。
English: However, initially, the amount of whale-related products to be brought back to Japan was restricted due to the fear of affecting the price of the whale meat produced from whales caught in coastal whaling.
Japanese: しかしながら、当初は沿岸捕鯨で生産される鯨肉価格への悪影響を考慮して製品の持ち帰りを制限した。
English: In addition, because refrigeration facilities were not developed well in Japan, most of the red whale meat was not used and dumped.
Japanese: そのうえ、日本では冷凍設備が未発達であったことから赤肉はほとんど利用されず廃棄された。
English: When the Sino-Japanese war became intensified, the amount of whale meat to be brought back to Japan was increased due to the request of increasing the amount of food available, and a large-scaled refrigerator ship was introduced for the first time in Japan.
Japanese: 日中戦争が激化すると食糧増産の要請から鯨肉の持ち帰り制限が緩和され、日本最初の大型冷凍船も導入されるなどした。
English: However, whaling in the Antarctic ocean itself was forced to stop due to the start of the Pacific War
Japanese: しかしながら、太平洋戦争開始により南極海捕鯨自体が停止に追い込まれた。
English: During and after the food shortage era after World War II, whale meat became to be eaten throughout Japan, helped by development of meat preservation technique on distribution route as well, beyond the boundaries of former limited distribution areas.
Japanese: 第二次世界大戦後の食糧難時代以降になると、流通保存技術の進歩もあって限られた流通圏を越え、日本中に鯨肉食が広まった。
English: Whale meat in most of the whale meat dishes, such as whale meat cutlet, stake of whale meat, and whale meat curry, was used as a substitute of animal meat in the era when beef and pork were unavailable.
Japanese: 鯨カツレツ、鯨ステーキ、鯨カレーなどの鯨肉料理の大半は、牛肉や豚肉の入手が困難だった時代に、鯨肉を代用獣肉という位置づけの食材として使ったものである。
English: For a while after the war, whale meat and boiled fish-paste products were typically used as inexpensive substitutes of animal meat and occupied an important position as supplying the protein important for Japanese dietary lives.
Japanese: 戦後しばらくは、鯨肉は魚肉練り製品とともに、安価な代用肉の代名詞であり、日本人の重要なたんぱく質源として食生活の中で重要な位置を占めた。
English: In particular, tatsuta age (fish (meat, etc.) flavored with soy sauce and cooking sake, coated with dogtooth violet starch and then deep fried) of whale meat has been famous as a typical menu of the school lunch after the war.
Japanese: 特に鯨の竜田揚げは、戦後の学校給食を代表するメニューとして語られる。
English: The production of the meat increased significantly to 138,000 tons in 1958, and the peak amount of production of the meat reached 226, 000 tons in 1962.
Japanese: 生産量は大きく伸び1958年には13万8千トン、ピークの1962年には22万6千トンであった。
English: Some of the people who survived the post war period have prejudice or hatred against whale meat as "whale meat is just substitute and cheap food" but the meat is also a foodstuff evoking nostalgia for that era.
Japanese: 戦後を生き抜いた人々の間では「鯨肉＝代用＝安物」といった偏見・嫌悪感もある一方で、当時へのノスタルジーを惹起する食材でもある。
English: As quick freezing technology has been developed in recent years, whale meat is often served as "sashimi" (fresh slices of raw meat).
Japanese: また、近年は急速冷凍の技術が発達したことにより「刺身」として供されることも多い。
English: The ways of distributing and consuming fishes/shells and animal meat in Japan have changed significantly since the Meiji period.
Japanese: 日本における魚介類・獣肉類の流通・消費形態は、明治期以降著しく変化している。
English: When considering the history of whale meat consumption, it is essential to understand how the ways of distributing and consuming fishes/shells and animal meat as a whole have changed.
Japanese: 鯨肉の消費の歴史を考えるうえでは、魚介類・獣肉類全体の流通・消費形態の変化を理解することが不可欠である。
English: The theories regarding food culture concerned with whale meat include the following: "In the Edo period, there were many areas where the culture of eating whale meat was deep-rooted," "It was after World War II that whale meat became to be eaten generally throughout Japan and the meat was positioned as a substitute of animal meat."
