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Extract from the Ayukawa Travel Guides: The sleepy town of
AYUKAWA
, on the southwest tip of Oshika Hanto, makes an alternative base for Kinkazan. A thriving port until commercial
whaling
was banned in 1987, Ayukawa now depends on tourism and its only sight is a smart new whaling museum beside the ferry pier. Despite the moratorium, Japan still hunts whales for "scientific purposes" and the residents of Ayukawa continue to receive whale-meat rations. You can even eat whale (
kujira
) in local restaurants and buy whale products in the souvenir shops.
Though it's a little pricey, the well-designed
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