Japanese chef wins E. Asian gelato competition

Photo shows gelato made by Japan's Akira Hattori (C), chef at the patisserie La Verdure in Yokohama, who won a competition held in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2015, to select gelato artisans to represent East Asia in the Grand Finale of Gelato World Tour to be held in Rimini, Italy, in September 2017. Hattori's gelato is called "Natsumatsuri" (Summer Festival). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo