Oodles of noodles in Izushi
The Izushi noodle contest was held Saturday. The Nurse (嘉数千恵) (Google can’t translate her name), 3rd place finisher in the “gluttonous queen” contest, won the overall contest with 95 small plates of noodles (no other famous eaters competed). There were 270 participants including children and 11000 plates of noodles were prepared. It is surprising that the minimum age for all contests was not raised to 18 after the controversy after the death of the schoolboy who was imitating a competitive eating stunt in 2002.
The following blog entries and articles about the Izushi provide an overview of a typical Japanese contest that is not a made-for-TV event: Sea Bass blog, Much & Fast (written by the contest runner up), KTV and MBS.
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