Japanese spider crabs live on the Pacific side of Japan as far south as Taiwan and at chilly depths ranging from 164 feet to ...

Here are some of the best restaurants to enjoy crab in Sapporo, Japan, the capital of Hokkaido island and home to some of the country’s most famous fishing waters.

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

With legs long enough to straddle a car, this Japanese Spider Crab is truly a giant sea beast worthy of a Jules Verne novel. The massive arthropod is 10 feet from claw to claw, and is still growing.

A Japanese snow crab that was caught in the waters of the Tottori Prefecture, just sold for a record $46,000 (¥5 million) at auction.

Snow crab sells for record-breaking $46,000 in Japan. (CNN) — A “five shining star” snow crab was auctioned off in Tottori, Japan for a whopping 5 million yen ($46,000) on November 7.

A snow crab was sold for 5 million yen (around $44,000) at the Kanazawa seaport in Japan during the season’s first auction. The auction: On Nov. 6, the large male snow crab that was sold for ...

In Japan, fishing season is celebrated with a kick-off auction, called the “festive quotation market,” that took place the day after the opening of crab-hunting season on Nov. 6.

A “five shining star” snow crab was auctioned off in Tottori, Japan for a whopping 5 million yen ($46,000) on November 7. It’s the highest-ever price paid for a snow crab, according to the ...

A “five shining star” snow crab was auctioned off in Tottori, Japan, for a whopping 5 million yen ($46,000) on November 7.