Hello everyone. I think, all of you have known ramen right... Ramen is noodle from Japan. Ramen in Japan is very popular and each area has noodles with a special taste. This time I went to the ramen museum in Shin Yokohama. In this museum, you can try the local specialty noodles in Japan. Starting from, Sapporo in Hokkaido, Kanagawa and Tokyo, to kyuushu. They have different flavors. If divided, Japanese ramen has five basic tastes, the miso ramen, shio ramen, ramen tonkotsu, shouyu ramen, shouyu tonkotsu ramen.
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| Ramen from various place in Japan |
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In this ramen museum you can try all the ramens. The special thing of this museum is not only the ramen, but the museum layout is also very unique. The museum layout is like Japan in 1958 with all forms of houses and furniture in that year. You also can know how Japanese at that time. The Museum has 3 floors, but not upwards but downwards, basement 2, basement 1, and 1st floor.
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| Stairs to Basement |
First, let's go to the basement first to try the ramen-ramen at this museum. There are 9 restaurants you can visit here. While thinking, I circled the museum and they have interesting places, like the old style bar, Japan old style house, police stations and even grocery stores, and of course the layout is in 1958.
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| museum's layout |
Old style bar and old Japanese house layout
Old style grocery stores
Police office and property agent in 1958
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I finally decided to eat miso ramen of Hokkaido in the ramen shop eki. And my choice is right, they have miso soup is very unique and cannot be described in words. The miso soup is very thick and very tasty. After that I tried shio ramen at genkotsuya. Shio ramen has a lighter taste compared with tonkotsu. The soup was clearer and not too thick. Next, I tried Kurume taiho ramen of kyuushu area. kyuushu is the origin of tonkotsu ramen and this ramen shop is First tonkotsu ramen shop in Japan. If you have tried the usual ramen tonkotsu, this tonkotsu ramen have a little different taste. Compared with the usual, Kurume taiho ramen’s soup has a bit watery and slightly colored black with a thinner noodles.
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| Miso ramen at Sapporo Ramen no eki |
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| Shio ramen at Nidaime Genkotsu ya |
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| Tonkotsu ramen at Kurume Taiho ramen shop |
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I really wanted to try all the ramen there, but my stomach is not allowed for it. I have been very satisfied. I have a suggestion, when trying ramen there, buy the mini size. So you can try different kinds of ramen and the price is cheaper than buying a full bowl. Price of mini size is around 500 yen. After that, I look for desserts there, I decided to eat ice cream and bring back the traditional bread called agepan.
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| Agepan shop |
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| Agepan |
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So, let's back to the future. Because there is exit sign but only, the kanji of mirai that means future. On the 1st floor of the museum, there is a museum shop that contains a ramen at this museum to take home, the history of ramen and ramen accessories. You can also make your own ramen in there. After take a look and buy some accessories at top floor, I decided to return to Kawasaki.
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| Exit |
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| Museum shop entrance like a bowl |
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| Museum shop |
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| Ramen from Yokohama |
make your own ramen
ramen tools
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| Ramen's cart |
Accommodation
If you go from Tokyo station, you can take Tokaido Line to Yokohama Station (26 minutes, 450 yen) and then change onto Yokohama subway line to Shin-Yokohama Station (11 minutes, 230 yen).
More information you can check Ramen Museum:
Kanagawa-ken Yokohama-shi Kōhoku-ku Shin-Yokohama 2-14-21
Tel: 045-471-0503
Tel: 045-471-0503
http://www.raumen.co.jp/ramen/
Entrance fee
Adults: 300 yen
Children and Senior: 100 yen
3 months ticket: 500 yen
1 year ticket: 800 yen
Guide to Ramen Museum:
http://www.raumen.co.jp/ramen/so_froms.html
