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Eels Peak Out of Sushi Installations at Sendai Aquarium as Japan Celebrates Setsubun

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

13:54 JST, February 3, 2026

Conger eels peek out of tubes resembling ehomaki sushi rolls at Sendai Umino-mori Aquarium in Sendai. Ehomaki, literally “lucky direction rolls,” are eaten while facing the year’s lucky direction on Setsubun, the day before the beginning of spring according to the lunisolar calendar.

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