we are here to visit one of japan's most popular locations、

Yokohama Cup Noodle Museum

come on along

yokohama cup noodles museum is an interactive  museum for children and adults alike  

in this museum you can learn  about the creative thinking of Momofuku Anod

who founded Nissin Food Products

and invented its popular Chicken Instant Ramen

This place opened in 2011

By that time we already had a museum

in Ikeda City, Osuka where CUP NOODLES were born

but in Kanto in and east side of Japan,

we didn't have that type of museum

so for visitors in those area

we wanted to show Nissin Foods, what Momofuku Ando made

To show how and why CUP NOODLES and Chicken Ramen was made

and wanted to give hints on invention and discovery

we wanted a place to display all that so we made one

The reason why we made this place in Yokohama is,

Yokohama is a place in Japan,

where many new culture came from abroad

So as a place for Nissin Foods to send out many messages abroad,

Yokohama was the best place to do so

Which is the most popular place in this museum?

The most important place will be...

The MY CUP NOODLES FACTORY

You can make you original CUP NOODLES

A one of a kind CUP NOODLES

This experience is so popular

Including people from abroad

Momofuku Ando started his business in a small shed in Ikeda town Osaka prefecture  

He wanted to find a way to make ramen quickly at home

without having to stand in line at Ramen shops.

it took him around a year to invent "Instant Chicken Ramen"

that was dubbed as a magic ramen

due to the fact that all that was required to make it was just adding hot water

this was revolutionary

Back then you could eat ramen in stores,

but the starting point was when WW2 ended

When Japan was really poor

To eat ramen you had to go outdoes in food stands

You had to wait in long queues.

You could not eat ramen at home

To enable people to eat ramen at home

For everyone, easily

Make it available for everyone

We had to make the price cheap

while safe to eat

If we made such thing,

people will be happy

What became of those thoughts was the Chicken Ramen

The rules we had to keep for the Ramen,

was the 5 I said before

Being Tasty

Can be preserved

Easy to cook

Safe to eat

and keep the price low

If we could not keep these rules,

we could not have made this Ramen

We call it "the 5 rules of development"

Today, clearing these 5 rules is quite normal

but to keep all 5 rules way back then,

The idea of creating something like that

was important in producing

In Yokohama Cup Noodles Museum,

you get a wonderful opportunity to use your creativity and create your own cup of noodles

with individual design and flavor

Make sure to visit their food attraction

"World Noodles Road"

where you get to taste different foods

that the founder Momofuku Ando encountered during his travels in search of the origins of noodles

enjoy the ambiance of an asian night  market and noodles from all over the world

So on the 4Th floor of this museum you  can order noodles from all over the world  

Of course i decided to go with the main Ramen of Nissin

"Chicken Ramen"

You can choose 2 different toppings

and to go with this "Chicken  Ramen" I chose egg and roasted pork

so let me try

so delicious

very very nice

it tastes....

You can taste that these are like instant noodles but it's like it has this nice kind of crunchiness  to it

and combined with roasted pork and eggs

Wonderful!

very very flavorful

so spicy though

this is the beef

super super super tender

it just melts on your tongue

wow

this is the real deal

okay... It tastes like you know as if you are mixing soft cream with the instant noodle powder

very interesting

It doesn't really  taste like instant noodles

it's actually sweet

but you can taste this flavor  of this instant noodle powder in it

interesting

so if you're ever looking for a fun experience to try in YOKOHAMA

make sure to visit this museum

you're not only going to learn about the  history of Cup ramen

but you're also going to create your own Cup Noodles

which is really  fun

i really enjoyed it

I was moved to tears by the story of Ando-san

and then i really  had fun making my own noodles

so i look forward to coming back