Eating fish eye in Japan
Where can I eat fish eye in Japan? Ideally, they'd be pickled and come with rice, like I've heard it was during WW2, but I'm not sure whether it's available like that nowadays.
Is it generally available in most parts of Japan, or only in specific areas?
What kind of eatery am I most likely to find this dish?
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The idea of Japanese dish of pickled fish eyes and rice from WW2 you've heard of is apparently the creative invention by Warner Bros. The image of a canned pickled fish eyes with rice can be found in one of their educational shorts series called Private SNAFU created for the U.S. War Department. The bizzare fictional dish was concocted to make fun of "fishy" Japanese, I believe. Check it up in the episode #17.
The food is very impressive and eye-stunning, and interesting even for Japanese eye. But, sorry, it's not a true dish. Of course, you can enjoy the food "stewed tuna eyeballs" as already mentioned by @jpatokal, at some seafood restaurants (not very common, but not so uncommon) in most areas. 
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