Make a Only-One-Of-A-Kind Cup Noodle ~ Cup Noodles Museum, Osaka Ikeda

Instant noodles are a Japanese food product loved around the world and a representative food in the 20^th century. At the “Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda,” visitors can learn about the invention history of the world’s first instant noodle, and enjoy various activities such as making one-of-a-kind Cup Noodle or purchasing the original goods. The museum is located near downtown Osaka, and must-see!

Let’s go inside the museum!
■Learn about stories of the birth and history of instant noodles, which can be easily eaten at home with hot water!

Instant noodles were born in Japan, particularly, in a small cabin of the town where the museum is located. The museum conveys the message that anyone can invent something anywhere if they have an idea and will not give up. We would like to introduce these stories as a new food culture, its history as a space food, and the importance of invention and discovery.　

▲Instant noodles were born in the small space.　

■About 120 billion instant ramens are eaten worldwide every year!

▲Image source: Cupnoodles Museum Osaka Ikeda

Instant noodles are loved in more than 100 countries and regions. Visitors can see at a glance the annual consumption of instant noodles in each of these locations. The “Instant Noodle Tunnel” is a wonderful display of some 800 Nisshin Foods packages from the past, which are crammed to the ceiling!　
　
■Designing the cup, and making the world’s one and only original “Cupnoodle”!

▲Adding the soup and the toppings into the cup.

Visitors can make the original Cup Noodles by choosing one of four different soups, and four of 12 different toppings for each of your favorite ingredients in a cup of your own design. There are a total 5,460 flavor combinations. It takes about 45 minutes, and there is a fee to participate, but it is nice that advance reservations are not required.

▲The finished original Cupnoodles will be sealed tightly and can be taken home in the original air package.

■Making Chicken Ramen and enjoying the freshly made one!

▲The participants will wear matching bandanas and aprons of Hiyoko-chan for the experience.

Visitors can experience the process of making Chicken Ramen and have fun. Visitors can learn the entire process of kneading flour, rolling it out, steaming it, flavoring it, and drying it using the “instant oil heat drying method”, and take home a freshly made one. It takes about 90 minutes, there is a fee to participate, and advance reservations are required.

■Museum Shop Recommended Goods①・・・No. 1 popular “Chicken Ramen Bun” 1,050 yen (including tax, same below)

This is a bun made with the face image of the very cute and popular character, “Hiyoko-chan” and are filled with yolk bean paste. Six pieces are included in each box. There is also a “Cupnoodle Bun” in the shape of a Cup Noodle and with strained sweet bean paste.
　
　
■Museum Shop Recommended Goods②・・・Very good for the souvenir “Cupnoodle Initial Key Chain” 600 yen

This is an initial plastic key chain with the letters of Cup Noodles. They are available from A to Z, so you can purchase the key chain with the initials of your friend or family member as a perfect souvenir. 　

■Message to visitors to Japan

“Instant Ramen” is loved as a representative food in the 20^th century, and now eaten around the world. The history of the discovery and invention of this food, which can be eaten even in outer space, is explained in an easy-understand manner with illustrations in the museum.

■The location of the museum

8-25, Masumi-cho, Ikeda-shi, Osaka

*Please check the website for details.