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Many sites have written that the newly opened restaurant "Resoto ototo no shoku ryohin" in Tokyo is the first restaurant in the world that legally offers diners to taste dishes from human meat. The news is fake and was made up by La Voz Popular magazine (a satirical publication in Spanish).

Original news: "In Japan, the city of Tokyo opened the first cannibal restaurant where you can taste human meat legally." This news is 100% false. It is unfortunate that many sites published this news without verification. And it is even more unfortunate that many readers believed in it.

In November 2017, many netizens came across multiple-posted versions of an article announcing that a restaurant called Resoto ototo no shoku ryohin (which literally means "edible brother" in Japanese) had recently opened in Tokyo City, offering diners a chance to try food made from human flesh.

Original article:

A restaurant for cannibals has opened in Japan? How far the ambitions and perversions of the Japanese have gone can be judged by their desire to eat their neighbor. The city of Tokyo, Japan has opened the first restaurant in the world that legally offers human meat as a dish.

The scary restaurant, called "The Resoto ototo no shoku ryohin", which means "edible brother", opened its doors to guests from all over the world. He offers his customers a varied menu, where prices range from 100 to 1000 euros, that is, a dish with human flesh will cost a little more than 1193 US dollars.

International news sources have reported that a tourist from Argentina has become the first person to taste a dish of human flesh at the new restaurant. He commented on his idiosyncratic dinner: "It seems like you are eating pork, in this restaurant they cook meat with spices, so the taste remains uncertain."

In Japan, a law was passed in 2014 that allows the consumption of human flesh, while maintaining conditions such as sanitary standards and provenance permitted by law. However, there is no doubt that approximately 99% of the people in the world will not agree with this state of affairs.

And the most important question is "Where do they get human meat?"

Before death, people enter into an agreement with a restaurant, according to which they transfer their bodies to the disposal of the restaurant, the transaction amount is approximately 30 thousand euros or 35,799 dollars, they can dispose of this money as they wish (for example, bequeath it to their relatives or donate to charity).

This contract is made only with young people, and before the transfer of their body, they must follow a special diet in order to make their meat suitable for consumption.

Would you be willing to sell your body for food?

The poor structuring of the article and its style suggest that this "article", to put it mildly, is most likely a truncated copy of something originally published in a language other than English. Indeed, the original was published on July 12, 2016 in La Voz Popular (a satirical publication published in Spanish).

An article published in La Voz Popular combines information from an April Fool's joke (in which the Japanese government approved the opening of the first cannibal noodle shop) and photos of props created to promote the video game Resident Evil 6 to make the fabricated story more like the truth .

The Mexican news site Verne wrote back in November 2017 about the hoax.

There is no restaurant serving human meat on the outskirts of Tokyo, and there is no law in Japan that allows cannibalism. Some media publish this fictitious information on their websites.

In this fictitious news item, the restaurant is called Resu ototo no shokuryohin. It is also noted that it has been legal in Japan to consume human flesh since 2014 and that the families of people who decide to sell their bodies for this purpose can receive up to 30,000 euros.

The information does not have a reliable source. The only source cited in most publications is an Argentine traveler who chose not to reveal his identity. La Voz Popular can be considered the primary source; similar news was published on the publication’s website in July 2016; this publication claims in its legal notice that it is a “satirical newspaper”.

A Verne employee consulted with a representative of the Japanese embassy in Mexico, who was unaware that the information was being circulated online, and described it as "absolutely absurd." He also denied that Japanese law allows cannibalism.

Guidebooks warn of many dangers that may await travelers in a particular country. But no one warns about cannibalism. Surprise! Cannibalism is still practiced in some tribes such as India, Cambodia and West Africa. And here are 7 countries in which tribes are still not averse to feasting on people.

South East Papua New Guinea

The Korowai tribe is one of the last on Earth to regularly feed on human flesh. They live along the river, and there have been cases when they killed random tourists. And the healers considered warm brains a real delicacy.

Why do they eat people? When someone in the tribe dies for no apparent reason (illness or old age), they consider it a trick of black magic and, in order to save others from harm, they must eat the person.

Interesting fact: In 1961, Michael Rockefeller (son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller) disappeared while collecting artifacts about the tribe. His body was never found.

