Beginning on Monday, April 1, 2024, the well-known work shop â¨Chicken Ramen Factoryâ, where you can make chicken ramen by hand, will operate eight times a day instead of the current four. Three months in advance, reservations can be made (beginning at 10:00 a.m. m. ) before the day you want to attend over the phone or online But since January 2, 2024, is a Tuesday, and January 1, 2024 is a holiday, reservations for April 1, Monday, will be accepted starting at 10:00 a.m. m. on January 3 (Wednesday).
The museum also features the amusing Noodles Bazaar, a food court styled to resemble an Asian night market complete with the sounds of hawkers and traffic, and the Cupnoodles Park (500 yen) children’s playground, which is modeled after a factory where kids play noodles being made and shipped out. There’s a range of noodle dishes and canned drinks from around the globe that you can try for 500 yen each, with small portions that let you try different flavors.
Along with unique displays like a model of the shed where instant noodles were created and a timeline of instant noodle products from around the globe, the museum plays a brief film that introduces the history of instant noodles. In addition, a small selection of contemporary artworks are on show, which is intended to symbolize Nissin’s approach to developing fresh, cutting-edge goods. Examples of these include space ramen and cup noodles, which are instant ramen served in a foam cup for astronauts.
The museum offers a number of other activities, such as the well-liked My Cupnoodles Factory workshop, where you can mix and match different soup flavors and toppings to create your very own unique cup noodle. It costs 500 yen, and on busy days, it might sell out. You can create your own homemade instant ramen noodles in the My Chicken Ramen workshop, package them, and eat them at home. The workshop costs 600 yen, lasts for approximately 90 minutes, and requires reservations in advance.
The Cup Noodles Museum, also called the 安藤百福発明記念館, Andō Momofuku Hatsumei Kinenkan, is an entertaining and engaging museum located in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai District. It uses a mix of interactive workshops and whimsical exhibits to illustrate the history of instant ramen noodles. The Nissin Food Company, whose founder created instant ramen noodles in 1958 as a quick and easy meal, opened it. It is Japan’s second museum dedicated to cup noodles; the first is the Cupnoodles Museum in Ikeda, which is located north of Osaka.
