Of all the things you might expect to find in a vending machine, fresh bear meat doesn t spring to mind. But for residents living in the Japanese city of Semboku, they can get their hands on the delicacy for £13.
Consumption of whale meat declined drastically in Japan in recent decades, with about 1,000 tons eaten in 2021, a sea change from 1962, when 233,000 tons of the product was consumed.