It has been reported that leftover food per person is 41.6gram/day in Japan. Population of Japan is about 120,000,000. Leftover food is 5408 tons/day in Japan. So, simply calculate leftover food in Japan will be 1,973,920 tons/year. And CO2 exhaust from leftover food 495,454 tons/year. 

   See how Japanese Hero, Takeru Kobayashi help to consume these leftover Hot Dogs in the video clip.

  

   Oh I see (なるほど) , it’s Japan Post’s (sorry, in Japanese only) creative ideas to promote ”Carbon Offset New Year Card” on saving energy (省エネ), reduce CO2. The aim for the campaign is to get CO2 down 6%. :)

  An Okonomiyaki Eating Contest was held on 9th April 2008 in an okonomiyaki restaurant called “YUKARI” in Osaka. A 44 year old Japanese housewife managed to clear 5.2kg okonomiyaki in this 1 hour contest. Hatsuyo Sugawara, the winner managed to swept away total 550,000 yen, a solid gold spatula, and the privilage of having the restaurant’s largest okonomiyaki named after her. “Majo Sugawara Yaki” which means “Sugawara the Witch” will be named for the 1kg huge okomiyaki in Yukari chain restaurants throughout Japan.

  See the clip below for the event.

I just can’t imagine how she trained herself well to win the eating contest champion. Hungry for days, may be?
This scary eating scenes might make you stay away from okonomiyaki if you imaging yourself were the Witch.
Let’s eat it using Art of Okonomiyaki and enjoy it in the right manner!
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