Traditional eel-eating day in Japan

Traditional eel-eating day in Japan

Eels are broiled at a restaurant in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on July 25, 2017, as the day falls on "Doyo-no-ushi-no-hi," or the midsummer day of the ox, when Japanese customarily eat eels in the hope of beating the summer heat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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