Wanko soba contests in Hot Springs and NY
From breitbart.com
The city of Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture will host the region’s famous “wanko-soba” noodle-eating competition in two U.S. cities, according to city officials.
In the competition, participants will eat as many bite-size portions of buckwheat noodles in a lacquered bowl as possible in a limited time. A champion from a February competition held in the city finished 225 bowls of noodles in five minutes.
The competition is also popular in the Iwate capital of Morioka.
The city will host the events in the Arkansas city of Hot Springs, a sister city of Hanamaki, on Wednesday, and in New York on Saturday, where the association of Iwate expatriates marked the 10th anniversary.
I have not been able to find any details online about the Arkansas or New York contests.
Hatsuyo Sugawara, the top woman in the recent “Gluttonous King” contest, won the February contest
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