Although sushi is by and far the number one Japanese food that has penetrated the world food culture, ramen is not far behind. This word game in today’s New York Times is a case in point.

　I’ve no intention of promoting any particular newspapers for a number of reasons, but I’m hooked on doing the word puzzle section of the NYT because its games are free and moderately time-consuming. One of them is “Wordle,” a game of the digital age, which seems to be gaining massive popularity. And there this morning, I had a pleasure of meeting RAMEN-san for the first time. Kudos to Will Shortz, the NYT puzzle editor.

海外ではすすらない人が多いので「ラーメンの”静かな”浸透度」がより正確か。