A sign hangs outside Ivan Ramen in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, [Getty Images]

JAPAN - APRIL 10: A sign hangs outside Ivan Ramen in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, April 10, 2009. Opened in 2007, Ivan Orkin's self-named shop was first opened in 2007 and has garnered ample attention on Japanese television and food blogs for the novelty of a New Yorker slinging noodles. (Photo by Robert Gilhooly/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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