Some of the people who survived the post war period have prejudice or hatred against whale meat as "whale meat is just substitute and cheap food" but the meat is also a foodstuff evoking nostalgia for that era.
戦後を生き抜いた人々の間では「鯨肉＝代用＝安物」といった偏見・嫌悪感もある一方で、当時へのノスタルジーを惹起する食材でもある。