The annual JAPAN Fes New York is TODAY on 4th Avenue

Day 1 of the two-day JAPAN Fes New York takes place today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fourth Avenue between Ninth Street and 10th Street. (Day 2 tomorrow is on the Upper West Side.) 

Festivities include a noodle contest, which you can read more about here.

Oh, and the usual street fair stuff is happening on Fourth Avenue up to 14th Street.