Japan has taken the classic curry dish and turned it into specialty delicacies that include sea lion, bear, boar or venison.
Sea lion, bear and deer are among more than 800 different kinds of ingredients contained in curry offered as regional specialties, often sold as boil-in-the-bag souvenirs.
Shoppers might be surprised to see sea lion reheat-and-eat curry, but they will find that its dark brown meat tastes like beef jerky, thanks to spices that keep the smell very much subdued.
Sea lion curry is produced by a Hokkaido food processor that also turns out bear and deer variations.