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Pizza in Rome. Photo: Daniele Muscetta, Flickr.

A Japanese tourist who was charged approximately $1,000 for a meal in Italy will have a "make-up" pizza with Italian officials in Tokyo.

In July, Yasuyuki Yamada was charged 694 euros for a meal in Rome's historic Il Passetto restaurant, which has counted Grace Kelly and Leonardo DiCaprio as clientele, ANSA reports.

The restaurant defended the bill, but it came just weeks after Il Passetto charged another Japanese couple more than $500 for two pastas, a fish dish, four porcini mushrooms, five slices of prosciutto as well as wine and coffee, ANSA said.