"Unakichi" - On the Day of the Ox in summer! Enjoy a nourishing and invigorating eel rice bowl from this Kansai-style charcoal-grilled eel specialty restaurant.

When you think of Hamamatsu, you think of "eel," and when you think of "eel," you think of Doyo no Ushi no Hi (the Day of the Ox during the summer)! Apparently, the custom of eating eel on Doyo no Ushi no Hi dates back to the Edo period. The story goes that Hiraga Gennai, a scholar of Western learning during the Edo period, was having trouble selling eel...

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