Question: is eel expensive in japan?
Answer: By May, the end price for ready-to-eat, fully grown eels had settled into the ¥5,000 per kilo bracket, which, when eaten at a high-end restaurant, translates to about ¥4,000 to ¥5,000 for two slices. Unagi is expensive to produce and costly to eat. Most eel stocks are also endangered and unsustainable.