Japan in eel-eating season

TOKYO, Japan - Children and their parents show off charcoal broiled ''kabayaki'' eels they arrange over rice in a 20-meter-long line of containers in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on July 17. The event was held to promote eels from Taiwan in a season in which many in Japan eat the fish following a longtime custom hoping that the practice helps them beat the summer heat.

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Japan in eel-eating season

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