2025 Nicole stumbling upon 2023 Nicole's blog entry drafts. Since I am not a wasteful person, let me continue what I have started with this blog:
As the title suggests, we visited the Cup Noodles Museum Osaka branch during our trip. As much as I don’t want to reveal how lazy I am, Nissin Cup Noodles is a meal staple for me especially during a period when I was living alone and had no one to feed me decent meals hahahahaha sorry Ken 🥹 So when I found out that Nissin had its own museum I made sure to include it on our itinerary in Osaka. UPDATE: we did not regret it 🫰🏻
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| Post-Universal Studios Japan pagod look |
If you’re like us staying (or will be staying) in a hotel near Namba/Shinsekai area, the location of Cup Noodles Museum Osaka can be quite far since it is up north, however you can conveniently go there via train-because y’know, Japan. For navigation, I can’t recommend Google Maps enough since aside from showing you the actual map it also indicates what kind of transportation you should use or whether a certain area can be accessible by walking. Speaking of walking, after arriving at Ikeda station expect to walk 400 meters to reach the museum.
There weren’t a lot of signs outside of the museum, so don’t be afraid to ask for directions just in case.
Let’s address the elephant in the room, yes, we came here with the initial agenda to make our own cup noodles but what we didn’t anticipate was the fact that this is a legit museum hahaha! Surprise, surprise there’s no entrance fee to this museum!
There’s a diorama of the area, where you can spot the park that you’ll pass through on your way to the museum.
There's also a tunnel that shows the 'evolution' of cup noodles, from the time it was invented up to present. I had to check what development they made on the year I was born-hahaha pa-importante yan?
They also have this re-creation of the house where they birthed the cup noodles (LOL at birthed). You can only look but you can't touch the pieces- but I was soooooo tempted to scoop from that vat of fake soup.
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| Imagine soaking in a life-size cup noodle 😍 |
Each cup noodle was around ¥ 550, and you are limited to 2 per person. Since we are not really eager to eat the noodles, we just made 1 each per person. Since we're in Japan, you get to buy your cup noodle 'cup' via a vendo machine then a personnel will lead you to a table where you can scribble and draw on your cup.
They give out this laminated card which shows the type of toppings and broth you can choose from. On the other side of the card, there are also photos of Hiyoko-chan, their mascot, to act as an 'inspo' for your masterpiece.
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| For reference, this is Hiyoko-Chan 🐣 |
You also don't need to bring any coloring materials, because per table they provide a bunch of colored markers to bring your vision to life. You are given only 20 minutes to draw, I'm not sure if they provide you more time if you buy 2 cups though 🤔
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| And my vision is Aggretsuko, my spirit animal. |
I remember being too eager on what toppings to put! Eventually, Ken and I decided not to eat ours when we get home and have it as a souvenir instead. From what I can recall, the cup noodle's shelf life is very short around 2 months only after your cup is sealed, in case you have plans of eating the noodles you 'made' afterwards don't forget this tidbit.
Lastly, once the cup noodles are sealed you have the option to package it like an air pillow like above or just bring it as it is. Take note, you're not allowed to bring this in the airplane due to the high pressure basically, I just put this in this type of packaging for the experience 🤷
Like I said earlier on at the start of this blog, I drafted this post 2 years ago, hence a lot has probably changed ever since we visited this museum ☝ But one thing is for sure, whether it is in Osaka or Yokohama, I highly suggest visiting the Cup Noodle Museum 💓
Love Always,
Nicole