India

The northern Indian Hindu sect, the Aghori, eats volunteers who donate their innards. However, in 2005, Indian television crews investigated and learned that they also eat decaying corpses from the Ganges (a local tradition) and also steal organs from crematoria.

Why do they eat people?

Aghori believe that this prevents the aging of the body.

Interesting fact: They make really good jewelry out of human bones and skulls.

Fiji

Formerly known as "Cannibal Island". Until now, local residents cannot restore order, and there are still those who eat human flesh, but not all, but only enemy tribes.

Why do they eat people? This is a revenge ritual.

Interesting fact: Fijian cannibals are not animals at all - they eat with cutlery and collect rare items left over from their victims. In the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, you can find examples of such collections.

Brazil

The Wari tribe ate the pious and religious dead until 1960, and after that some state missionaries massacred almost the entire tribe. However, poverty levels in the slums of Olinda have been prohibitively high since 1994, and there are still outbreaks of cannibalism.

Why do they eat people? Poverty and hunger.

Interesting fact: In 2012, there was information from researchers who interviewed local residents, and they claimed to hear voices that tell them to kill this or that person.

West Africa

The society of active cannibals Leopard has been eating people since the last century. Until the 80s, human remains were found in the vicinity of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. The tribe is usually dressed in leopard skins and armed with their fangs.

Why do they eat people? The tribe believes that eating humans makes them stronger and faster.

Interesting fact: They have followers - the Human Alligator community, which is doing this.

Cambodia

Journalist Neil Davis reported that cannibalism in these regions gained momentum during the wars in Southeast Asia (in the 1960s and 1970s). Nowadays, manifestations of cannibalism are occasionally observed.

Why do they eat people? The Cambodian troops had a ritual - to eat the enemy's liver.

Interesting fact: Many people in cities and villages were under the control of the Khmer Rouge organization, which strictly controlled all food in the area and artificially created famine in the country.

Congo

There are cases of cannibalism in the Congo, and the last ones were recorded not so long ago - in 2012. They reached their maximum during the Congolese civil war (from 1998 to 2002).

Why do they eat people? During the war, the rebel factions believed that enemies should be eaten, especially the heart, which was cooked using special herbs.

Interesting fact: The Congolese still believe that the human heart gives special strength, and if there are people, it will scare away enemies.

Have a nice adventure! :)

A restaurant that cooks human flesh has opened in Japan. Recently, the country officially joined the countries where cannibalism is allowed.

The country's first restaurant has opened in the capital of Japan, Tokyo, where you can taste dishes made from human meat. It is known that eating people in the land of cherry blossoms is officially allowed.

Human meat dishes are not cheap by financial standards, the price for an unusual “delicacy” for one can be from 100 to 1000 euros. Representatives of the restaurant, whose name is translated into Russian as "Edible Brother", reported that the food is prepared from the meat of an already deceased person, who before his death agreed to such a procedure.

Of course, the chef of the Tokyo establishment will not reveal all the culinary subtleties to anyone, but it is known that the meat undergoes special medical treatment, which brings its quality to consumer standards. Also, representatives of the “Edible Brother” noted that after the entire process of preparing the product for consumption, its taste qualities increase several times.

Like to eat brothers on the planet and the inhabitants of the Congo. The peak of cannibalism in this country came in the late 90s and early 2000s. The last act of eating a person was recorded in 2012, that is, not so long ago. It is noteworthy that the inhabitants of the Congo are confident that the eaten heart of the enemy will bring courage and vitality to a person.

People also ate in western Africa. A group of cannibals called "Leopard" hunted their enemies in animal skins and with animal fangs. Gnawed human remains ceased to be found in these places only in the late 80s.

Cannibalism still thrives in Brazil. It all started with the Wari tribe in the 1960s of the last century. Representatives of this nationality ate the bodies of the dead pious sages. However, later, due to the prohibitive level of poverty of the local population, ordinary people who were not particularly pious began to disappear. But killing a person for food is not always associated only with hunger. Some of the lovers of human flesh say that before attacking the victim, voices sound in their heads that order them to eat one or another fellow tribesman.

Surprisingly, in the 21st century people are also eaten in Papua New Guinea. The Korowai tribe regularly eat human meat dishes in order to protect themselves from the effects of the effects of sorcerers. It is known that when a nation unexpectedly dies for no apparent reason, the tribesmen eat the deceased, because they are sure that an evil sorcerer killed him. Korowai are also famous for having eaten a white man who was the son of the governor of New York City in 1961. A young man named Michael Rockefeller went to study the people, but never returned from the expedition.

