NHK just broadcast a show about Minamata disease, or mercury poisoning - when the company Chiso ejected vast amounts of mercury from their factory into the sea and it made its way up the food chain, rendering any animal that consumed it unable to coordinate movement - if they could move at all. I visited Minamata with my wife, and we were feasting off oysters from the shoals, when suddenly it occurred to me that maybe this was not a good idea. But it’s actually okay now. In fact, Minamata is a place required on your bucket list. You can take the train there. It has a castle. And it has the most beautiful seaside that you can imagine. And you can, now, feast on the oysters from the shoals. Support them. - William