Food monitoring in Kyushu (September 16, 2014)

Food monitoring in Fukuoka prefecture and Kumamoto prefecture

 I visited Fukuoka prefecture and Kumamoto prefecture to see effects of Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequence of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.

 Fukuoka prefecture and Kumamoto prefecture are located in "Kyushu" which is southernmost of the four main islands of Japan. Kyushu is very away from Fukushima and Japanese think that products of Kyushu have never contaminated by radioactive materials of the accident. So Kyushu grown foods such as, vegetables, fruits, meets, fish and so on are widely consumed in Japan.

 So I visited there to see effects of the accident against foods grown in Kyushu.

　Fortunately, I could see no abnormalities and I couldn't find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Kyushu, Japan.

Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on September 16, 2014. 

九州の福岡県と熊本県の食べ物を紹介します。九州には本州にない食べ物がたくさんあります。2014年8月撮影

Japanese breads are very good!

Kyushu

Kyushu Shinkansen

About Fukuoka prefecture

http://www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp/somu/multilingual/english/sight.html

Google map

http://goo.gl/maps/S0NNq

People enjoyed a barbecue

Vegetable salad

サラダ

I had a salad for breakfast

Tonkotsu Ramen ; noodle with a pork bone broth

とんこつラーメン

Grapes

ぶどう

Kujira Sashimi ; sliced raw　whale meat

鯨の刺身

Maguro Sashimi ; sliced raw tuna

マグロの刺身

Koikoku ; Carp cooked in miso soup

鯉こく

Unagidon ; Grilled eel on rice

うなぎ丼

Unagi seiromushi ; steamed eel in a steaming basket

鰻のせいろ蒸し

Kakigori ; shaved ice topped with flavored syrup, fruits and ice cream.

I visited Amakusa city, Kumamoto prefecture by airplane.

Tideland of Amakusa city

I found Pen shell there.

タイラギ

I could find some Pen shell. They have no abnormality or deformity.

I cooked and ate the shell. It was good.

Sautéed Pen shell with butter

タイラギのバター焼き

Sushi

Sazae Tsuboyaki ; grilled turban shell

サザエの壺焼き

Iseebi misoshiru ; Japanese spiny lobster miso soup

伊勢海老の味噌汁

 Tempura ; vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep fried.

天ぷら

Basashi ; horse-meat sashimi

馬刺し

Tai Sashimi ; sliced raw Red sea bream

鯛の刺身

Japanese pears

なし

Ice cream

地アイス

 About 3 years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.

 Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.

 Our Prime Minister Abe assures that "The situation is under control and there will never be health problems." He also said that "Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. Tokyo is a very safe city."

 Fukuoka prefecture and Kumamoto prefecture, which are located in Kyushu, are very far away from Fukushima as same as Tokyo and people in both prefectures have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People who are living in Kyushu have already forgotten the accident, because it is very far away from Fukushima and radioactive materials cannot reach there.

 We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Kyushu. So people in Kyushu are living without any concern about the accident.

 I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.

公衆衛生ネットワーク

Public Health Network in Japan

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/phnet/