Eel-Cake Hat

Appearance
The Eel-Cake Hat is a brimmed hat designed to look like a pink cake on a plate with white icing and multicolored eels sticking out of the top. Most of the eels are striped, but one is spotted. The cake portion is decorated with stars and shiny stones, and there are two words in multicolored Inkling letters on the front. The color of the hat's brim changes to match the wearer's ink.

How to obtain
The news article through which the gear could be obtained is no longer available, so the original method does not work anymore.

Original Method Used to Obtain
If this does not work, start over at step 1, or view the video demonstration below. https://youtu.be/eIIyTNSGyGc
 * 1) Open the Nintendo Switch News application and select the article about FrostyFest.
 * 2) * The article is titled Free download! Celebrate FrostyFest with this wintry in-game gear.
 * 3) * If the article is not visible, subscribe to Squid Research Lab Report ❌ or Squid Research Lab Bulletin 🇪🇺 and allow time for the news application to update with Splatoon-related news.
 * 4) Select the "Play Splatoon 2" button located at the bottom of the article to start Splatoon 2.
 * 5) Open the box that appears in the middle of Inkopolis Square.

Trivia

 * The Eel-Cake Hat may have been inspired by garden eels, which stick their heads out of burrows in the sea floor. The hat's Japanese name more specifically refers to the spotted garden eel.
 * Despite being a limited item not available in Headspace, the Eel-Cake Hat can still be ordered from Murch. This functionality is shared with the other headgear from FrostyFest, the, , and.
 * During a Splatfest, the eels' eyes glow.
 * A similarly themed hat can also be found in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
 * A similarly themed hat can also be found in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.