This is right up there with the whole "certified black angus" beef craze.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2012/04/12/foods-biggest-scam-the-great-kobe-beef-lie/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2012/04/12/foods-biggest-scam-the-great-kobe-beef-lie/
You cannot buy Japanese Kobe beef in this country. Not in stores, not by mail, and certainly not in restaurants. No matter how much you have spent, how fancy a steakhouse you went to, or which of the many celebrity chefs who regularly feature Kobe beef on their menus you believed, you were duped. Im really sorry to have to be the one telling you this, but no matter how much you would like to believe you have tasted it, if it wasnt in Asia you almost certainly have never had Japans famous Kobe beef.