Cupnoodles Museum

September 08, 2019・7 min read (629 words)

I left the house at 1300 to meet Bob and Christine in Yokohama. I was going to go on a roadtrip with them around the Mt. Fuji area, so I planned to stay one night with them since I didn’t want to commute so far from Tokyo to get to the car hire the next morning.

Since I was with Bob and Christine I didn’t have as much time to take notes. I also took a lot of pictures and a lot of them are somewhat self explanatory so many of them will be missing captions.

Katsu restaurant in Mark Is shopping center, Minatomirai: the first thing
we did together was eat lunch since it was 1430 at this point. The mortar and
pestle wasn't actually useful for grinding the sesame. The katsu was
okay. — Katsu restaurant in Mark Is shopping center, Minatomirai: the first thing we did together was eat lunch since it was 1430 at this point. The mortar and pestle wasn't actually useful for grinding the sesame. The katsu was okay.

Free salad, miso, and rice refills, although I only had more miso because
it had clams and was delicious. — Free salad, miso, and rice refills, although I only had more miso because it had clams and was delicious.

Tokyu Square, Minatomirai: some drug awareness/anti drug event was on with
performances by schoolchildren. — Tokyu Square, Minatomirai: some drug awareness/anti drug event was on with performances by schoolchildren.

Yokohama Cosmo World: we walked past here on the way to the Cupnoodles
Museum. — Yokohama Cosmo World: we walked past here on the way to the Cupnoodles Museum.

That's the Yokohama Landmark Tower. What a silly name.

It's just a little theme park. Hop on a rollercoaster after a hard day at work.

A gallery of cup noodles through history.

I'd say it's pretty worth it for 300 JPY considering that's the price of
more expensive cup noodles at the conbini anyway. — I'd say it's pretty worth it for 300 JPY considering that's the price of more expensive cup noodles at the conbini anyway.

I had no idea what to draw so here's me with Bob and Christine.

There was a card with a few suggestions so I drew the chicken that was in
one of the pictures. — There was a card with a few suggestions so I drew the chicken that was in one of the pictures.

Adding a lid and shrink-wrapping.

You can also book a session to make your own ramen noodles but we came too
late for that. — You can also book a session to make your own ramen noodles but we came too late for that.

A food hall where you can try eight different types of noodles from
different countries that influenced the creator of cup
noodles. — A food hall where you can try eight different types of noodles from different countries that influenced the creator of cup noodles.

I was amazed when I realised that the image was just made by shadows and not a projector.

Something about getting inspiration from real life... I don't know.

Apparently that building in the back is the Intercontinental.

Apartment buildings that actually look nice. I like the blue tinge.

I dropped my backpack (with everything for my next few days) off at the hotel, then we walked to the Nissan Global Headquarters Gallery. On the way, some drunk Japanese wedding guests were singing loudly in front of us.

This time we went inside the gallery to have a look.

An accessible car seat that electronically lowers and raises/rotates.

This says something like: all of our shops are closing at 2000 because of
the typhoon approaching tonight. — This says something like: all of our shops are closing at 2000 because of the typhoon approaching tonight.

We couldn’t find any food outside since everything was closed for the typhoon (Typhoon Faxai), so we went to the conbini (which never closes I guess) to eat food in the hotel room. I also noticed that the whole Yokohama Station area smelt pretty badly like sewage, but I’m not sure if that’s just the usual smell or if it was related to the typhoon.

I liked the nori (seaweed) flavour but the texture was like the Thins brand you get here in Sydney, which I'm not a fan of.

Great flavour! I guess potato chips aren't all bad in Japan. Still
more expensive (~350 JPY) than Sydney though. — Great flavour! I guess potato chips aren't all bad in Japan. Still more expensive (~350 JPY) than Sydney though.

I slept on the floor but it was actually pretty difficult. I didn’t realise that your tailbone makes it hard to sleep on the floor. We all woke up when the typhoon got serious and the wind and rain became super loud even inside. I didn’t get a video but when we looked outside the wind was crazy and the trees were swaying wildly.

Waking hours

1200–2620

Written by Daniel Tam