Fwd: Eel drink goes on sale for Japan's hot summer

Canned drink called 'unagi nobori,' or 'surging eel,' made by Japan Tobacco Inc., are shown in Tokyo Monday, July 28, 2008. The 140 yen (US$1.30) drink hit the nation's stores this month just ahead of Japan's annual eel-eating season, company spokesman Kazunori Hayashi said Monday. The fizzy, yellow-colored drink contains extracts from the head and bones of eel and five vitamins — A, B1, B2, D and E — contained in the fish. The Japanese particularly like to eat eel on traditional eel days, which fall on July 24 and Aug. 5 this year.
(AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)