"Utsunomiya has the highest per capita gyoza-consumption rate in Japan and spends the most on the dumplings. Government data show the average city household spent 479 yen on ready-to-eat gyoza bought at supermarkets in December 2010. Tokyoites spent less than half that. Utsunomiya's unofficial mascot is a version of Botticelli's Venus, emerging not from a seashell but from a gyoza wrapper. Last fall, the city's annual gyoza festival drew 120,000 people from around Japan."
City in Japan Tires New Tack on Old Problem
by Mariko Sanchanta
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703730804576315324222775488.html
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