{"id":10975,"date":"2012-10-22T14:16:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T06:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/?p=10975"},"modified":"2012-10-22T14:16:42","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T06:16:42","slug":"japan-2012-the-momofuku-ando-instant-ramen-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/?p=10975","title":{"rendered":"Japan 2012 :: The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Honeymoon-Osaka.jpg?w=620\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Rise and Shine~~ it&#8217;s a good day!! Woohooo~ We&#8217;re heading to the Nissin Ramen Museum~~ called The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0606.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>On the way from the train station.. there&#8217;s a little walking distance.. here&#8217;s the google map we have plotted in our itinerary, I thought I&#8217;ll just share the directions here. heehee..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Directions.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>and I just can&#8217;t help snapping pictures of the locals~ they just look so cute!! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0609.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Reached our destination!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0610.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Wah.. statue of Mr Nissin! Eh-hem.. I mean Momofuku Ando san~<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LR1.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Stepping inside, the Instant Noodles Tunnel, what an impressive collection displayed systematically through the history of each cup noodle~ year by year!!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0618.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Oh, I want to eat them all!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0619.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Wa.. got such prints de meh?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0646.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s this little corner, the reproduction of Momofuku Ando&#8217;s research shack, where he invented the first Chicken Ramen, everything here looks like real!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0624.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>A  very retro-looking calendar was hung on the wall~ look at the YEAR!<br \/>\n1958 is the year Mr Momofuku Ando invented the instant noodles in Ikeda-shi Osaka!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0628.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Story of Instant Noodles ~ his step-by-step to success<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LR4.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>This cute lil Japanese girl was checking out the different kinds of seasonings we find in Nissin cup noodles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0637.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Finally the objective of our visit!<br \/>\nThe Cup Noodles Factory, 300yen per person.<br \/>\nOperating Hours: 9.30am &#8211; 4pm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0650.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0689.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Make your own cup noodle!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Steps.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0654.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>We are designing the cups with markers of many colours~<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0655.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Thought I ought to mark this date down.. hee hee&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0662.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0664.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Time to choose the taste and flavours.. customising our very own cup noodles!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LR7.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>How it comes out packed and sealed! So exciting!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LR8.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Ta-dah~~ our exclusive one-and-only cup noodle!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0685.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>See how happy Pail is!!! They gave us this bubble-air-wrapped packaging so that the cups are well-protected!! But we had to release the air very soon.. just isn&#8217;t convenient to bring them around the place..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0686.jpg?w=600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Heee&#8230; we ate the noodle back in SG, and it tasted fantastic!!!! of course&#8230; we washed and kept the cups of cos!! Now it&#8217;s sitting in one corner of our bedroom.. heee&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121022-224025.jpg?w=600\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><em>More on Osaka Castle and Okonomiyaki in the next entry&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fladysuki.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D10975&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rise and Shine~~ it&#8217;s a good day!! Woohooo~ We&#8217;re heading to the Nissin Ramen Museum~~ called The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum. On the way from the train station.. there&#8217;s a little walking distance.. here&#8217;s the google map we have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/?p=10975\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14],"tags":[77,84,118,123,128,141,248],"class_list":["post-10975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-honeymoon","tag-japan","tag-okonomiyaki","tag-osaka","tag-pailsuki","tag-ramenmuseum","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tQm9-2R1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}