Japanese food culture to eat turtle

Article Title: Soft-shelled turtle
Journal: The Japan Times
Written by Rowan Hooper
published on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Downloaded from http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fe20070627at.html on June 30, 2007 at 2:15 pm

This article explains about soft-shelled turtle. Soft-shelled turtles are called "Suppon" in Japanese. And in this article, Japnese culture to eat them is introduced. They are eaten as some kind of tonic which restores health. According to the article, there is same culture in China. As this shows, soft-shelled turtle is relatively popular food. But if someone recommend such dish to me, I think I cannot eat it.