Bear meat vending machine is a first for Japan - BBC News

Different cuts of locally killed black bear are proving popular with those who see it as a delicacy.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Bear meat is on offer at a vending machine in Semboku, JapanBy Shaimaa KhalilTokyo correspondentJapanese vending machines, which offer whale meat, snails-in-a-can or edible insects, have a new dish on the menu: wild bear meat.

Different cuts of local black bear are sold from a vending machine in Semboku city, according to a Japanese daily.

Customers can buy fatty or lean meat for about 2,200 yen ($17; £13) per 250g, reports the Mainichi Shimbun.

Asiatic black bears are classed as internationally vulnerable. Japan says it limits numbers that can be hunted.

Run by local restaurant Soba Goro, the machine in Semboku in northern Akita prefecture reportedly sells 10-15 packs a week of meat from bears killed in nearby mountains by local hunters.

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