Japan and Korea are very close, yet far apart, separated by the Japanese Sea that lies between them. The culture of appreciating blowfish, common to both countries but with different cooking and presentation styles, symbolizes the delicate relationship between the Japanese and Koreans. This relationship has been fermented by a history of human and cultural exchanges, many of which are very unhappy memories for the Korean people. The Sea of Japan has been the center stage through these exchanges, but despite the hard times that have existed between the two countries in the past, it shouldn't be understood as the sea that separates them, but as the sea that has linked, is linking and will link the two countries into the future.