Japanese: 鯨肉をめぐる食文化論には、「江戸時代には鯨食が文化として根付いていた地域が多数存在した」「日本国内で鯨食が一般化したのは第二次世界大戦後であり、その位置づけは代用獣肉であった」というもの等がある。
English: It is also said that the following theories are not true: "Whale meat-eating culture did not exist," "Whale meat-eating culture existed throughout Japan."
Japanese: また、「食文化として一切存在しなかった」「あまねく存在した食文化であった」とする論は正しくないとされる。
English: In the past, the areas where fresh fishes and shells were available were not many even in Japan surrounded by sea.
Japanese: かつては、新鮮な魚介類が食べられる地域は、海に囲まれた日本でも多いとは言いがたかった。
English: Even in Osaka facing the sea, most of the sea food available was products processed with salt or sake lees.
Japanese: 大坂（現在の大阪）のように海に面した土地でも、塩漬け、酒粕などの加工を施した食品がほとんどであった。
English: However, fresh fishes and live fishes were craved in Kyoto as well as in Edo.
Japanese: しかし、鮮魚や活魚に対する羨望は江戸のみならず京都でも同じであった。
English: It is said that sea eel-based dishes flourished in Kyoto, because the sea eel, completely neglected in Osaka at that time, was only fish that could be brought alive to Kyoto.
Japanese: 当時大阪では見向きもされなかった「鱧（ハモ）」が唯一「活魚」として運ぶ事が出来たので京都に鱧料理文化が花開いたといわれる。
English: There is a remake that only small amount of fresh fishes was distributed and whales and fishes were used mainly for other purposes but not for eating.
Japanese: 鮮魚の流通は少なく鯨や魚も食材ではなくその他の利用が多かったとする論評
English: On the other hand, when an area is located remote from the sea, marine foods were more valuable there, and it is considered that, if a family could serve sea food, even though it was a processed one, on a celebratory occasion, it showed a great social status of the family.
Japanese: 他方、海から遠い地方ほど、食品としての水産品は貴重な存在であり、加工品であっても行事のときにそれらをハレの食膳に上らせることができるのは大きなステータスであったと考えられる。
English: However, eating a valuable food which is not to be served ordinarily, on a special occasion like an event was not only simply luxurious but meant an opportunity of supplying necessary nutritious.
Japanese: ただ、行事等の機会に通常食べることのできない貴重な食品を食べるのは、単なる贅沢というだけではなく、栄養補給の機会を設けるという意味もあった。
English: The traditional positioning of eating pork in Okinawa Prefecture was the same (from recent period, pork became common foodstuff).
Japanese: 沖縄県における豚肉の伝統的な位置付けも同様（常食できるようになったのはかなり新しい時代）である。
English: It was also difficult to process and preserve whale meat, and therefore, the meat was not distributed widely.
Japanese: 鯨肉も保存、加工が難しいこともあって、広く流通していたわけではなかった。
English: Therefore, it is said that whale meat was mostly consumed in the area where the meat was produced, while whale oil was supplied to various parts of Japan as lamp oil or insect-resistant materials.
Japanese: したがって、鯨油を灯油や防虫資材として各地へ供給する一方、肉は主として地元で消費するといった形になったとされる。
English: In some mountain villages extremely far from sea, the whale meat preserved in salt was highly valued and the custom of using the meat for dishes on event occasions has been handed down.
Japanese: 海から著しく隔たった山村等の一部で、鯨肉の塩蔵品等が貴重視され、行事のときの料理に使う習慣が受け継がれてきた地域が存在する。
English: Regarding sardines, after cotton growing became popular in the Edo period, sardines were mostly distributed as the fertilizer made from them (the raw materials was remains of the sardines whose oil was extracted).
Japanese: なお、鰯の場合、江戸時代に木綿生産などが盛んになって以後は、流通量的には油を絞った残りの利用としての肥料｛魚肥類（肥料）鰯など油を絞った残りかす｝が主体だったようである。
English: In the Meiji period and later, preservation technology advanced so that more and more fresh fishes were distributed and consumed, this brought big profits to fishing villages.
