Los Angeles egg and sandwich speciality store Eggslut’s Japanese counterpart is bringing unagi eel to the menu, releasing a new Unatama Egg Sandwich (a mashup of unagi and tamago, which is Japanese ...

Eel is big business in Japan, where over 100,000 tons of unagi, or freshwater eel, are consumed every year. Unagi no kabayaki, or grilled eel with a sweet and savory glaze, even gets a holiday to ...

The average market price for eel in Japan in May 2023 was ¥5,553 per kilogram, according to statistics based on Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market’s monthly and annual reports. In 2022, the ...

When temperatures still hover around 30 degrees Celsius at sunset, lethargy sets in. The Japanese call this listless state “natsubate,” and for centuries, eating unagi (eel) has been considered the ...

While eel farming in Japan relies primarily on Japanese eels, two-thirds of eel consumption in the country depends on imports of live adult eels and eel products, which include several species of ...

TOKYO — It’s another hot summer in Tokyo. The sun burns like a furnace in the sky, and Tokyoites trudge down city sidewalks, sopping the sweat off their foreheads with handkerchiefs. All that ...

The Japanese company that pioneered the instant noodle revolution is now ready to tickle the taste buds of consumers who crave the taste of eel but rarely indulge due to the high price and relative ...