Tokyo Swan 3: Ramen Museum

Wow, so here is probably one of my most memorable and interesting episodes from Japan. Before classes had started at Keio University, my fellow dorm mates and I had a few weeks to just take in all of the various sites around Tokyo. One of the most fun and peculiar places we went to was the Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum. I had no idea that such a place existed, but sure enough there was a building with multiple floors established to honor the glory of ramen noodles.

The first floor of the museum was nothing more than a glorified gift shop for the most part, with various ramen related goods for reasonable prices. But there were also displays and ramen artifacts in glass cases that one could inspect.

It was the basement that was the most interesting part of the museum! It was like a tiny ramen Disneyland, with a sort of mini ramen town! It truly has to be seen to be believed! They also had various ramen booths in the basements where you could enjoy different types of ramen, and the ramen I had there was pretty good. Not the best I’ve had, but not the worst. The price was also fairly reasonable for a museum, so that was good.

It was a great time at the museum, and something that I will never forget!
Rodger