Freediving with tiger sharks is one thing, but swimming alongside them as they devour a whale is next-level ... witnessing the raw power of nature in action. Would you dare to dive into a scene ...

MINAMI-BOSO, Chiba Prefecture--A soft-serve milk ice cream topped with generous slices of raw whale meat. Anyone? Hanamaru Ichiba, a farmers’ market at roadside rest facility Rosemary Park here ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--Raw whale meat fetched 500,000 yen ($3,560) per kilogram at an auction here on Nov. 14, double the previous record of 250,000 yen set in Osaka in October.