Because the eels produced in Japan are not enough to supply the Japanese market, but Japanese eels are very popular in Japan. Although the taste and texture of Japanese eels are not even as good as those produced in China, because Japanese people like Japan The price of domestic eels is relatively high compared to that of Japanese eels, so Japanese wholesalers have faked Chinese eels as Japanese eels, and they have been counterfeiting them for as long as five years.

1. Why do Japanese people like to eat eels so much?

Because the Japanese believe that eating eels can replenish the energy in their bodies and make their bodies stronger. Japan has been eating eels since the Edo period, and eels must be eaten at the beginning of spring, summer, autumn and winter every year. This has been a tradition of the Japanese for hundreds of years, and the eel itself is also a very delicious fish, because the eel has a lot of oil, especially in autumn and winter, because the water temperature is relatively low, and the eel has more oil. . The eels during this time are the most delicious. Therefore, the reason why Japanese people like to eat eels so much is not only due to traditional cultural factors, but also because eels taste good.

2. Why do Japanese people care so much about whether eels are from Japan?

This sentence is a bit overgeneralized. Not all Japanese care so much about whether eels are produced in Japan, but some Japanese do care. Because they think eels produced in Japan are of better quality, but in fact, most eels produced in China are of higher quality than eels produced in Japan. After it was revealed that Japanese wholesalers were passing off Chinese eels as being made in Japan, some Japanese netizens commented on why they were passing them off as being made in Japan. The eels produced in China are cheap and of good quality. What he buys the most is the eels produced in China. Therefore, the Japanese thinking still remains in the last century, and they do not view Chinese products with normal people's thinking.

There are two reasons why Japanese wholesalers do this. The main reason is that the supply of eels produced in Japan is insufficient. The secondary reason is that the price of eels produced in Japan is relatively high and the profit margin is relatively high.