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Contestants gulp 'natto' beans at speed-eating competition

MITO, Japan, March 4 Kyodo - Contestants gulp "natto" fermented sticky beans on rice at a speed-eating world competition in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2015.

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'Hawaijar' fermented soybeans in Imphal, India

IMPHAL, India - A woman shows the traditional food "hawaijar," fermented soybeans, at a market in Imphal, northeastern India, on June 29, 2014. The food resembles Japanese "natto," which is also a type of fermented soybeans.

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'Natto' speed-eating contest in Mito

MITO, Japan - A participant eats a bowl of "natto" fermented soybeans during an annual natto speed-eating contest in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 22, 2014. The eastern Japan city is a famous producer of the fermented beans.

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Annual 'natto' bean speed eating contest held with 8 foreigners

MITO, Japan - Participants of the annual ''natto'' fermented soybean speed eating contest eat sticky natto beans mixed with a bowl of rice in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 6, 2010. The contest drew 72 people including regulars in competitive eating from various parts of Japan and eight people from Austria and other foreign countries.

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Classic music used to ferment miso, natto

YAMAGATA, Japan - 'Natto' and miso products are made in Yamagata Prefecture with soy beans fermented to the strains of Mozart and J. S. Bach.

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Classic music used to ferment miso, natto

YAMAGATA, Japan - Masahiro Sato, president of Sagae Natto company in Sagae, Yamagata Prefecture, says his firm plays Mozart's symphonies in its 'natto' fermentation room.

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Natto makers battle declining consumption

MITO, Japan - Homemaker Yasuko Inoue, 39, and her 4-year-old daughter Ai participate in a course to make natto or fermented soybeans by hand in Hitachiota, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 2.

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'Natto' character appears at event in Gifu, central Japan

"Nebaru-kun" (C), a Japanese mascot character unofficially representing Ibaraki Prefecture, appears at an event in Gifu, central Japan in this file photo taken in December 2014. The character symbolizes "natto" fermented sticky beans, a specialty of Ibaraki, northeast of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Rare "natto" vending machine at work

A rare vending machine for "natto" fermented soybeans is seen at the Ikejiri Ohashi branch of the "Natto Kobo Sendai" shop in Tokyo in this photo taken on June 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TOKYO, Japan - Dishes of steamed winter vegetables and ''natto'' beans with a bowl of rice. All of them are locally produced in the Kanto region in season. (Kyodo)

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Annual 'natto' bean speed eating contest held with 8 foreigners

MITO, Japan - Participants of the annual ''natto'' fermented soybean speed eating contest eat sticky natto beans mixed with a bowl of rice in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 6, 2010. The contest drew 72 people including regulars in competitive eating from various parts of Japan and eight people from Austria and other foreign countries. (Kyodo)

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'Hawaijar' fermented soybeans in Imphal, India

IMPHAL, India - A woman shows the traditional food "hawaijar," fermented soybeans, at a market in Imphal, northeastern India, on June 29, 2014. The food resembles Japanese "natto," which is also a type of fermented soybeans. (Kyodo)

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Japanese high schools in fermented soybean battle

Three students of western Tokyo's Chofu Kita High School are awarded in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Aug. 8, 2017, after winning the inaugural "Natto Koshien" contest in which high school students from across Japan competed to create the best recipes using fermented soybeans known as natto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo