HANAMAKI, Iwate -- A 38-year-old man has won a noodle-eating contest by consuming a record 241 small bowls of 'wanko' soba.
Masahiro Kato from Shiroishi, Iwate Prefecture, won the contest for the second year in a row. His feat was roughly equivalent to eating 24 normal-sized bowls of noodles.
About 160 people took part in the contest at Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, which is believed to be the birthplace of wanko soba noodles. (Mainichi)

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