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Go fishing at Zauo, Tokyo

At Zauo, a restaurant chain in Tokyo, you can catch your own dinner – just don’t arrive hungry.Diners are greeted by a giant, boat-shaped seating area surrounded by a moat teeming with all kinds of fish. Once quests are seated, they’re handed a fishing rod and some bait, and are free to ‘go fishing’.

Visitors are unable to throw the fish back though – once caught it must be eaten – and the only seasonings are salt and lemon, to ensure that the fish’s natural flavour is always prominent. It can take half an hour before even a small kasago (scorpion fish) can be caught, but if diners are successful they’ll be applauded in front of the whole restaurant.

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