[Nagoyankee]

In Japan, only the soft-shell turtle is used for cooking. As a matter of fact, suppon is the name of the turtle. In recent years , however, more suppon have been imported from China than grown domestically.

As for the blood, yes it's served fresh all by itself.

I also need to inform everyone here that suppon is in no way a popular food. It's very expensive (more so than the blowfish) so only the gourmet types as well as athletes and people trying to recover from illnesses go eat it.