When the adjudicator reads out my score — 59 beans — I feel a disappointment stronger than anything I had expected.I still can’t manage any more than 50, though, and the day of the attempt is fast approaching. About GWR DAY. For some, he’ll practice for 10 hours a day. Browse our online collection of record titles for awe-inspiring handpicked videos and photos in our curated galleries.
Animals. Records showcase. He produces an assortment of his own chopsticks, which he buys custom-made from Hashikatsu Honten, a distinguished Tokyo store. The company also accepts proposals for new records, but these must be examined and approved, and I decide it would be quicker to try and break an existing one.Fukuda had watched TV announcer Maasa Takahashi pull 116 tissues from a box in one minute to break the world record on a TV show in August last year. “They both choose the record that is right for them and then try it.
She has eaten 72 beans — a new world record.“It makes it difficult. Yoshitake tells me he holds 20 world records — the most of any Japanese — although throughout his career he has held around 50.“With regards to the staff, it gave us some things that money can’t buy, like teamwork and a sense of unity,” Kosaka says. ‘Cherry Yoshitake’ means ‘the person who cracks walnuts with his butt.’ And from then on, ‘the record-breaking comedian. In January, Hilti Japan achieved the world record for most people screwing screws into blocks of wood simultaneously, setting a mark of 484.Redefining the kimono in modern timesWith dreams of greatness tantalizing my mind, I spend an afternoon flicking through the Guinness World Records book, trying to find one that looks achievable. “It makes it easy to attempt a record.
“I was confident I could do it, so I only practiced two or three times on the day of the attempt. Well how about being a part of Guinness World Records' biggest event of the year, GWR Day? It was a new idea but we gave it the go-ahead, and he attempted it and set the record. The adjudicator announces the result — 64 beans. A personal best but still seven short of the record.The book became a smash hit and has since been published in more than 100 countries in over 40 languages, with more than 143 million copies sold to date.Have you ever wondered what it must feel like to be the best in the world at something?Hugely encouraged, I feel a surge of euphoria as I make a flying start to my second attempt. We decide that I will take the first two attempts and Chisato will take the third.Unfortunately, my other work duties mean I am unable to devote 10 hours a day to eating baked beans, but I do manage to put in some practice in the week leading up to the attempt.The company, which became known as Guinness World Records in 2000, is based in London and has offices in Tokyo, New York, Miami, Beijing and Dubai.