Arrange the bread-eating race! A roundup of fun, exciting, and hilarious ideas

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Accompanist pianist × piano instructor × web writer. I began piano lessons at age four and, inspired by my piano teacher, decided to pursue music. I went on to specialized music programs in high school and university, where I discovered the appeal of accompanying instrumentalists and singers. Currently, alongside teaching piano, I work mainly in my home region of Aichi as an accompanist for flute, voice, choir, and more. Through lessons, my students often introduce me to trending songs, and my hobby is trying anything on the piano—Japanese and Western pop, commercial jingles, and beyond. Since 2021, I’ve also been active as a web writer, covering music and a variety of other genres.
Editor-in-Chief, RAG MUSICHane Keisuke
Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC. JFC-certified fact-checker. After working in a music studio and handling wedding sound, joined the RAG MUSIC editorial team in 2016. Experienced with a variety of instruments: marching band in elementary school, clarinet in junior high school wind ensemble, and drums in a band from high school onward. Drawing on my own musical activities and the experience gained through my work, I produce daily articles, including various song introductions, features on music festivals around the country, and live reports. In music, I enjoy not only rock from Japan and abroad but, lately, a wide range of J-pop as well.

The bread-eating race has long been a classic and popular event at sports festivals.

It’s a unique competition where bread is hung along the course, and participants bite it with no hands and run to the finish line.

If you’re going to do it, why not add your own twist to make it even more exciting? To meet that need, this article introduces variations on the bread-eating race.

We’ve gathered ideas from three perspectives: rule modifications, ways to hang the bread, and even ideas for hanging items other than bread.

Please use them as a reference.

Switch to foods other than bread (11–20)

snacks (to have with drinks)

This is perfect for when lots of dads take part in local sports festivals! Let’s hang up some snacks that will go great with their evening drinks after the event!

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Hane Keisuke

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drink

You might be thinking, “You can hang drinks!?” but it looks like you could hang small boxed juices of 200 ml or less.

It’s a bit more challenging, so it should make things more exciting!

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Hane Keisuke

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In conclusion

We introduced variations on the bread-eating race from three angles: changing the rules, changing how the bread is hung, and ideas for hanging things other than bread.

With a bit of creativity, it seems you can customize it freely.

We also recommend using the variations in this article as a base to create your own original event that’s even more exciting!