William Ask any Japanese about Kumamoto food culture and they will mention basashi (horse sashimi). Many will disagree with the ethics of eating horse (or even eating meat at all), so let’s please stay with the menu: basashi and Kumamoto. Apparently, Japan’s domestic supply accounts for about 30% of consumption, with the remainder met by imports; Kumamoto accounts for almost half of domestic production. By far the greatest exporter is Canada at over 3,000 tons, trailed by Mexico at 730 tons. There is a caveat, though: the United States holds the slaughter of horses for human consumption illegal. Therefore, many American-raised (or feral) horses are shipped to Canada while still alive, where they are subsequently processed as basashi for the Japanese market. So if you buy basashi labeled as “Canadian,” it may in fact be American. This article (in Japanese) is a bit dated and was published by a Japanese supplier of basashi so may be a bit biased provides more details. Meanwhile: いただきます！ https://www.sabakitatebasashi.com/blogs/basashi/knowledge-005