Tokyo’s Yatsumeya Nishimura prepared more than 1,200 fillets from 4am and kept its large kabayaki at 3,000 yen as eel purchasing costs eased.

Thai food lovers have discovered a tasty exotic menu after a crocodile farmer who once faced near-certain bankruptcy opened a barbecued-croc roadside food stall, next to Taweechai crocodile farm in Ratchaburi province.