The inhabitants of Cambodia also love dishes from non-traditional meat for the majority of the population of the Earth. It is known that during the active hostilities in Southeast Asia in 1960-1970, cannibalism actively flourished. The Cambodian military believed that the eaten liver of the enemy would give them the strength of a dead person and give them courage.

In India, the religious sect Aghori, whose representatives live in cemeteries, considers human meat the best elixir of youth. Sectarians eat those who bequeathed their bodies to them after death, and make jewelry out of human bones and skulls. It is also known that aghori willingly feast on corpses caught from the sacred river Ganges.

In the Congo, a pygmy told how rebel soldiers salted the meat of his six-year-old nephew, Keb Musik, before eating it. This struck the victim's uncle as particularly cynical. In his opinion, this fact indicates that cannibalism has become commonplace for the rebels, and human flesh has ceased to differ from beef or pork for them.

Amuzati Nzoli said he watched the act of cannibalism hiding in the bushes near a tribesmen's camp that was destroyed by the Congo Liberation Movement rebels. In turn, the leader of the liberation movement said that he was "shocked" by reports that the fighters of his units are eating people, reports Ananova.com.

According to human rights activists and UN officials, the rebels have already eaten at least a dozen pygmies and an unspecified number of members of other tribes.

The rebels are supposed to have massacred all the people they found in the camp of Amuzati Nzoli's tribesmen. Nzoli, who was out hunting at the time, claims to have arrived in the midst of the carnage. Just at this time, he saw how the rebels killed and roasted on an open fire his six-year-old nephew.

"They even sprinkled salt on the meat, as if cannibalism was very natural for them," Nzoli said indignantly. According to him, he fled in horror when he saw the act of cannibalism, and therefore cannot say what happened to the bodies of other victims.

Many of the refugees have also previously spoken of rebels taking and killing Pygmies. The UN sent six officials to the Congo to investigate cases of cannibalism. UN representatives based in the capital Kinshasa and in the city of Goma in the east of the Congo, said that the fact of widespread cannibalism has already been established.

"Ituri province is completely out of control, and cannibalism is the latest atrocity that has taken place here," said a UN official. Pygmy tribes living in the Ituri jungle are caught between two fires: a four-year civil war has been going on between pro-government troops and several Uganda-backed rebel groups.

Pygmies are captured by local rebel groups to hunt for them and look for minerals. And those who do not want or cannot be useful are killed and eaten. The practice of cannibalism became established throughout eastern Congo as the last traces of colonial influence were destroyed in the course of the war.

Many of the corpses are missing pieces of meat.

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Here is an article dated February 12, 2014.

“Nigerian police closed a restaurant that served dishes from human meat. As a result of a raid on the restaurant, law enforcement officers found fried human heads that were on the restaurant’s menu.

According to the Daily Mirror, citing police, as a result of a raid on a restaurant in the state of Anambra, police detained 11 people, including the owner of the establishment. Law enforcement officers found two AK-47s and other weapons in the diner, dozens of rounds of ammunition, several mobile phones, and two human heads wrapped in plastic. According to the police, fried human heads were even on the menu.

The diner was reported to the police by a local pastor after visiting the establishment. According to him, he was surprised by the unusually large score. When the pastor asked the restaurant worker why the price was too high, he was told that he ate human meat.
"I was shocked," the pastor said.

Recall that in the spring of last year, South Korean customs officers found thousands of capsules with the dried remains of unborn or dead babies. Such medicines are manufactured in China and are in high demand in the pharmaceutical market in South Korea.
The cargo was confiscated at Incheon International Airport, which is located 70 km from Seoul. The customs department of the airport reported that in total more than 1,000 medicines dangerous to health were seized. All of them contained the dried remains of unborn or dead babies.

Something always happens to me. Here, for example, one incident that happened a month ago ... Only to anyone - not a word, no, no!

