*::UNKNOWN PLEASURES::* YOKOHAMA ENTERTAINMENT♪A Must Go to Spot in Japan - CUP NOODLE MUSEUM

We're sure many college students in America are no stranger to cup/instant noodles. It's crazy cheap (a pack for less than a dollar), it's good (considering how cheap it is), it's filling, it's easy and fast, and doesn't require a stove or oven to prepare. So for many people, us included, it was a part of our major food groups those long 4 years.

Comparing the cup ramen in America to Japan is almost humorous. Flavors and topping you never thought of, Japan has. "You mean there's more than chicken and beef flavor?", is many peoples first reaction when they see a whole ISLE of cup noodles alone.

Since Japan's cup noodles are great and known world wide, it only makes sense there'd be a cup noodle museum in Yokohama.

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🍜The Creation of Cup Noodles🍜

Cup noodles were invented by Momofuku Ando, who was actually from Taiwan, in 1958. Momofuku Ando wanted to make ramen by just adding hot water, so he stayed in his house working day and night. Eventually, he figured it out, and his first instant ramen "Chicken Ramen" was created!!!

The man with the dream, Momofuku Ando

In the Momofuku Theatre, you get to watch a cute short animated film going over the history of instant ramen and how Momofuku Ando was able to create a what was seen as crazy food product.

Momofuku Theatre

But what was probably the coolest thing in the museum was the Instant Noodles History Cube, displaying instant ramen from the very start in 1958.

They have all sorts of instant noodles, stuff some of us had never seen or heard of before, and for others (Japanese), noodles that brought back memories.