On what is traditionally one of their busiest days of the year, eel sellers fear their profits are slipping away amid soaring prices and damaged public confidence in their product.They're blaming it on high prices and mislabeling.
Eels, which are said to ward off the effects of summer heat, are eaten from late July to early August as part of a tradition called Doyo no Ushi no Hi (literally, mid-summer Day of the Ox).
Um, yeah... that, and they're eels.
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