Kumamoto-based Ajisen Ramen, which already operates shops across Asia and the United States, plans to open their first European outlet in Italy, presumably because the Italians need to be taught a thing or two about how to properly prepare noodles. The shop is scheduled to open on December 21 in the international terminal of the Aeroporto Internazionale Leonardo da Vinci di Fiumicino (less poetically known as Rome Airport). So now, when in Rome, you can do as the Romans do as the Japanese do. - William