Farmer Ono fails to renew Guinness record

Farmer Ono fails to renew Guinness record

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Manabu Ono, a Kagoshima farmer, looks half pleased Feb. 1 after winning the annual world radish contest with his product weighing 20.6 kilograms. He failed to renew his own record of 31.1 kilograms listed in the Guinness World Record Book.

29-kg radish wins contest, organizers to seek Guinness record

29-kg radish wins contest, organizers to seek Guinness record

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Manabu Ono, 58, a Kagoshima office worker, holds a 29.6-kilogram Sakurajima daikon radish which won a contest in the town of Sakurajima, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 10. Organizers said they will apply for an entry in the ''Guinness World Records'' book. A 21.2-kg radish, also grown by Ono, won the contest a year ago and holds the current world record.

Farmer Ono fails to renew Guinness record

Farmer Ono fails to renew Guinness record

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Manabu Ono, a Kagoshima farmer, looks half pleased Feb. 1 after winning the annual world radish contest with his product weighing 20.6 kilograms. He failed to renew his own record of 31.1 kilograms listed in the Guinness World Record Book. (Kyodo)

29-kg radish wins contest, organizers to seek Guinness record

29-kg radish wins contest, organizers to seek Guinness record

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Manabu Ono, 58, a Kagoshima office worker, holds a 29.6-kilogram Sakurajima daikon radish which won a contest in the town of Sakurajima, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 10. Organizers said they will apply for an entry in the ''Guinness World Records'' book. A 21.2-kg radish, also grown by Ono, won the contest a year ago and holds the current world record.