The Adachi Museum, in a small town called Yasugi in Shimane Prefecture, blows me away every time I lay eyes on its masterpieces.

What really impressed me was the presence of so many second and third generation Japanese Americans that looked Japanese, but could not speak the language.

Okinawa has flourished as the once long-lost cousin of mainland Japan. Under control of Japan, Okinawa provides the "Land of the Rising Sun" with its most unique culture and Japan's only tropical geography, while at the same time being fully recognized as Japan's most southern prefecture and part of the Kyushu Island region.

This is the only way they have of checking the quality of the frozen flesh so there is actually quite a lot at stake when it comes to determining whether the tuna is worthy of it's rating.