Do you know the eel?
It is the long and slender fish lives in downriver and the lake, and tastes nice.
But I think the region where people eat the eel is limited.
Japanese love(DAISUKI) the eel.
Though there is no doubt that we occasionally eat it.
We have a custom of eating it as a specially nourishing food when we are tired from sweltering heat at the ending of summer or we want to be in good condition.
And
If you ask Japanese what place is
The natural(TENNEN NO) eel was captured and it had cooked in old times.
But the number of eels decreases, and it imported(YUNYU SARETA) from foreign countries (KAIGAI)circulates now in
However aquaculture(YO- SHOKU) is active in
In addition, there are a lot of eel restaurants as city that is famous for eating good eels.
The eel from which ↑ was cooked to such a state is sold when we go to the supermarket.
Though imported one is bigger, made in 
Everyone surely understands the difference if they eat it and compare.
The first picture is a bowl of broiled eel and boiled rice.
I boiled such packed eel after sprinkle Sake over it and put it on boiled rice with pouring its sauce.
This is eel broiled without any sauce.(SHIRAYAKI) I think it is only sold around Eel is ordinary broiled with pouring its sauce like soy sauce. But it broiled with salt only. So I understand original taste of the eel. Besides, I like eating it with soy sauce and ginger.
This is the liver(KIMO) of an eel.
Only a lot of livers of the eel is collected and sold.
I don't like this.
But my husband likes this bitter taste.
It is perhaps high nutrition food.
Is it similar to the herbal medicine?
Maybe there is usually sold at the supermarket is only in
Altogether speaking of 
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Japanese sightseers in
Though I wrote the first blog, the city of office(SHIYAKUSHO) made an ell the sub-mayor.
I think this joke is probably something you won't see anywhere but in 
This is the character of the eel-dog.
It is a comic character mixed an eel and a dog.
The comic is popular in Japan; 『TENSAI BAKABON』, and written by Fujio Akatsuka.
Though I knew the character since early times, I didn't understand it was a dog.
Does it seem like a cat?
Here in Belarus fishermen catch ells in the biggest lake (in Belarus) Naroch. A decade ago there were a lot of eels, but now they are under the threat of disappearing because of poachers. Smoked ells for me are the tastiest. But they are also very expensive.
私は鰻もうだい好きです。