‘Spiciest town in Japan’ makes most of reputation

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‘Spiciest town in Japan’ makes most of reputation

HIRATA, Japan >> Lively versions of beer and karinto, a deep-fried flour and brown sugar snack, both made using habanero and other extremely spicy chiles, hit the shelves at Michi-no-Eki Hirata, a roadside rest area in Hirata, Fukushima prefecture, in January.