Yokohama, Minatomirai. This city, which has a somewhat exotic atmosphere, has various attractions such as the Red Brick Warehouse and Yamashita Park. It's close to the city center, so it's a standard date spot, isn't it? It's a date. Yup. That's right.

Did you know that there is an unusual spot in Minatomirai that can be enjoyed by couples, families and friends? Its name is "Cup Noodle Museum". You can make your own "original cup noodles" there! What anxious about it!

If you're curious, check it out. I decided to actually go to Minatomirai, which is crowded with couples, and check it out!

■ I came to Minatomirai

I'm here, Minatomirai. The sea breeze that blows through Yokohama Port mercilessly robs you of your body temperature. It's cold. When I got off Minatomirai Station and proceeded while looking sideways at the Landmark Tower and the Cosmo World Ferris wheel, I found it! This is the Cup Noodle Museum!

■ First, go to the "History Cube" where instant noodle packages are exhibited.

After entering the museum, first go to "History Cube". Here, 3,000 domestic and foreign instant noodles are exhibited, and from the chicken ramen developed in 1958, products that make you say "nostalgic!" Or "what this!" Are introduced. It's pretty interesting.

Click here for the mysterious cup noodles I found. "Takoyaki Noodle" and "First Love Touch Char Siu Men Soy Sauce Flavor". Strangely, they were lined up next to each other. Minami-chan is cute, but cute ...? When it comes to takoyaki, I'm full of desire to ask the developers at the time why they made noodles. I can't imagine the taste at all. What's.

The overseas cup noodles are also strange. German cup noodles have a Japanese-style package with the logo "Soba", but if you look closely, it's yakisoba ... Yakisoba and Japanese soba are different. German people ... In addition, there were many things that had a lot to dig into, such as instant noodles such as Indian tomato pasta.

■ Eat noodles from around the world at "NOODLES BAZAAR -World Noodle Road-"

Next, I visited "NOODLES BAZAAR -World Noodle Road-". It is a food attraction where you can taste various noodles from all over the world, and you can actually eat it for 300 yen (half size) per meal.

This time, I chose Thai "Tom Yum Kung Noodle", Vietnam "Pho", and Malaysia "Laksa". The former two are quite familiar in Japan, aren't they? I thought something strange was ... but I just chose my favorite food. Authentic taste that you can't think of as 300 yen for both Tom Yum Kung and Pho. Of course, the noodles made from rice are delicious, but the soup is also quite authentic, and you can feel the commitment.

Malaysian laksa is a curry flavored with a slightly sweet coconut milk-based soup and plenty of spices. It is a unique noodle dish that is a mixture of Malay and Chinese food culture. Is it similar to Tom Yum Kung at first glance? I think it's a curry flavor with coconut milk, so the soup is creamy. It also contains Atsuage, which is familiar in Malaysian cuisine. Just Asia with the sweet and spicy spices! The taste seems to be addictive.

■ There is also a chicken ramen factory!

Also, at the Cup Noodle Museum, one of the highlight attractions is the "Chicken Ramen Factory," a workshop where you can make "Chicken Ramen" by hand. You can experience the process of kneading, spreading, steaming and then seasoning the flour and drying it with the "instant oil heat drying method".

Reservations are required here, and the fee is 500 yen for junior high school students and above, and 300 yen for elementary school students. Unfortunately, when I went there, I couldn't experience it because there were so many reservations ... I'm sad ... So here's a glimpse of it. There are scenes where the staff seems to be preparing and scenes where the children who are experiencing are writing something. It looked fun ... If there is a vacancy, you can make a reservation on the same day, but if you have a plan, we recommend you to make an early reservation!

■ Now, let's make original cup noodles

Now, as I went around the hall, the reservation time for My Cup Noodle Factory finally came! The number of people is tremendous, and you can see how popular it is. Now, the original cup noodles!

First, buy a cup. If you put 300 yen in the vending machine, an empty cup will fall. It seems that you can draw your own illustrations on this cup. I see. After disinfecting your hands, ask the person in charge for precautions such as not being able to draw illustrations on the lid or bottom of the cup.

And the design time of the cup. Oil-based magic is prepared on the table, so I will use it to draw my own illustrations. Don't forget to write today's date as the date of manufacture. This time, we decided on an eating design.

After handing the empty cup to the staff and having them put the noodles in, wait, it's finally time to choose your own taste! Choose 1 out of 4 soups and 4 out of 12 ingredients to make your own cup noodles.

The soups you can choose are cup noodles, seafood noodles, cup noodle curry, and chili tomato noodles. The ingredients are shrimp, colo char, egg, green onion, chick naruto, garlic chip, green beans, cheddar cheese, crab-flavored kamaboko, corn, kimchi, and charcoal-grilled chicken (for a limited time). I'm lost ... I'm lost ...

However, this concept had already been secretly decided in my mind. Let's make a special stamina guts re-noodle for eating. The author is a woman, but I decided to choose a stamina system like a man. So, I chose chili tomato for soup, coro char, charcoal-grilled chicken, garlic, and chick Naruto. Adding Naruto to meat, meat, and garlic is the last fort, the conscience for myself. Tehe.

After covering with an aluminum cap and shrink wrapping, it's finally complete! If you put it in an air package for take-out, you will have only one original cup noodle in the world. No, it was fun.

■ I tried the finished cup noodles

I took the completed cup noodles back to the editorial department and actually tried them. Speaking of taste ... The addition of garlic to the usual chili tomatoes makes it a very firm taste. The double meat is enough to eat. Naruto heals the mind. There was no reason why the tomatoes and garlic didn't match, and I drank the soup cleanly.

■ How about going out for three consecutive holidays?

This museum, which is only a little over a year old, is already quite popular, but it will not be long before Minato Mirai's face is on par with the Red Brick Warehouse and Landmark Tower. I forgot to cover it and enjoyed it completely from the middle. I highly recommend the Cup Noodle Museum for weekend outings!