fukuoka and eels~~

[fumi]

Hi, anyone know, Is fukuoka famous for its unagi?

[Uncle Frank]

people in town. There used to be a section with cherry trees. At certain times of the year there were little kids wading pools about every fifty feet. Each was filled with eels that you could catch on one foot (fishing?) poles with treble hooks on the end & no bait; you just snaged them!
At that point it would be cut up & cooked on a little habatchi and served on a kabob stick or in a plate. I can still hear the squeals of the young ladies as they were hooked or cut up! I must say, I was to grossed out to try any!

Frank

PS - Fukuoka had 4 beautiful parks, north,south,east,west as well as a lot of oceanfront areas!

:hihi:

[bezz]

The city that's famous for unagi (http://www.hamamatsu-cci.or.jp/industry/number_one/13_unagi/13j_unagi.html) would be Hamamatsu (http://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/hamaEng/).

http://www.hamamatsu-daisuki.net/english/food/img/eel.jpg

[fumi]

oh i see... i remembered my dad bringing home lots of unagi and he went to shizuoka and fukuoka ^^;

Hamamatsu? In tokyo, there's an area call hamamatsuchou ^^ they're not related, are they?

and so, is fukuoka famous for anything?

[bezz]

Hamamatsu? In tokyo, there's an area call hamamatsuchou ^^ they're not related, are they?They say that the origin of the district (http://www.minato-ala.net/cgi-bin/ala/air_table2_1.cgi?key=4) name in Tokyo is a Hamamatsu-born guy Gombei who became the village-head 名主 there in 1696.and so, is fukuoka famous for anything?Fukuoka famous for these local specialities (http://www.city.fukuoka.jp/kankou_e/taste.html).

[fumi]

wow. bezz san, you know a lot ^^!!

ahhh. now i remember. mentaiko. my dad bought a lot back!
but it's not the fugu season now right.. so i wont get to eat them..