Japanese: 鮮魚類が大量に流通・消費され、漁村に大きな利益をもたらすようになるのは明治期以降、保存技術が進歩してからのことである。
English: It seems that, even before the Meiji period, rivers were improved in the areas from Tohoku to Kyushu to provide better water transportation routes, corresponding to economic development in the Edo period, and the amount of goods distributed throughout the nation increased greatly.
Japanese: もっとも、明治以前においても、江戸時代の経済発展に伴い、水運路の整備のため東北地方から九州まで河川改修が進み、物資の流通は飛躍的に伸びてはいた。
English: According to water transport records, it was true that lots of fresh fishes as well as dried fishes were distributed widely in the areas from Tohoku to Kyushu, and they were mostly transported from coastal areas to inner parts of the nation.
Japanese: 水運記録によれば、東北から九州まで幅広く魚の干物や鮮魚の流通があったことは事実であり、主に海浜から内陸部に運ばれていたようである。
English: In particular, the government was so conscious of fresh foodstuffs (including fresh fishes) that government-controlled gates were opened even in the midnight for them, and therefore, personnel at these gates often worked throughout the night.
Japanese: 特に生鮮食料品（鮮魚も含む）は真夜中の通関を許すほどの気の使いようで、関所では頻繁に夜勤をしていた。
English: For example, according to records of transporting sardines, fresh fishes were clearly differentiated from dried fishes and from sardines for fertilizer.
Japanese: 例えば、鰯の輸送記録を見ても、明確に干物や魚肥類（肥料）とは区別されて鮮魚が存在している。
English: For example, although sea breams and Ise-ebi (lobsters) are not eaten daily even today, it cannot be said that "they are not important in food culture."
Japanese: 例えば鯛や伊勢海老は現在でも日常的に食卓に上るとは言いがたいが、「食文化の中で重要ではない」とはいえない。
English: As described above, whale meat was used as a gift among busho (Japanese military commanders) in the Sengoku period, was ranked number one of the fishes in a rating of foodstuffs, and was positioned as an item to be used on auspicious occasions, such as the New Year and the ends of seasons.
Japanese: 前述のように、鯨肉は戦国武将の友好のための贈答品とされたり、食材の格付けとして魚の中で最高位にあった事など高い評価を受け、正月や節季など縁起に係わるものとしての地位を有していた。
English: As of 2007, approx. 3,500 tons of minke whales, approx. 1,200 tons of balaenoptera borealis, and approx. 400 tons of balaenoptera brydei were produced in Japan, constituting the major part of the whale meat distributed throughout Japan.
Japanese: 2007年現在の日本では、ミンククジラ(約3500トン)とイワシクジラ(約1200トン)、ニタリクジラ(約400トン)の鯨肉が生産され、全国的な流通の中心となっている。
English: Certain amounts of fin whales (approx. 250 tons in 2006 and approx. 70 tons in 2007) and of berardius (approx. 400 tons, mostly consumed in the eastern Japan) are also distributed.
Japanese: ナガスクジラ(2006年で約250トン、2007年は約70トン)や、ツチクジラ(約400トンだが、消費は東日本に偏る)も一定の流通がある。
English: They are caught and supplied mainly as byproducts of the whaling carried out as scientific whaling, and berardius was captured in the small-scale whaling of certain types of whales including dolphins.
Japanese: 供給源は主に捕鯨日本における捕鯨の副産物で、ツチクジラに関しては捕鯨日本における捕鯨での漁業捕獲である。
English: No whale meat has been imported since 1992, but it is discussed to import the meat from Norway and/or Iceland where whales have still been hunt.
Japanese: 海外からの輸入は1991年を最後に行われていないが、現在も捕鯨を行っているノルウェーやアイスランドからの輸入が検討されている。
English: However, nobody has been arrested for such a crime since 1998, and it is also pointed out that, as the total supply of whale meat has increased, committing such a crime is not worth the risk.
