Unagi-Flavored Soda To Pop Up On Japanese Store Shelves

unagi Photo: Leon Brocard on Flickr.
Tiffany Do•

Japan: home of instant ramen, PlayStation, emojis and other delightful things. How about a little unagi-flavored soda to go with that?

Kimura Inryou — a company that also makes ramune, those superfun sodas with marbles in the bottle — will release the carbonated tribute to grilled eel in Shizuoka Prefecture, south of Tokyo and home to Mount Fuji, on July 21.

The cola, made with eel extract (because that's a thing), will go for 200 yen (roughly $2 USD) via the company's online store, according to Rocket News 24. You can also buy a 20-bottle case for 4,000 yen ($40 USD).

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— 吉永龍樹（ヨシナガ@僕秩） (@dfnt) July 3, 2015

How's it going to taste? Our prediction: similar to sipping on a bottle of fishy, smoky, slightly sweet soy sauce. Pair with a chirashi dinner.

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