Do you know about Silence of the Lambs? A masterpiece for cannibals! I don't mean a book by Thomas Harris or a famous movie, but a dish of young lamb.
A month ago, I went for a walk around Moscow with the guys. Suddenly, we came across a restaurant with the enticing name "At the Cannibal". We took it as a good joke and went inside - to see what kind of restaurant, and at the same time, if the prices are not very "bite", and have lunch. The restaurant was in soft twilight, velvet curtains wrapped around the windows, the lamps were dimmed, the tables were covered with burgundy velvet tablecloths. In general, a suitable atmosphere for us. Suddenly Vitya drew our attention to a series of portraits that hung on the walls: "It's Anthony Hopkins!"

An elderly man with a bald head and a carnivorous gleam in his twinkling eyes looked at us from the portrait closest to us. A long time ago I watched The Silence of the Lambs, the famous thriller starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster. To be honest, I didn’t really like it: it’s not very pleasant to watch how some people are happy to absorb others with a garnish of peas to the music, it seems, of Vivaldi. I forgot the film, but I remembered the main cannibal with a carnivorous spark in his eyes. And now I recognize him. And in other portraits there were unfamiliar men, there was even one fat Negro dressed in native clothes, that is, sorry, naked. Galya asked a passing waiter:

What are these portraits?

Ah, these are our cannibals.

But Hopkins is not a cannibal.

So what? Played a cannibal? Played! Why shouldn't he take pride of place on the wall?

The waiter smiled. His teeth were sharp and white.

We sat at a table next to the portrait, under which hung the sign "Edward Guyn". The man was wearing a cap and lop-eared. He was unknown to us.

Olya said:

Guys, I wonder who was the designer of this institution? Looks very interesting. And it attracts a lot of visitors.

Indeed, almost all the tables were occupied.

They brought us the menu. The menu was in velvet binding, and had someone's signature. The waiter said it was Anthony Hopkins' signature as Hannibal Lecter. I admired:

The case is well put here. Intriguing and alluring. And the atmosphere is right.
There were various dishes on the menu, all were relatively inexpensive, which completely captivated us. Galya terribly liked the name of the main dish “Silence of the Lambs”. Victor rightly assumed that this was the meat of a young lamb. Olya said in a tragic voice:

A young lamb who is silent because he was slaughtered.
We all giggled. The atmosphere somehow excited us. Galya stated:

I want to see the owner of the restaurant! He is a genius! This is the most interesting restaurant I have ever seen in my entire life!

In addition to The Silence of the Lambs, the menu includes Favorite Ear, Fingers, Charmer's Leg with Minced Meat, Nymphet Breast with Aspic, Peach Skin with Apple Cream, Liver Pate with Onions, Baby Kidneys and so on. In general: "overeating for cannibals." When I listed all this, laughter did not stop at the table for a long time.

We unanimously ordered “Silence of the Lambs”, Galya took another “Ear”, I - “Peach Skin with Apple Cream”, Vitya - “Chest ...” (he was always a womanizer), Olya - “Fingers”. And for dessert we ordered some sweet peas to try. Everyone except me took a martini, and I took red wine.
We didn't have to wait long for the order, everything came surprisingly quickly.

"Peach Skin" was surprisingly soft and really felt like a peach. "Chest ..." was very similar to a real female breast, inside it was jelly with lingonberry jam. We were all amazed at the art of the chefs.
Vitya said:

In my opinion, these dishes should cost sky-high money.

We were just lucky that we stumbled upon this place,” Olya said. “And let's not puzzle over why it's cheap here.

I hope we don’t get poisoned ... - Galya said, making a grimace.
Everyone shushed her.

And it tasted incredible. I ate my Peach Skin in a jiffy. And still licked.

After a hearty dinner, Galya stretched:

Too bad it wasn't real human meat. I would like to try.
When we left this restaurant we liked so much, Anthony Hopkins looked at us with his unblinking eyes, a sly grin played on his lips. Vitya said:

Well, it was a great evening.

And after a week or more, I opened the morning paper at breakfast. And everything went cold. The second page said that the police had raided Cannibal's Restaurant, suspecting it of heroin possession, but instead found a huge refrigerator filled with expertly flayed human corpses that were missing many parts. One can only guess where these pieces of meat went.

Thus, I accidentally became a cannibal.

And I don't know what to do with this fact. Today I watched The Silence of the Lambs again. Tomorrow I will watch Hannibal. And for some reason it seems to me that cannibalism has its own charm ...

Polina SINEVA
"World of the Deaf"

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