Japanese: しかしながら、1998年を最後に検挙事例はなく、また鯨肉供給総量が増加していることなどからリスクに見合わないとの指摘もある。
English: The wholesaler of the byproducts of scientific whaling is The Institute of Cetacean Research that is the main body of conducting scientific whaling actually.
Japanese: 調査捕鯨の副産物は、調査捕鯨の実施主体である日本鯨類研究所が卸元である。
English: The whale meat from the byproducts is divided into the meat for commercial use and that for public interest, with more than 80% of the meat produced being distributed in ordinary routes as commercial meat.
Japanese: 市販用と公益用の区分があり、一般流通に回る市販用が生産量の8割以上を占める。
English: Formerly, the whale meat for commercial use was sold at the central wholesale market of each prefecture through Nihon-kyodo-senpaku-kabushikikaidha (literally, Japan joint ship Co., Ltd.) where the actual jobs related to the scientific whaling was entrusted.
Japanese: 市販用については、従来は、調査捕鯨の実務を委託されている日本共同船舶株式会社を通じ、各都道府県の中央卸売市場での販売などが行われてきた。
English: Since 2006, development of new markets has been investigated together with Whale Labo, LLC that was newly established for developing markets for whale meat.
Japanese: 2006年からは、鯨肉市場開拓などを目的とした新設会社の合同会社鯨食ラボも加わって、新たな販路が検討されている。
English: The allotment to each wholesale market is determined through investigations by the Fisheries Agency and experts concerned, based on past consumption data, and even actual transactions, after the allotment, are made under guidance of Commerce and Marketing Division Ministry of Agriculture, General Food Policy Bureau, Forestry and Fisheries.
Japanese: 各卸売市場への配分は過去の消費実績などを基に水産庁や有識者による検討で決定され、その後も公的性格を有する産品として農林水産省総合食料局流通課による指導の下で取引されている。
English: It is said that the guidance should be given to make the transactions as impartially as possible and to make the price as low as possible.
Japanese: その際には、なるべく公平かつ廉価に配分されるよう努めるものとされている。
English: The price of whale meat is determined for each category of whale meat for which a name is given, and in addition to whale meat for sashimi, the meat is distributed as a material for whale bacon and canned yamatoni (whale meat cooked in soy sauce).
Japanese: 鯨肉の名称ごとに価格決定されて、刺身用などの鮮肉のほか、ベーコンや大和煮缶詰などの加工原料として流通する。
English: On the distribution routes, almost all of the meat is kept and managed in the frozen state as ordinary marine products from deep-sea fishing.
Japanese: 流通過程では遠洋漁業水産物一般と同様、ほとんどは冷凍状態で保存管理されている。
English: However, some of the byproducts of coastal scientific whaling (slightly less than 100 tons) are distributed as fresh products as well.
Japanese: しかしながら、沿岸調査副産物の一部(100トン弱)は生鮮品としても流通している。
English: Ultimately, most of the meat is sold at shops, for example, at supermarkets, but there also exists retailers who sell the meat using communication means, for example, through the Internet.
Japanese: 最終的にはスーパーマーケットなどの商店で販売されるほか、インターネットなどを通じた通信販売を行う小売業者も存在する。
English: Whale Labo, LLC described above also conducts the business of directly selling whale meat through the Internet.
Japanese: 前出の鯨食ラボ社も、インターネット上で直営の通信販売事業を行っている。
English: Some whale meat-based foods, for example, Kujira-notare, a traditional whale-based food on the Boso peninsular, Chiba Prefecture, are sold as souvenirs.
Japanese: 千葉県の房総半島の伝統食鯨のたれのように、地域の特産品となり、土産物として販売される例もある。
English: Small-sized whales except berardius, and products based on dolphins that are hunt even today in Iwate Prefecture, in Shizuoka Prefecture and in Wakayama Prefecture, are mostly consumed in the areas where they are caught.
Japanese: 小型捕鯨のうちツチクジラ以外の種類、及び岩手県や静岡県、和歌山県などで現在も行われているイルカ漁の産品は地元での消費が多い。
English: The total amount of products from such whales and dolphins is slightly more than 300 tons of Gondo-kujira whales (pilot whale in English, whales with big heads) and slightly less than 1,000 tons of dolphins.
