三重県·ご当地グルメ
Tsu Unagi (Eel)
A fluffy grilled body paired with a fragrant sauce. With just one bite, the melt-in-your-mouth sweetness of the fat spreads through your palate. People gather in the city of Tsu in search of this very happiness. Tsu City is an 'eel town' that competes for the top spot in Japan for both the number of eel restaurants per capita and total consumption. In the 2005 Family Income and Expenditure Survey, annual expenditures on kabayaki (grilled eel) even ranked first in the nation. The background to this is said to be the history of the Todo Clan encouraging eel consumption for the nourishment of their samurai during the Edo period, as well as a thriving eel farming industry before the war. Even today, more than 20 specialty shops within the city compete with their unique flavors. It is a proud delicacy that has energized the people of Tsu since ancient times.
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