Located in Yamaguchi Prefecture’s Shimonoseki City, Karato Fish Market attracts professional chefs, the average cook and people of all ages looking for the freshest catches of the day. The fish market is situated along the shores of the Kanmon Strait, a narrow body of water that separates Honshu from Kyushu and has been a historically significant passage for transportation, commerce and war. Shimonoseki lies on the Honshu side and faces Kitakyushu City, both of which were essential sites in Japan’s modernization at the turn of the 20th century. For Karato Fish Market, the Kanmon Strait is an i…