Japanese: 生産量は両漁業をあわせてゴンドウクジラ類300トン強、イルカ類1000トン弱である。
English: For example, in addition to Yamanashi Prefecture to where distribution routes from Shizuoka Prefecture have been established traditionally, such meat is also sold at the fish meat corners of supermarkets in Tokyo Prefecture.
Japanese: 例えば、伝統的に静岡からの流通がある山梨県のほか、東京都内のスーパーマーケットなどでも魚肉コーナーで販売されていることがある。
English: It is considered that some dolphin meat is consumed without being aware of eating dolphin meat, because such meat is often simply displayed as "whale meat."
Japanese: 単に「鯨肉」と表示されてしまう場合もあるため、特にイルカ肉と認識されないで消費されることもあると思われる。
English: However, such a display is nowadays inappropriate according to Law Concerning Standardization and Proper Labelling of Agricultural and Forestry Products.
Japanese: ただし、これは現在では農林物資の規格化及び品質表示の適正化に関する法律上において不適切な表示にあたる。
English: In the small-scale whaling business, it has been traditional custom that whale meat is allotted to each worker engaged in hunting whales as a kind of material compensation, and use of the meat through such custom is still existing in some areas.
Japanese: なお、小型捕鯨業では、伝統的に捕鯨従事者への一種の現物支給として鯨肉分配がされる習慣があり、現在でも一部でそうした利用が継続している。
English: There are Restaurants specialized in whale-meat-based dishes in various areas including well-established restaurants and also there are some restaurants where whale-meat-based dishes are included in their menu items.
Japanese: 各地の老舗をはじめ鯨料理の専門店が存在するほか、メニューの一つとして取り入れている例もある。
English: In "Lucky Pierrot," a chain of fast food shops located in the suburb of Hakodate City, Hokkaido, kujira misokatsu burger (burger with whale cutlet with miso) is offered as a regular burger menu item.
Japanese: 北海道函館市近郊に店舗展開するファストフード店の「ラッキーピエロ」では、ハンバーガーのレギュラーメニューの一つとして「くじら味噌カツバーガー」を提供している。
English: Considering whale meat in hospital meals, it is said that the low fat red meat may be effective for dietary cures.
Japanese: 病院食としてみた場合、低脂肪の赤身肉などは食餌療法に有効な食品ではないかと言われる。
English: In addition, the whale meat from the byproducts of the scientific whaling, distributed for non-profit use, have been used in school lunches, and such use of the meat is beginning to increase, reflecting oversupplies of whale meat ("Use of whale meat in school lunches is increasing: Such use of whale meat has been "restored" in more than 100 schools," February 14, 2006, the Sankei Shimbun).
Japanese: ほか、公益用として流通した調査捕鯨副産物は学校給食でも利用され、鯨肉のだぶつきを反映しての消費拡大政策もあり、広がる傾向を見せている(「広がる鯨肉給食4都府県100校以上で"復活"」産経新聞2006年2月14日)。
English: In the first half of 2006, it was reported on many newspapers that whale meat was oversupplied in Japan.
Japanese: 2006年上半期には、国内における鯨肉の供給過多（だぶつき状態）が各紙で報道されている（）。
English: - The Yomiuri Shimbun: "The whale meat, "the taste that has been forgotten," is oversupplied unexpectedly; Increase the sales of whale meat rapidly."
Japanese: -読売新聞「意外にダブつく『忘れられた味』　クジラ　どんどん売り込め！」
English: However, attention must be paid to the fact that the term of "double" in the above articles is used for "the dealer stock" totaling the amount of stock on the distribution routes and etc.
Japanese: ただし、上記の記事で倍増とされているのは、物流在庫などをまとめた「流通在庫」である点に注意が必要である。
English: A simple comparison is impossible, because the amount of stock on the distribution routes increases corresponding to an increase in the total amount of distribution.
