Ramen Museum can be reached with a 5 minutes walk from the Shin-Yokohama Subway Station. The museum concept already looks very exciting from the beginning of the museum building exterior. Close to the entrance of the museum, visitors can see a statue of a bowl with Ramen inside where this Ramen can move up and down. The admission fee is also not expensive, only 310 yen for adults. Inside the museum building consists of three floors. Firstly, I visited the basement floor where there were souvenir shops and Ramen shops. I could not be patient to try delicious Ramen from cities other than Tokyo.
In the menu of every Ramen shop provide ingredients information to make Ramen. This information is very useful for visitors who have an allergy to a food or avoidance of a particular food ingredient because it deals with issues of religion. After viewing various menus ramen, I finally decided to try Ramen in a shop named Komurasaki. This shop serves Ramen derived from Kumamoto, a city in Kyushu region. Kumamoto City has a famous mascot, a red-cheeked black bear named Kumamon. Then, I ordered a menu of vegetarian Ramen served with seaweed and synthetic meat with a normal portion. This ramen tastes good as curry soup that resembles with a savory taste. After eating Ramen of this store, I did not continue to try Ramen menu of other stores because I have already felt very full.
Furthermore, I continued to explore the museum on the ground floor where there were ramen gallery. In this gallery, visitors can learn the history of ramen, also can take a look to tablewares for enjoying Ramen such as bowls and ramen cookwares from all over Japan. Moreover, I found the interesting things in the museum such as a public telephone box that looks very old-fashioned, also coffee shops and snacks also sweets shops that still feature exterior and interior of the Showa era. I was very impressed and enjoyed my visitation to this ramen museum. I feel like getting into a time machine to go back to the past for a culinary tour. For visitors who want to come to this museum, please come with an empty stomach, or you will feel regret if you can not enjoy delicious ramen menus here.
Admission Fee :
Adults (13-60 years): 310 yen
Senior (~ 60 years) and Children (6-12 years): 100 yen
Children under 6 years : free
Other information:
Hours : 11:00 to 22:00 (On Sunday and holidays from 10:30)
Closed : Few irregular maintenance days
Address: 〒222-0033 Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama, Kohoku Ward, Shinyokohama, 2-14-21
Access: 5-minute walk from subway station Shin-Yokohama
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