Japan's 'B-grade' gourmet in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Hidehiko Watanabe (R), chairman of Mt. Fuji Yakisoba (fried noodles) Society, and Yuka Ide, winner of the 23rd Miss Fujisan (Mt. Fuji) Grand Prix, attend a press conference in New York on Aug. 18, 2011. A promotion team from the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, including Watanabe and Ide, will introduce Mt. Fuji fried noodles in a street fair in New York on Aug. 21. The noodles rose to national fame after being crowned the champion in 2006 and 2007 in the so-called B-grade cuisine competition.

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