Japanese: 流通総量が増加しているのに伴い物流在庫も増えるので、単純な比較はできない。
English: However, considering that the term of whale is used for indicating every type of whales belonging to Cetacea biologically, it can be said that the situation would be near to handling tunas and mackerels equally as "fishes of scombroidei."
Japanese: しかしながら、クジラが生物学的にはクジラ目に属する多くの種の総称であることを考えると、マグロもサバも同じ『サバ亜目の魚』として同一に扱うのに近いと言える。
English: The judgment of whether a food is tasty or not tasty is largely dependent on each person's subjectivity, culture or the environment.
Japanese: もっとも美味・不味の判断は個々人の主観や文化・環境などによるところが大きい。
English: Therefore, what is described below is basically a generalization (furthermore, the taste of whale meat is differ from a part of whale to another, and for this matter, refer to the name of whale meat to be described later).
Japanese: そのため、以下に述べるのはあくまで一般論である（さらに部位ごとにも味は異なるが、これは後述の鯨肉の名称を参照）。
English: There is an opinion that, considering that the evaluation of taste is affected by the evaluator, it would be meaningless to evaluate food culture based on taste.
Japanese: 評価者に影響されることを考えると、そもそも味で食文化を評価すること自体に意味が無いという意見もある。
English: The taste of whale meat from odontoceti (including sperm whales, berardius, and dolphins) is largely different from that from baleen whales (including blue whales, fin whales, balaenoptera borealis, and minke whales), with further differences existing among whales within each of the groups.
Japanese: 食味は、まず大きく「ハクジラ（マッコウクジラ、ツチクジラ、イルカ類など）」と「ヒゲクジラ（シロナガスクジラ、ナガスクジラ、イワシクジラ、ミンククジラなど）」で異なり、それぞれの中で更に異なっている。
English: Of them, the sperm whales belonging to odontoceti were once used as a foodstuff in the areas where the whales were hunt for whale oil in Japan.
Japanese: このうち、ハクジラに属するマッコウクジラは、日本では鯨油目的で捕鯨が行われた地域の食材として使われたことはある。
English: However, it is said that, with a strong peculiar taste, the meat is basically not fit for a foodstuff (throughout the world, the meat is not eaten except in some areas in Indonesia).
Japanese: そかしながら、きわめて強いクセを持っていることから、基本的には食用には適さないとされる（世界的にもインドネシアの一部などを除き、ほとんど食用とはされない）。
English: However, "Aburakasu" (a food), which is the remains of whale skin after oil has been extracted from it, has been eaten customarily in Japan.
Japanese: もっとも、日本では鯨皮から鯨油を絞った残りかすの「油かす(食品)」については食用の習慣がある。
English: As a component included in the oil (a kind of wax) cannot be digested easily, diarrhea may be caused by eating lots of the whale skin at a time without extracting oil from it.
Japanese: なお、油脂の成分（蝋）が消化しにくいので、油抜きをしないで一度に大量に食すると下痢を起す可能性がある。
English: Furthermore, berardius and dolphins belonging to odontoceti are also provided with peculiar tastes, though not so strong as that of sperm whales, and it is said that preference for such meat depends greatly on the individual as well as the area.
Japanese: また、同じくハクジラに属するツチクジラやイルカ類も、マッコウクジラほどではないがクセが強く、地域や個人により嗜好が強く分かれるとされる。
English: For example, in Taiji of Wakayama Prefecture where baleen whales have mostly been hunt, black whales belonging to odontoceti have traditionally been liked as a foodstuff.
Japanese: 例えば、和歌山県の太地では、主たる捕獲対象種はヒゲクジラ類だったがハクジラ類のゴンドウクジラも伝統的に食用として好まれてきた。
English: In the Sotobo area in Chiba Prefecture known as the place where berardius has been hunt from old times, the peculiar taste of the meat has been emphasized using the expression of "taste blood" without extracting the blood.
Japanese: 古くからツチクジラ漁で知られる千葉県の外房地域では、基本的に「血抜き」をせず「血を味わう」と表現されたりもするものであり、あえてクセの強さが強調されている。