Making Your Own Japanese Cup Ramen at Yokohama's Cup Noodle Museum

I know many college students in America that 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, me 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 toppings 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 aisle of cup noodles alone here. Since Japan's cup noodles are great and known worldwide, it only makes sense there'd be a cup noodle museum in Yokohama.

A part of the museum that many people seemed to enjoy 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 we had never seen or heard of before, and for others, noodles that brought back memories. They even had cup noodles from other countries which were neat to see.

Besides the factory, there are other things to check out inside the museum like the CUPNOODLES Park - a fun place for children to about the manufacturing process, Noodles Bazaar - eat some international noodles, and the Creative Thinking Boxes - an area where you get to learn about Momofuku Ando's creative thinking process. Here you get to play around with different "boxes" each with different themes.