Eel Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
July 14, 2018, Tokyo, Japan - An employee of Japanese eel restaurant and delicatessen company Funachu grills eels over charcoal fire for spitchcock eel or kabayaki at the company's eel festival ahead of the eel-eating day in Tokyo on Saturday, July 14, 2018. Japanese people have a custom to eat grilled eels on the day of the Ox, "doyou no ushi no hi" in midsummer. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) LWX -ytd-