'Ekiben' railway box lunch race under way in south Japan

'Ekiben' railway box lunch race under way in south Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - A woman holds a box lunch of grilled boneless short rib meat on rice, the winner of last year's "Kyushu Ekiben Grand Prix" railway box lunch contest, on sale at Kyushu Railway's Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2014.

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