Japan Adventures // Instant Ramen Museum

I've been really excited to share this post! During the second week of our trip, we stayed in Tokyo and wandered around the city. One place that was at the top of our list was the Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum. We finally made our way there one day and it was a great time!
Our first stop in the museum was an area where you could make your own customizable cup noodle to take home! We bought the cup out of a vending machine and got to decorate it with markers.
We then got to pick the toppings that we wanted to go into our ramen and the flavoring. It was kind of cool to see what they all looked like before going into the cup!
Ta-da! My personalized cup noodle! All sealed up and everything. Pretty cool! Not so sure I'm ever actually going to eat it, but we'll see. It's just too cute to open!
After our cups were all sealed, there was a station to put them in an inflatable bag so that they could be carried home. Only the Japanese think of things like this. But they were really cool and fun to carry around!Or wear as a necklace.
Aside from the floor where you can create your own cup noodle, there are a few other floors that contain a museum, a playground, a gift shop, and a cafeteria area where you can buy all different types of ramen from around the world.
The museum exhibit area was quite interesting! I didn't know that there was so much history behind something that is so seemingly simple when you don't really think about about it. I guess someone had to come up with how to package it all and make it work!

Before going to the museum, I hadn't eaten any instant ramen in years, but it was fun to get a behind-the-scenes peek at how it all comes together! I also really liked seeing all the different types of ramen and packaging they have had around the world. That's what you see in the last few photos above!

Do you like instant ramen? Have you visited any quirky museums like this one?

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This is just so brilliant it should be in a museum. Said no one ever.

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Yesterday we spend the afternoon at the de Young, an art museum in Golden Gate Park. For my photography class I had to see an exhibit and write a report about it, and well it is due Thursday so of course I waited until the last possible day to see one. But moving on, I really like the de Young. The museum itself is pretty cool and I love the viewing tower they have, which takes you up about 10 floors to a panoramic viewing room. You can see the entire city. It's simply breathtaking. If you're ever in Golden Gate Park, do it. I would pay to get into the museum just to spend time up there drawing.

I loved the photography exhibit, but I was not very interested in the ancient tribal art they had or the paintings. Also, I think it stinks that they have exhibits you have to pay extra to get into! But nonetheless, the de Young is a great place to poke around, spend some time in the viewing tower, and even have some lunch in their cute café.

I really should start exploring more of the museums while I still live here. I have been to the MoMA several times and the de Young twice, but there are still many more museums to check out!

Plus, Golden Gate Park is just glorious on a Sunday afternoon.