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Yesterday was OX Day (“doyo no ushi no hi” ). On this day of summer every year, people all over Japan go out to eat eel. Because of the coronavirus, however, more and more people are choosing to take the eel home rather than eat it at the restaurant. People can also buy pre-cooked eel at a supermarket. I didn’t go to shopping yesterday, but my wife did. She said that there was a lot of eel on the shelves of the local supermarket. In my family, everyone likes eel, but we usually don’t eat it on “doyo no ushi no hi” because we forget when it is. The date changes every year. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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