Description for “soft-shelled turtle in Kanji”
A type of turtle that lives in rivers, lakes, and swamps. It inhabits rivers throughout Japan, except Hokkaido, the Korean Peninsula, China, and the eastern Indochina Peninsula. It has a soft, flat shell about 20-40cm in length. The edible history is old, and it is said that there was even a government office that cooked suppon already in the era around 1000 BC.
Japan call “Suppon”
